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David1948

Joined Jul 2014
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Dorset United Kingdom
Hi

I am considering upgrading my wheels.

I am thinking of forged aluminium as these seem to give a useful reduction in weight and the other improvements that go with it.

Has anyone else tried this yet?

I would be interested to know what wheels are around that will drop straight in, just needing discs, sprockets etc.
 
Wow, not to my taste. I would have to chose the BST over the Rotobox, just for the looks. But, even better for my money would be wire rims.... but I am actually ok with the standard HS wheels, so not a priority.
 
They look like car wheels. I guess I could be used to seeing thinner spokes on Duc's. And $3500?! I understand they are very light but it's kinda like when I see $5K in rims on a $4K Honda Civic. You could have started off with a much more technical bike with that cash on top of what you paid for the Strada.

Ducati is like Volvo in that they always make a good looking stock wheel. I think the Strada's is the best out of the Motard line up. My eyes are always drawn to the rear wheel on the open side when I look at profile shots. And I don't see the point in a flashy front wheel as 90% is covered by brake rotor.

You have to be very careful fitting aftermarket wheels to bikes. I've known a couple guys that had to take their carbon fiber wheels to a machinist to get certain parts to mate back up. I see they list the Motard but not the Strada specifically. I'd call before purchasing.
 
Progress

I have been in touch with a UK supplier and they are offering BST and Dymag, both in carbon fibre.

My insurance company is okay with forged aluminium wheels but does not like carbon fibre. I have yet to find out why?

I also understand that upgraded suspension parts are in the pipeline for later this year.
 
David1948 said:
I have been in touch with a UK supplier and they are offering BST and Dymag, both in carbon fibre.

My insurance company is okay with forged aluminium wheels but does not like carbon fibre. I have yet to find out why?
I also understand that upgraded suspension parts are in the pipeline for later this year.
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I would love to see your bike those blings...keep us posted
 
I have just heard from the insurance company and they won't cover the bike with carbon fibre. My broker is now checking out other insurance companies.
 
David1948 said:
I have just heard from the insurance company and they won't cover the bike with carbon fibre. My broker is now checking out other insurance companies.
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insurance companies are like banks, they both defy logic...

banks will grant a loan only if you prove to them you don't need money (i.e. you have enough properties, bank deposits, liquidity, etc.)

as with insurance companies, you can be insured only if you prove to them you won't get hurt (i.e. you're not military, not a pilot, don't parachute, etc.).
where i live, riding a bicycle or motorbike is a non-insurable activity

... which kind of contradicts why you need a loan or an insurance coverage in the first place. funny because a person who habitually just sits on his couch all day with no exercise is readily insurable when he is more prone to dying of a heart disease

sorry, talking from experience. i always get denied for loans and insurance :mad:
 
gatdammit said:
They look like car wheels. I guess I could be used to seeing thinner spokes on Duc's. And $3500?! I understand they are very light but it's kinda like when I see $5K in rims on a $4K Honda Civic. You could have started off with a much more technical bike with that cash on top of what you paid for the Strada.
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+1 on that, see that every day in my 'hood. I would not expect a USA-based insurance company to cover any damage related to a non-DOT certified part, but they would still issue a policy.
 
Probably because while carbon fiber is very strong comparatively, it doesn't bend when it reaches it's stress point- it explodes and splinters. It would turn a survivable mishap into a possible casualty.
 
Time for an engineering opinion. ;) There would be no hazard if a CF wheel is designed and built well enough. Yes, there is little or no difference between yield and ultimate strengths, but both are sky high. My '94 Triumph Trophy was fitted with Euro-spec wheels apparently made from pressed cheese. This spec was supposed to prevent cracking, but the yield strength was pitiful. Early BMW 'snowflake' mags were well known for this. I bent the rear twice and the front once, on bumps that any Japanese spec wheel would have shrugged off. One hit bent the rear so much that it lost almost all of its air...that is a fairly catastrophic failure! I switched to the Enkeis from the previous year and all was well.

But this is a moot issue, as no sane person would spend that much on wheels for the street.
 
Those are sweet. Always like OZ's car line.
You can find crash test video's of carbon fiber cars disintegrating upon impact. I know the Deltawing concept is out there showing this. I also know when a F/A-18 Hornet hits the water doing 400+ kts, it splinters into sawdust with only large mechanical parts left to ID. Rescue swimmers actually have to be very cautious not to get sliced up from the carbon fiber particles if they are deployed into such wreckage.
 
Still nothing on the insurance front.

However I have been told that the OZ Piega wheel fit the bike and of course there is no carbon fibre question to deal with. They are cheaper than the carbon fibre options.

Assuming the picture above is the Piega, they also come in black.

From the OZ website they weigh (from!) 3.3kg for the front and 3.8kg for the rear.

I did weigh the front wheel without a tyre but with its discs but now can't find where I put it. If anyone knows any wheel weights I would appreciate knowing.
 
At long last an update.

I had no joy with the insurance company on the carbon fibre front. I have gone down the forged aluminium route. OZ Piegas fit so I have just fitted a pair of black wheels.

I will post a couple of pictures later. The rear wheel saves about 1.5kg with the front around 0.5kg. The weight comparison was made with the tyres on the rims so it may not be that accurate. The old wheels had Pirellis part worn. The new are Michelin Pilot Road 4.

The main test will come when I ride it. If the mass is centralised then the dynamics should show a worthwhile improvement. Every time I have fitted lightweight wheels before there have been improvements in handling and the ride. More to follow.
 
Why not buy 1199s or 1199r wheels they bolt right on and are massively lighter than our stock rims. also easier to find on the web for cheap.
 
If I knew my way round what fits what I probably should have looked into 1199 option but I have received differing advice so I went the OZ route.
 
David1948 said:
If I knew my way round what fits what I probably should have looked into 1199 option but I have received differing advice so I went the OZ route.
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The wheels on the hypermotard sp are the 1199s/r wheels, if it fits the motard sp they will fit our stradas.
 

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