anyone interested in magnesium wheels?

Just received a set of gold magnesium marchesini rims for my second R, a few friends are interested in ordering some as well.

Just wanted to see if anyone would be interested in getting a set, it would be 2650 shipped to your door.

fits all 1199 1299 models

gloss black or gold

703-568-7940 if anyone is interested

zohsix01 said:

Just received a set of gold magnesium marchesini rims for my second R, a few friends are interested in ordering some as well.

Just wanted to see if anyone would be interested in getting a set, it would be 2650 shipped to your door.

fits all 1199 1299 models

gloss black or gold

703-568-7940 if anyone is interested

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That's the best price I've seen since I paid $2015 back in 2013.

lol now u just make it seem expensive trauma!

that would be awesome if magnesium marchesinis were 2000 dollars

17's?

zohsix01 said:

lol now u just make it seem expensive trauma!

that would be awesome if magnesium marchesinis were 2000 dollars

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Yea, but that was a long time ago, ordering from Omnia - 1666eu (2641 now), was actually $2235 with shipping. Then I sold my stocks for $1000, so only $1235 net!

Damn, BST's are only 2500 bucks on Omnia right now.....

wheels sold

At that price can I get shipping to the UK?

Bst and mag wheels for 2500-2600!!?! I feel like I missed the boat when I bought my bsts!

Mutt1979 said:

At that price can I get shipping to the UK?

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shipping would be additional since its not the same price

Can anyone (Shakazulu12?) post a link to BSTs for ~2,500? I can't find them anywhere on Omnia or Omnia ebay.

Lightning said:

Can anyone (Shakazulu12?) post a link to BSTs for ~2,500? I can't find them anywhere on Omnia or Omnia ebay.

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BST's for Panigale

2400 Euro today is actually just under 2600 US.

Don't forget they charge 150 euro shipping and they charge PayPal fee as well.. Get to the end total then see

Thanks Shakazulu12, the google machine thought I was in Italy and had included VAT so I was seeing a higher price.

Other than the bling factor what's what's the advantage of getting the BST's as the weight difference between the S/R wheels is not alot

Carbon fibre wheels has less weight in the rims and therefore accelerate and brake faster and lean quicker.

reganc said:

Other than the bling factor what's what's the advantage of getting the BST's as the weight difference between the S/R wheels is not alot

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Do some research on this. Rotational mass has a huge effect on steering effort. Dropping a few pounds from wheels/rotors makes an obvious difference in steering. Not only that, but it's where the wheels are lighter, not just how much lighter they are. Carbon fiber wheels have most of the their weight concentrated around the hub, which is aluminum. The closer the weight is to the hub, the less centrifugal force is generated, and this is what you overcome when turning the handlebars to get the motorcycle to turn. Less rotational mass means less energy required to accelerate and less mass to slow down, for better acceleration and braking. Less mass being controlled by your suspension means better suspension performance. The biggest bang-for-buck upgrade you can make to any bike, period.

Compared to aluminum and even magnesium wheels, carbon fiber wheels can have 30% or more reduced effort to turning. Ask lamb00j, he went from the OEM base wheels to BSTs a few months back and it was eye-opening to lose 8.5+ pounds of mass.

My RotoBox RBX2 wheels are 1.4 pounds LIGHTER than the BSTs and 5 pounds lighter than S/R wheels. I had already upgraded to the S/R wheels and when I went to the RBX2 set, it was not even close.

BTW - I just reduced the price on those same set of Rotobox RBX2 wheels, so now you can get the BEST for less!

http://ducati1299.com/classifieds/19874-rotobox-rbx2-carbon-fiber-wheels-3.html

Reganc, I can't give real world feedback on that 'cos I've never had CF wheels, but from the maths:
I think the difference between BST and the S or R wheels is approx 1 lb each front and rear (someone please correct this if it's wrong). It's much more of course compared to the base model wheels (~3 lb each front and rear I think). For the S or R, 1 lb doesn't seem like a lot I agree. Proponents of CF wheels will raise the moment of inertia advantage, which is significantly higher as a percentage than the raw mass comparisons, because CF wheels have relatively light rims. However, and this is where I find the sales pitch of the CF wheel companies disingenuous, they never include the mass of the tyres in these MoI comparisons. The tyres generally weigh more than the wheels and sit a long way from the rotation axis, so they contribute a lot to MoI. Now I understand why they choose to ignore the tyres (I'm in sales myself) in their ads and tech briefs, but whatever way you cut it it's still less than the whole truth. Since the tyre mass is a constant, and since it must be included in any fair MoI comparison, it has the effect of reducing the benefit of the CF wheels.

Still, after all that, I'd like to try a set to see for myself.

Lightning said:

Since the tyre mass is a constant, and since it must be included in any fair MoI comparison, it has the effect of reducing the benefit of the CF wheels.

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All else being equal, and the fact that CF wheels are much more mass centralized that aluminum or magnesium wheels (see my explanation above, that the majority of the weight of CF wheels is in the hub), there is still a tremendous reduction in rotational mass - and the measured, actual weight difference for the set against OEM S/R/Tri wheels is 4.2 lbs. Absolute truth, the first time I took a turn at speed after getting my RBX2 wheels installed, I almost turned off the road to the inside of the turn - there was THAT much less steering effort involved.

Lightning said:

Still, after all that, I'd like to try a set to see for myself.

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You can, for about the price of forged aluminum wheels. I'll sell you my pristine RotoBox RBX2 wheels (my 1199 is sold - sniff) for $2500 USD shipped from me in the USA to you in Australia: http://ducati1299.com/classifieds/19874-rotobox-rbx2-carbon-fiber-wheels.html

The manufactures also have no way of knowing which tire you are using, which would greatly affect the results if compared with different tires. Pick up a Dunlop and a Pirelli race tire some time if you haven't done so before. Pretty big difference. Someone I know was a vendor and switched brands a few years ago. Said his trailer scaled 1000 pounds lighter with the same amount of tires in it.

There are tests that have the MOI done by a 3rd party though. I know there is a german one that has been posted on this forum before in the past two years on an S1000rr that had all sorts of wheels in it.