In November 1974 the Van Veen was exhibited at the Cologne motorcycle show with front and rear cast wheels and triple Brembo disc brakes for their 1975 Model Year rotary-engined OCR1000 machines . Aftermarket cast wheels for Japanese makes having drum rear and front disc brakes were available in UK from late 1974 . A patent for a cast alloy motorcycle wheel was filed in 1974 and assigned to Carroll Shelby 's Shelby-Dowd Industries ; and in early 1975 Thomas J. Lester of then-named Lester Tire Company had applied for a patent on composite cast motorcycle wheel construction ( with a press-fit hub ) . By mid 1975 , Shelby-Dowd aftermarket cast alloy wheels were advertised for sale . In November 1975 , Harley-Davidson , Moto Guzzi and Ducati all showed factory models fitted with alloy wheels at the EICMA show in Milan . By 1976 , two more manufacturers were offering aftermarket cast aluminum wheels : Henry Abe of Osaka , Japan ( now Daytona Global ) ; and Lester Industries of Ohio ( now a division of ITT ) . In 1975 , the Moto Guzzi 850 Le Mans and the MV Agusta 750 America were available with alloy wheels as an option . Italian manufacturer Fantic produce a step-through moped named ' Roma ' with cast wheels as standard specification in 1975
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Motorcycle wheel