I bought a mean streak wheel off of Jan Trento about a year ago, bought a Nomad front disk off of ebay about three months ago, had the wheel machined about six weeks ago and installed it last night! I would like to thank Dan Bergman for pioneering this mod as it’s as close to plug and play as you will ever get. I rode this morning and my first impressions are pretty much what I have read from others. There is an on ramp on the way to work that can safely be taken at 100 mph. With the AM26 Roadrider the bike would wallow over the uneven pavement, nothing dangerous just annoying. I took the same corner this morning and the bike was rock steady. I installed a new Pilot Road 3 in 170/60-17 based on all the positive reviews this tire has been getting especially traction in the wet. I recently invested in some decent all weather gear and now ride rain or shine so wet traction has moved up the priority list for me. I still have a Bridgestone BT023 on the front and look forward to having a matched set of tires for the first time since buying the bike four years ago. For those interested I got 10,500 miles out of the Roadrider and I was just down to the wear bars.
It may have been posted previously but I was curious about the weight difference between the two complete wheels so I weighted them both before swapping. The mean streak wheel complete with tire and brake disk weights 44 lbs. and the Concours wheel weighs 40 lbs. I guess in a perfect world the new wheel combo would weigh less but that’s life.
All in all, color me happy
Mike G