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Don't Call Me Cliff
Gelderland,
Netherlands
Posts: 3,058
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Speed Triple 955i (99-01)
10 May 2008 19:29 |
http://www.ministryoftech.....rbonate-wheels/
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 Red Monkey
Swinging in a tyre,
United Kingdom
Posts: 18,354
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Daytona 955i (99-01)
10 May 2008 19:48 |
Nice for a show car but reckon they'd look like shit after a few thousand miles.
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. Ash .
Skating Away...,
New Caledonia
Posts: 11,438
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Speed Triple (05->)
10 May 2008 19:51 |
yep, a few high speed pull-ups and they'll be just an opaque grey mess - neat idea though
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«•Kîng Kêy•»
Essex/London,
United Kingdom
Posts: 11,709
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Daytona 955i (99-01)
10 May 2008 21:00 |
'Suggested retail $5,000 per wheel'
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Chris Line
Cowes,Isle of Wight.,
United Kingdom
Posts: 8,409
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Speed Triple 955i (99-01)
10 May 2008 21:40 |
Polycarbonate?? - attacked by UV light etc.......if my memory is correct!
Bloody sure I would risk all on that stuff??
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SteveF
Portsmouth,
United Kingdom
Posts: 334
Tiger (01-06)
10 May 2008 22:24 |
Cool wheels,
on a bike ?it would look like magic floating
but how long before it's just a scratchy mess
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Chris Line
Cowes,Isle of Wight.,
United Kingdom
Posts: 8,409
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Speed Triple 955i (99-01)
10 May 2008 22:26 |
Or....................a shattered, opaque, scratched mess!
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SteveF
Portsmouth,
United Kingdom
Posts: 334
Tiger (01-06)
10 May 2008 22:29 |
How about see through lids?
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triple queen aka tq
OXFORDSHIRE,
United Kingdom
Posts: 7,002
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Speed Triple (05->)
10 May 2008 22:38 |
stevef, no i like being able to hide my red face when i miss a gear 
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Ade
Hurt, tired, angry.,
United Kingdom
Posts: 21,191
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Speed Triple T509 (97-98)
10 May 2008 23:21 |
Seen the car ones before, but not bike ones.
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Pump 19
Chessington,
United Kingdom
Posts: 4,584
Speed Triple 955i (02-04)
10 May 2008 23:59 |
Aside from scratching which you could overcome by coating them in a clear self healing vinyl, if I recall Polycarbonate is quite susceptical to heat. So and heavy brake use on any car that uses those brembo monoblocks will simply melt the wheels off the hub?
If it were not simply looks that counted, how would they weigh up against carbon or metal rims?
Im guessing that they would be the heaviest of all three, making them showroom only wheels?
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Wozzaaa
Nottingham,
United Kingdom
Posts: 1,225
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Speed Triple 955i (02-04)
11 May 2008 00:13 |
Pointless...
....and I bet someone would still paint 'em orange....
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Chris Line
Cowes,Isle of Wight.,
United Kingdom
Posts: 8,409
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Speed Triple 955i (99-01)
11 May 2008 00:15 |
Wouldn't need to - they would discolour with age to a piss colour - ideal for BMWeeee's!
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Earl
Hiding in the valley,
United Kingdom
Posts: 3,765
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Daytona T595 (97-98)
11 May 2008 18:55 |
didnt billy lane of choppers inc,do one for biker build off, big mutha of a rear tyre too.
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Riggsy
Coventry,
United Kingdom
Posts: 16,132
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Daytona 955i (02)
11 May 2008 19:02 |
Wozzaaa:
....and I bet someone would still paint 'em orange.... |
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Snowdog
Souf Lunnon,
United Kingdom
Posts: 802
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Sprint ST (02-04)
11 May 2008 19:43 |
The bike ones might not be too clever in a side wind.
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Pump 19
Chessington,
United Kingdom
Posts: 4,584
Speed Triple 955i (02-04)
11 May 2008 22:44 |
Depends on the bike I guess.
The HD Fatboy has solid wheels, or at least the one I see on the roads round here does and it doesnt seem to get any undue buffeting. But then it does weigh about the same as my house 
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Ade
Hurt, tired, angry.,
United Kingdom
Posts: 21,191
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Speed Triple T509 (97-98)
11 May 2008 23:09 |
I remember the late JOhn Robinson once saying that solid wheels were no more susceptible to side winds than conventional ones, because the turbulence created by the spinning spokes stops side winds passing through anyway.
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SpeedIII Josh
Eugene, Oregon,
USA
Posts: 167
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Speed Triple 955i (99-01)
12 May 2008 06:25 |
ever ridden a bike with solid wheels? anyone who has will tell ya that high winds coming from the side will push it around more than spoked wheels.
the other problem is manuverability when pushing the extra mass.
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Ade
Hurt, tired, angry.,
United Kingdom
Posts: 21,191
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Speed Triple T509 (97-98)
12 May 2008 19:29 |
null:
ever ridden a bike with solid wheels? |
No, i'm not gay.
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SpeedIII Josh
Eugene, Oregon,
USA
Posts: 167
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Speed Triple 955i (99-01)
12 May 2008 19:45 |
good point!
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