A special lightweight version was also used on HRC's failed oval-piston four stroke GP motorcycle, the NR500,[12]: 105  and the later NS500 two-stroke ridden by Freddie Spencer.

This style of Comstar was often given an anodized colour finish such as gold[1] or black[14] with silver detailing.

[15]: 54  Honda later changed from star shaped spokes to 'Boomerang Type ComStars' with three boomerang shaped pieces bolted to each side of the hub at the 'bend' of the boomerang with the corresponding ends gathered together and rivetted to the rim making six spokes a side.

From the hub outwards, the boomerangs had a series of gradually decreasing round holes rather than the slots of the original comstars and the wheels came in silver, gold anodised, or black.

[16]: 40 To manufacture the Comstar wheels, Honda used an extruded aluminium-alloy rim made by D.I.D[17]: 37  that was fastened to the spokes using aluminium rivets.

[21]: 52 From 1977, Dawson Harmsworth, a business in Sheffield, England, produced a similar composite wheel with generally comparable appearance, materials and construction to Honda's Comstar.