I agree. I suspect the rear needs to be really beefy to handle the power transfer, but the front can be light since braking forces don't need to travel through the spokes since the brake disk is directly attached to the wheel rim. It would still be better if the designs were sorta similar front and rear.totalmotorcycle wrote:For a guess, it could be a weight f/r ratio EBR wanted to meet. I doubt it's because they couldn't get the same f/r tire. Since they are the manufacturer they could have easily made the same spoke design for both wheels.JackoftheGreen wrote:Only one question -- why not have matching rims fore and aft? Is that common?
Interesting, I'll ask them when I get a chance.
Mike
It’d be great to get Eric’s explanation though.