Ceramic bearings. On pushbikes, ceramic bearings are used in race applications but need extra care and servicing - they have been known to fail prematurely. Does BST recommend any specific service/care routine with their ceramic bearings?
If anyone could answer my question that would have quite a bearing (pardon the pun) on the whole conversation as there are loads of second hand lightweight wheels....ie if I knew I could get a set of oz wheels from an rsv4 I could for 600ish thus bringing the price down for a specific set of secondhanders for 1100 quid (probably plus import tax and carriage) so a couple of hundred more on top of that....I was out in the garage yesterday nerding it up doing some little jobs ( pissing down outside and the house was full of kids so I retreated ) I measured across the back of the wheel on my rsv4 and on the zed and the width was the same (measurement taken from edge of spacer to the edge of spacer). Spindle size was different (smaller on the rsv4) but I may be able to get some bearings to change that. I have a mate that used to run a bearing company but not been able to get hold of him yet to check. I know that the rsv1000 wheels go straight on the rsv4 (that's confirmed) so I know ive got a wheel with a starting point. Based on the fact that also a brand spanking new set of whatever wheels costs brand new bare minimum 1600 quid if you could use a set from whatever it would be a massive saving. Just to add to this I came across the idea as ive got a set of excel supermoto wheels on my KTM525 on the right hand side (the disc side) it looks like theres an adapter that holds the disc so, my theory is that excel produce a totally stock wheel and then add the adapter for whatever bike theyre fitting it to...ie the adapter for a Husqvarna would be slightly different.
True. In cycling I totally get it because we're talking sub kilowatt power (yer legs). You need all the edge you can find. But on a 180+bhp race bike I would have thought the gains in reduced drag to be negligible..... But that didn't stop me getting them fitted in the front wheel of my BST's. Aren't I a twat? And no, no service required. They are totally sealed races. I think they're ceramic balls in sealed steel races. You still got the 997.2T btw. Just got one, sweet baby jeeeeesus.........
As long as extra servicing isn't required and durability is not an issue, then it would be rude not to go ceramic. But are they as strong/resistant to road impacts? The 7.2TS stuck around for 2 years but became boring and it had to go. PDK too efficient and robbed the car of engagement for my liking, and I missed the howl of the NA 6.1GT3. 3 pedal 981 Spyder and GT4 coming soon to rekindle 4 wheeled excitement again.
Wow, people lovin the GT4. Erm, 'boring' is not the word that springs to mind in the 7.2T. I understand what you're saying though. Enjoy!
Sorry, didn't mean to offend. The 7.2T is superbike quick, an all time great, and is wide eye monumental when at 1.2bar, but that was only 1% of the time to avoid 6pts... My previous 4 wheeled diet was always 3 pedal track cars, so I missed that dynamic in the TS. Back on topic!
When dropping 2.5g on frivolous farkles like carbon wheels, the fractional premium for ceramic bearings is negligible. Makes you wonder why they are options and not standard fitment with the BSTs? Oh, and I haven't gone carbon because I quite like the GOLD
Really? Can we tell the difference? I think they're shite. I only bought them because they were expensive. :smirk:
I like the gold too. I've had to strip my frame out (no mean feat) and have the bugger painted back to red because of those pesky BST wheels. Good to go with wets now though. That'll be err, interesting.
Remember watching a support race to the BSB at Assen about 2 years ago I think and one of the bikes had a carbon rear wheel. Coming out of the last bend the spokes disintegrated resulting in the obvious. Not pretty. Andy
Not sure but you might have answered your own question earlier. How many manufacturers have a process so cheap they can afford to make a different wheel for every bike ? It sounds very feasible to have a common hub design where the change is either the number of spokes, 5 or 6 disc fixing holes and bearing and spindle size. Still an expensive experiment though. Andy
Yep... Its risk.... Just wondered if anyone else had had a stab at it... Might take pot luck and contact the manufacturer...
I would say they are multi fit to a degree,sprocket sizes are bst/oz specific and not Ducati/Ktm ect specific,i would have a gamble that on the oz the actual rim is the same with cush drives and inserts being made for each manufacturer's spindles.
Bike torque racing seem to be doing offers on oz rim sets at £1600 a pair,offset the price with the sale of your standard rims and they might work out a quite cheapish.Quick edit,a fair few Ducati oz rim sets at £1470.
