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Old 30-Sep-2004, 21:26
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Magnesium wheel versus standard

Well..got the tyre fitted to the marchesini magnesium rear wheel today....talon are going to knock up a gold sprocket for it as the carrier is a five bolt fixing (apparently its a corsa fixing).

Couldnt believe the weight difference !!! The standard 888 wheels must be the worlds heaviest coz with the tyre on it takes 2 hands to lift (and its still a struggle!)..I can lift the new wheel/tyre combo quite easily with one hand !

So come on..let have some weight saving guesses for the new rear wheel setup..

Weight of the standard wheel/tyre/disc is 13.4kg...closest gets to pat themselves on the back !!

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Old 30-Sep-2004, 21:29
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On the corse bikes didn`t they have a larger wheel spindle on the rear wheel.
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Old 30-Sep-2004, 22:11
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Early ones did apparently..but this is one of the last made apparently and as such, has the std spindle..??

Oh.and wheres your guess my laddo ??

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Old 30-Sep-2004, 23:31
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"...std 888 wheel.. takes 2 hands to lift (and its still a struggle!)......."

I'm surprised you can pull the clutch in then!
Too much looking at glossy pictures, maybe?

I almost beat you to Celeste's wheels, but the aggro of getting two carriers made up so I can change gearing at the track quickly was too much for me - I'll just have to carry on with the cast lead ones.........

Weight of new setup depends how much rubber is left !

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