Light wheels for your Gen II

[KJShover]

$5,540 for some DOT legal, carbon fiber, wheels with ceramic bearings (-$250 and .05 lbs for steel bearings).

Front - 3.5x18 @ 8.2 lbs with the ceramic bearings
Rear - 8x18 @ 16.9 lbs with ceramic bearings

If you have a Busa, rims in their size are under 7lbs for the front and under 10lbs for the rear.


http://www.brocksperformance.com/Yamaha-VMAX+C270.aspx

 

[Blurr]

In my more insane moments I considered some like these from BlackstoneTEK for my vmax. Corse that would have meant going to chain drive.

 

[one2dmax]

The Carr's (if I could get them made for the Gen 2) would be very close to the same weight, available in colors and could be chromed, and far less cost!

Sean

 

[wildweasel_pt]

Those BST wheels are sick but if you scratch them or ding them what a task... If you raise the layer its very hard to repair... Not even talking about cracks

 

[one2dmax]

Yes, difficult repair but not impossible. I notice they talk about how Boeing uses it on their planes but that doesn't mean it's the ideal medium for that application.

We build the entire 41 section (pretty much from the nose to the first window after the entry door) for Boeing here at the day job. The size of the spin tooling is incredible! BUT, you'd shit if you knew the amount of stuff that gets scrapped for very minor problems. They do repair some stuff but a lot gets trashed.

Sean

 

[satariel666]

IMO carbon should never be repaired - my knowledge stand against this.