RE: BST Carbon wheels - 2

Zitat von Fugly im Beitrag #4

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Very nice.

Light wheels definitely deliver a noticeable reward (Forged Marchesini's on my Ape)

But the thing that really scares me with carbon wheels is the care demonstrated by the tyre changing guy......

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Hello, when you swapped out the stock rims, did you also move the tire pressure monitoring sensors into the new rims? Any issues in doing that? Still happy with the carbon fiber rims, you would spend the money again? Thank you

Hi no TPS fitted on my model, I chose base version and modded up from there.

Since you renewed the thread, I'm toying with BST wheels as well. A friend's had his for 55k miles on K16 and no problems. The tire changing concern is real - you have to dial down the clamping pressure to ~55psi or risk cracking a wheel.

@marknash my friend would absolutely spend the money again. Said it felt like it took 200lbs off the bike and made significant handling improvements. As I used to have a K1600GT (haven't ridden his with CF wheels), I can imagine the differencee in steering effort is quite noticeable.

Yes, you have to move the tire pressure sensors. When he got his wheels BST did not go to 90' valve stems, but it *appears* they have now and the new wheel ship with the adapters. If not, you can order them from them as an option, I believe.

A point worth informing you of is the original rear wheel is 5.5 inches and the BST is 6 inches. The original 180 section tyre is too spread on a 6 inch rim and will flat spot quickly and spoil handling.
I now use a 190 / 55 with great results as it has the added benefit of lifting rear ride height by 10mm with a further improvement in the steering.

Thank you. What, if any, difference in handling have you noticed with the 190 on these rims?

And since you've had the BST wheels for a while, your long term feedback/impressions?

Hi the 190 -55 is just fine with the one exception I had to remove my after market hugger rear guard due to lack of clearance, a future project to modify the mounting bracket to suit.

Long term what can I say that I already haven’t in my first report, the finish is top drawer standard and has remained so. Handling is lighter especially noticeable at higher speeds that long bus feeling of the bike in original spec is banished. Stability is soo good the steering damper now lives in a box on the self it’s totally not required.
I’ve converted to the tube style handle bar as I found the original cramped my wrist and this mod combined with wheels and the 190/55 lifting the rear really helps on the slow mountain turns and also as mentioned at motorway speeds of 70mph.

I would describe the overall effect of these mods is to turn the R/S in to what was intended a Sports Tourer, for me as standard I found the steering too slow and heavy especially as most of my riding is 2 up and often with bags fitted.

Great info. Thanks for all your feedback throughout the thread. helpful!

Yer welcome