anyone interested in magnesium wheels?

JeffD said:

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.



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

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Claymore said:

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

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Sinjin said:

I ordered a set of matte Rotobox wheels with ceramic bearings back on Feb 23rd for my 899...

Stock wheels are 33 lbs for the set. I can't wait for them to arrive! The improvements for me will be tremendous compared with 1199 S/R wheels, however the benefits from the reduced rotational mass can be realized on any bike with forged rims.

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JeffD said:

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

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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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wilkson said:

You can tell the difference ?

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Gunny Fitz said:

Hey Sin !!

You ordered them that long ago and they have YET to arrive dude??
Was it from our communications about them? Holy smokes thats a long time ago! If help is required you know how to reach me man!

Hello everyone else - long time eh?

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Gunny Fitz said:

Hmmm, brave guy posting that cell up here. Maybe someone would wanna drunk call it LATE at night over and over again? lol

Still have these mags too Fahed?

BTW- did you ever return those mirror parts I let you borrow? lmfao

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