Carbon Fibre Wheels For VFR800's '98 to '07

Hey Gang,
A lot of us occasionally froth at the mouth over the thought of Carbon Fibre wheels for our beasts. So my question is - if these were really available for purchase, --- How many of you would really pony up for a set? Cost would be kinda nasty - around $2200 a set or maybe a tick or two more.

I want them, m'be some of you do too.

MD

 

Whoa - nada? I was digging into this as a design/manufacture project and if I could get 15 sets, that would make it realistic to pull off.

Keep the rubber side down,
MD

 

I dont know about style - with CF its function first. I know though that these wheel will be beautiful and the ultament bling, none finer. If you want hard core info check out--- http://www.blackstonetek.com/ - Yeah, I'm collaborating with Blackstone - I'd be spending some healthy bucks and would like to a least attempt to come out better than even. Discussions for now are - is it even possible? Given the offset of the 4 lug mounts, it may be a tougher design- kinda a discussion among us engineers thing. If this gets done, it will be comparable to any Ducati wheel on the market.

On your Q's - lets see, handling would be quicker - 600 like. Weight loss - just guessing 7-8 pounds, all that is mosty at the rims. The bike will feel like you suddenly got a 10 hp boost outta nowhere. Tire sizes the same.
Check the Blackstone site for your other stuff. I expect these to last a long time.

I should add that pricing is just speculation at this point. Should be in the ballpark though.
MD

 

This thing kinda died from the lack of interest - In digging more into the project - I'd have to sell these for $3150. Looks like $2200 was dreaming. I'm not making any bucks on this either, I just wanted to make it reality.

 

I can appreciate that, and yeah this is not no risk, but I these are still Blackstone Tek, the best in the business. Check above link if you want. It's not like I am building these in my garage.

This is all moot anyway but I can dream. :smile:

MD

 

"Got" = 0 --- "Need" = at least 16 to 20. Blackstone would need to pay for the tooling to put it together. It's a major expense to come up with a new wheel. A onezie cost would be crazy. We had some discussions and left it lie.

MD

 

Looks cool - let's keep a watch out. The guy is gonna post photos soon.

MD