Wheels

[Fitz]

Does anyone know if RGS wheels will go on a Monty and is they are lighter than the standard Monty type

 

[chrisk]

Is they are should be lighter.

 

[Andy J]

I have a spare RGS wheel, can?t remember if it?s front or rear but will weight it and the 500 equivalent.

 

[Fitz]

Thanks gents

 

[lavgert]

... I am sure, that the RGS wheels are heavier then the 500 wheels, although they look lighter. There are thin web and thick web wheels for the 500. Thin web are the lightest Laverda cast wheels. I can dig out the numbers tonight ...
Ciao, Gert

 

[Fitz]

These are the ones I have seen

 

[Paul Marx]

I think that the hub on those is wider.
Not certain though.

Paul

 

[sfcpiet]

Triple wheels will not fit in the 500 chassis without serious mods.  Been there, done it... twice, never again.  The only easy bit is bolting on the discs.

piet

 

[Andy J]

Triple hubs are wider so you also need to change the swing arm.
As for weight, my unsophisticated attempt at weighing are as follows:
Thick web bare 500 front wheel approx 4.8kg
Thick web rear wheel and disc approx 7kg (disc lockwired on)
RGS rear wheel without disc approx 5.2kg
RGS rear wheel with disc approx 7kg
Therefore I deduce that there is insufficient difference in the weight to make that a reason to swap wheels.

 

[Fitz]

Thanks all, back to slimming world for me then

 

[Dellortoman]

Bob Dixon put a set of thin web wheels (original wheels from my 76 Jota) on his 500 Barcelona replica. He said there was a bit of machining involved to make them fit.

 

[RCGBOB44]

One things for sure, they must be lighter than the concrete filled lead ones fitted to a jota!