mtbspeedfreak wrote: Yep, they do make true magnesium wheels, it struck me as a little odd for cop bikes to have true magnesium wheels because they take more of a beating than race bikes.
Are you saying they made magnesium wheels for street use?
Just to clarify, both Mcdroid and I know that the stock aluminum wheels are called mags because they look like the race mag wheels, that's been going on for at least 50 years.
And we both know that magnesium wheels were used on race bikes (aren't they using some kind of composite now?), and that they are a real bad idea on the street. A member here had them on his street bike and broke the front one (Kraz1 maybe?).
I remember when I was a kid someone saying that the 63 Corvette had optional real magnesium wheels, and there was such a problem with breakage the Feds banned them from street use. Don't know if any of that is actually true though.
After an hour or so of searching I still don't know much more than when I started. Found a lot of posts claiming there are no DOT approved magnesium wheels, and a bunch of ads claiming a company named OZ makes and sells the only DOT approved magnesium wheel for motorcycles.
I give up, I'm just going to stay confused :silly:
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