Fabrication - Our wheels are forged. Why is forging best?
There are 3 ways to build motorcycle rims; Casting, Billet and Forging.

Cast Wheels. These are usually stock items from the factories. Casting is
essentially pouring molten metal through a mold.

Advantages - for the manufacturer, very little machining is required and is
inexpensive and factories can maintain high production volume. The customer
does get a good price as cast wheels are the low end of motorcycle wheels.

Disadvantage - for the consumer primarily is that there is NO particular grain to absorb the load, thus allowing cracks to propagate in any and ALL directions. They are very porous (like a sponge). This allows for structural weakness and also make them VERY difficult to polish. Also, cast wheels do not chrome very well.

Tensile Strength - Approximately 34,000 pounds psi (per square inch).

Billet Wheels. Usually created by an extruding process where the wheels are actually machined out of a bigger piece of metal and then they are heated and compressed.

Advantages - would be mainly for the manufacturer, a bit more costly than cast wheels to make but less than Forging. Once the company purchases or leases the massive “Play-Doh” like compressing machines the wheel making process almost a fast as cast production. The Billet wheel is the second step in the wheel evolution.

Disadvantage - for the consumer there still is a problem with pits and void, but not as great as the cast wheel. The billet wheel does have a grain, but because that grain is a strait grain, like in wood, allows for propagation of fractures inline with the grain (like chopping lumber, it is easier to chop with the grain).

Tensile Strength - Approximately 62,000 to 65,000 pounds psi (per square inch)

Forged Wheels. A totally space age process that takes the Billet Wheel to the next level using science, alchemy and metallurgy to create the strongest wheel today.

Advantages - Customers get a VERY clean, non-porous rim, that when polished looks better than chrome.

Forged wheels will ABSORB impact because the design allows them to be flexible, and they can be repaired if the wheel gets minor damage. Forging also has the BEST polishing properties, whether it is left as shiny aluminum or chromed. Forged aluminum wheels are by far the safest and strongest of the 3 three wheel choices.

Disadvantage - The process takes longer for manufacturers because of the steps involved, would be very difficult to mass produce without huge upfront costs and a an even larger labor force…it will be a while before you see these wheel on production line bikes. Forge wheels will cost a bit more than billet wheels.

Tensile Strength - Approximately 70,000 to 72,000 pounds psi (per square inch)