Santa's been to my house!

Fireskull · 8 Jul 2009 at 17:06

yep at least 2k.

Aliboy · 8 Jul 2009 at 19:04

Yup, just a little over 2k. I think it was £2110.00. I'm trying not to think about the cost. I get my tyres fitted to them tomorrow and the rims will be getting put on the bike on Monday. Just a couple more goodies to go and then that'll be it

Al

loltim · 8 Jul 2009 at 19:09

I'd be over the tyre fitters like hawks in case they damage them. 2k :eek:

Phate · 8 Jul 2009 at 19:12

Whats the weight of the original wheels?

SDK^ · 8 Jul 2009 at 19:17

Nice wheels - What bike are they going on?

I ride Mountain bikes and can understand the reason for light wheels on them but on a motorbike, why?

ShakenNstirred · 8 Jul 2009 at 19:20

you found somewere that will fit tyres
i bet there are a lot of places that wont touch them for fear of damaging them

Aliboy · 8 Jul 2009 at 19:28

ShakenNstirred said:
you found somewere that will fit tyres
i bet there are a lot of places that wont touch them for fear of damaging them

There are a load of bike shops that refused to fit rubber to them for fear of damaging them. One even asked my to sign a disclaimer that said that if the wheels got damaged then it wasn't their fault

The last time I had these wheels I followed the guy into the workshop when he was fitting them. The poor bloke was sweating because there was me, his manager and every other free member of staff peering at him

I almost felt sorry for the poor lad. I coulda swore I heard a sigh of relief from everyone as the last tyre was fitted

Al

jon.bda · 8 Jul 2009 at 19:51

V nice mate, is the bike headed for trackdays?.

Aliboy · 8 Jul 2009 at 20:04

jon.bda said:
V nice mate, is the bike headed for trackdays?.

It will be now

I fancy a wee stint at Jockhill and I'd love to do Donington too, but I'll have to settle for my local roundabouts in the meantime

Al

MrSix · 8 Jul 2009 at 23:48

SDK^ said:
Nice wheels - What bike are they going on?

I ride Mountain bikes and can understand the reason for light wheels on them but on a motorbike, why?

Somebody is no doubt much cleverer than me and will give you the scientific reasoning (I cba to google it), but it's to do with rotating mass / unsprung weight being heavier than sprung mass.

Fireskull · 9 Jul 2009 at 00:18

Yea its the unsprung weight, there have been articled about them in quite a few bike mags recently, if you go to BST carbon wheels site there is all sorts of into on benefits there.

Simon · 9 Jul 2009 at 08:32

SDK^ said:
Nice wheels - What bike are they going on?

I ride Mountain bikes and can understand the reason for light wheels on them but on a motorbike, why?

Same reason as why light wheels help on a car too.

Less mass to accelerate so better acceleration and less mass for the dampers and spings to control. Also 2.5kg per corner saving on a car is 10kg off the total weight.

Matt82 · 9 Jul 2009 at 08:40

i remember reading somewhere that 1kg off unsprung weight is comparable to 8kg off the total weight, acceleration wise. may or may not be true etc

merlin · 9 Jul 2009 at 08:51

Matt82 said:
i remember reading somewhere that 1kg off unsprung weight is comparable to 8kg off the total weight, acceleration wise. may or may not be true etc

About right.

Best way to explain it is imagine standard wheels are the equivalent of having weights strapped to your ankles. Wear them weights for an hour then take them off - you're now in ninja mode - more nimble & able to move around faster/direction change quicker without the inertia of weight to deal with.

EdAllonby · 9 Jul 2009 at 08:55

I love big packages, and then the dissapointment when its for a sibling :|