MonkeyPainter
Mechanical
- Mar 18, 2010
- 2
Wire wheels are associated with tubs and usually put on dirt bikes, dual sports, supermotos, and certain cruisers. And they usually have inner tubes,and are maintenance intensive, but there are manufacturers out there that have made advancements on the design to run carefree and tubeless. (
Cast wheels are on everything else.
My question is why? And are there benefits or cons with either type of wheel?
Is it that the wheel would experience deflection on higher performance bikes? (i.e. axle twisting relative to the rim.)
I know the downfall of wire rims on cars are that they deflect excessively under lateral loads. But I don't think a motorcycle rim would ever see that kind of lateral force.
Is it just a style/trend/manufacturing ease thing? Are there any reasons wire spoked rims wouldn't work on sport bikes?
Cast wheels are on everything else.
My question is why? And are there benefits or cons with either type of wheel?
Is it that the wheel would experience deflection on higher performance bikes? (i.e. axle twisting relative to the rim.)
I know the downfall of wire rims on cars are that they deflect excessively under lateral loads. But I don't think a motorcycle rim would ever see that kind of lateral force.
Is it just a style/trend/manufacturing ease thing? Are there any reasons wire spoked rims wouldn't work on sport bikes?