Spoked wheels weight

[Travman]

I often see the remarks about spoked wheels being heavy.  I'm sure some of them are (like the steel rimmed, chrome wheels), but I have felt aluminum rimmed supermoto wheels and they seemed pretty light.  I guess my question is, can you have light weight spoked wheels?  How much do the aluminum rimmed wheels on the Paul Smart and Sport 1000 weigh?  Are they more than the stock wheels on the Monster 620?  Is there a listing of all the stock Ducati wheel weights?

[Duck-Stew]

I often see the remarks about spoked wheels being heavy.  I'm sure some of them are (like the steel rimmed, chrome wheels), but I have felt aluminum rimmed supermoto wheels and they seemed pretty light.  I guess my question is, can you have light weight spoked wheels?  How much do the aluminum rimmed wheels on the Paul Smart and Sport 1000 weigh?  Are they more than the stock wheels on the Monster 620?  Is there a listing of all the stock Ducati wheel weights?

The SC spoked front wheel (the only one I've weighed so far BTW) came in at 12.5 lbs W/O a tube, a tire or rotors.  The old-school Road-Racing wire wheels are actually heavier then that.  That weight came from our reasonably reliable postage scale so +/- ~10%.  Hope that helps man...

[ScottRNelson]

The front wheel of a 1997 Monster weighs about 11.5 pounds without the brake rotors or tire.


The addition of a tube for the spoked wheels will add two or three pounds to your weight.

[CTKurt]

I wish for spokes on my M900. I hear they work off the 1000s