Carbon wheels

[Jewcati]

Not that I currently race or have carbon wheels, but are carbon wheels legal in any lrrs classes?

[Degsy]

They must be legal for superbike classes. You'd be crazy to run them though.

[sdog30]

Breen blew one up pretty good a year ago.

[CBR929RE]

Breen blew one up pretty good a year ago.

yeah but the bike also went flying off the far side of turn 9.

[Rada]

Scott on the XR1200 ran them last year too.

[The Snowman]

Scott on the XR1200 ran them last year too.

How did they not collapse under the weight of that monster of a bike?

[Kurlon]

The combined sheer awesomeness of that bike allowed it a temporary pass on certain tenants of physics.

[The Snowman]

The combined sheer awesomeness of that bike allowed it a temporary pass on certain tenants of physics.

Good thing he didn't light the rear wheel on fire when his warmer burnt his tire up.

[MarkMarine]

I think Rick Breen has them on his S1000RR also. My reading of the super bike rules has them allowed. Nothing below super bike though.

That said, I have 4 bent/dented rims in my basement. That would be $6,000 of junk carbon if I had carbon wheels. Not worth it in my opinion.

[Kurlon]

I think you're incorrectly assuming the blows that caused your current wheels to dent/bend would damage CF wheels, given the testing vids that have been shown by BST I wouldn't be so sure of that.

[Paul_E_D]

I don'[t know why the testing shows carbon to be superior, but every racing wheel failure I've seen has also been carbon

[Kurlon]

When was the last failure you've seen? I've seen a bunch of mangled aluminum and mag wheels at the track just this season alone.

[Eric Baker]

Yeah those BST wheels look to be stupid tough from the videos I've seen. Definitely tougher than a normal cast wheel.

[Jim]

not sure about GTU classes, but they're legal for SuperBike and GrandPrix classes.
you definitely need them. buy them now!

[Kurlon]

GT runs by GP rules, so legal.

[Jewcati]

not sure about GTU classes, but they're legal for SuperBike and GrandPrix classes.
you definitely need them. buy them now!

I agree! Do you have a few grand I can borrow?

[Johnny B]

I thought they were banned altogether, but I reviewed my rulebooks and 2005 was the last year they were banned.

[Jim]

I agree! Do you have a few grand I can borrow?

Well it's not your new AMA built motor or tuned race fuel that's slowing you down at track days.....it's got to be those heavy wheels.

[Jewcati]

Well it's not your new AMA built motor or tuned race fuel that's slowing you down at track days.....it's got to be those heavy wheels.

Don't be a dick... I am running out of excuses as to why I am so slow but I am pretty sure that I have narrowed it down to the wheels.

Listen, my bike may be light years ahead of my shitty ass riding, but if I want to light a bonfire with money that I clearly can't afford to dump into useless shit, the. I should be allowed to!

[Chippertheripper]

So, have they shipped yet?

[Jewcati]

So, have they shipped yet?

Haha...no sadly. I doubt they will be in the budget, I am Just wasting time online until I am allowed back at the track in July after the baby is born.

[Jim]

You want to get faster? Buy the Qstarz from Street & Comp. Overlap your laps with faster riders & try their lines & braking zones. Buying lighter wheels and ceramic bearings won't give you what you want.

[cdovego]

Why so much carbon wheel hate? They're common place in the west coast club scene, not to mention pro...

[loudbeard]

Because Yankees are cheap bastids

[scottieducati]

Custom made forged OZ wheels are clearly the key to speed. 'Specially when your motor goes buh-bye... makes moving that empty chassis SO much easier!