Now, that's a different line of thinking, Brett!
You may be on to something here.
Here's a pic taken with my calipers sitting on a steel rule resting flat on the discs

Just a tad different from your measurement, eh?
And just for extra relevant info-

^ Disc outer to outer, and

^ inner to inner, just in case of maybe hub width differences as well?
Model specifics are factory tubeless wheels for a 1979 XS1100 SF Special 3H3