[Darren69]

I never heard or read that they were Magnesium on those models but they do actually look like that and for a long while I thought they might be..I think it was a deliberate attempt to make the bike more attractive but actually the factory race bikes only used magnesium in the early years. In later years when the weight penalty increased for the factory Superbikes they were ally in order to add weight. Magnesium is a very difficult metal.