Tyres, Brakes and Suspension » BST Carbon wheels

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If you want to fit one performance enhancing item to your bike then BST is the way to go they have transformed a large sport touring bike in to feeling like a machine half the size through the twists and turns encountered on a recent trip to west Wales.

The pressure required on the bars is markedly reduced to such an extent that the normal fatigue I feel in the wrists after a hundred miles of touring 2 ;up with luggage did not occur. The bike has become far more neutral in the turn and will now remain on a constant turning radius with out trying to sit up while braking in to the apex.

An added effect is less kick back through the suspension on poor surfaces and a feeling of less vibration while on a course surface (I should add this bike runs on modified suspension front and rear so I can not comment for a standard set up) but an improvement has clearly been observed and felt.

One effect I did not expect was an improved straight line stability I was thinking that less gyroscopic effect due to reduced rim weight would perhaps be noticeable but on my journey to Wales in both directions crossing the wind blown Severn bridge for the first time during nearly 3 years riding this bike I did not experience the effect of the strong side winds pushing the steering while passing the bridge support towers.

Finally how good is it makes you feel fitting what amounts to the finest product of its type available with a look and finish that is simply stunning, truly a quality item built up to a standard and not down to a price.

Dealing with HPS has been a pleasure from the fist phone call enquiring about availability to finally receiving the goods via tracked delivery, customer service as it should be.

Ady
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Looking good Ady

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......

The thing that really scares me with carbon wheels is the £3K price tag.

Nice report. Still scratching my head on why you still carry that monster of an OEM exhaust can.
Certainly an easy target for shedding weight at a much more manageable price point.

Kudos for the BSTs I have always liked the carbon fiber wheels, out of interest what is the weight of the old wheels vs the new ones?
Carbon end can next on the list?

Headers changed in order to decat but too lean with end can fitted and not wanting to go down the remap route because the set up works extremely well in this configuration. The sound produced is also perfect for long trips just a hint more bark during acceleration and a deeper tone on cruise.

I use a local small outfit and they demonstrate all the required care such as plastic clamps to protect the rim on fitting machine and no levering of any description against the wheel bead section.
The tyre was soaped and pushed over bead by hand and a lever used between the tyre and fitting machine to roll the tyre on to the rim while the machine auto rotated.

The golden rule is do not allow levers to be used to roll tyre over wheel bead - the fitting process is as per the method used on a car rim this particular firm also has a selection of adaptors to allow the wheels to be fitted to a dynamic balancing machine.

Before purchase my concern was the suitability for road use but a while spent on the web soon puts these fears to rest with many demonstrations of the wheels durability.

Love the wheels, but is that a cheeky little Nitron sticker on the forks? Pray, tell us more!!

Zitat von Tony101 im Beitrag #10

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Love the wheels, but is that a cheeky little Nitron sticker on the forks? Pray, tell us more!!

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Hi Tony

You will find my post regarding the conversion of the suspension within the same lead chapter under the title Suspension conversion posted in Feb.

Cheers
Ady

Hi Sanemancured,


Get yourself down to Bravos fundraising South West Ride on the 21/09 kicking off at Taunton and you are more than welcome to take a spin. Trust me the change is very noticeable light steering and speed of turn in. I have owned a few other bikes with light weight wheels as a standard fitment but this is the first time I have performed the mod retrospectively and felt the true benefit.
Be there on the 21st and give Bravo some stick as he deserves it.

Ady

Zitat von Ady im Beitrag #12

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Hi Tony

You will find my post regarding the conversion of the suspension within the same lead chapter under the title Suspension conversion posted in Feb.

Cheers
Ady

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I am also interested in the weight reduction of the carbon fiber wheels, but couldn't find any data on the official site of BST. However I found an interesting weight comparison (original versus carbon) of a different type of BMW bike, the S1000RR.

BST Rapid TEK for BMW S1000RR / S1000R : 16.25lbs
Factory S1000RR Cast wheels: 25.5 lbs

This is a significant weight reduction of 36 %, so I am not surprised with improved handling caracteristics.

(https://www.motomillion.com/collections/...=14946177056834)