Good price for Mag Marchesini\'s??
 

How does £460 sound?

Here

I was sorely tempted ...

Pretty good price but they definately need checking out, priming and repainting. Can you see the damage around the edge of the rims?

Yep - thought that they had tyre's changed by an 'enthusiastic' fitter ...

I would have got them painted again :D

But, they're not mine ... :(

Yeh - but I wonder if they're really magnesium - tricky to tell with only a quick glance.

Tim:frog:

look a bit rough to me guys, by the time you have got them all refubed etc, you could probably found an allmost new pair.

From what it sounds like I'm glad I didn't then!!!

Need to save the pennies at the moment anyway ;)

They are. The ally ones have a small inset ridge down each leg.

Not necessarily!!

I'm off to collect them on Friday, the guy assures me that the are in good condition, they are magnisium.
Do I need to be looking for anything in particular.......coz if there sh*te I will walk away.......
Help me please!!!!!!!!:(

Just be aware that if they need respraying - and they look like they do, that you're looking at a bill of around £160 to spray magnesiums.

Tim:frog:

Cheers Tim
If all it is is a respray(all be it £160:()
Do you think that that was a good price or should I walk away.
They would not be going on untill next year and I don't have loads of spare cash!!!!!

Oh and let me inroduce myself.......I've just acquired my first Duc in over 10 years, just dopped Aprilia coz I could not get on with it, had a ride on a mates 748 but just not quite the power so I bought me a 996 and have not had so much fun in a long time.

Back to the wheels...............cheers for all the advice, still got 5 days.

I reckon you can get some mint ones for £700 or so - (they are £1100ish new), so as long as they are not bent or chipped or deeply scratched etc, ie they'll be perfect condition if they are painted, you should be fine. If they are damaged you could be in for a bigger bill to fix.

Don't forget to take some sort of spindle, bar-type thing that you can spin the wheel up with and ensure that its not bent.

I've had a few different wheels for my 996 -3 sets of Mag Marchesinis, 1 set of Marvics, 1 set of Dymags, 1 set of OZs, etc..... The ones I really wanted were the 10 spoke Marchesinis, but who knows!!!

Good luck and welcome to the site.
Tim

When I bought the bike it had the 10 spokes already on it but I didn't have all the cash to buy the bike so me mate lent me the money and he took the wheels, should be getting them back when he sells the bike soon.

Cheers for all the advise.
Picked them up last Friday, it was only the paint that was chipped, no scratches or owt on the wheel itself:smug:
Been quoted £150 to have them repainted.

Sounds great.

Were the 10 spokes cast or forged?

The 10 spokes may be lighter than the magnesium 5 spokes - I'd get them back toot sweet!!

Tim:frog:

Well they have 'FA' stamped on them so I'm guessing that they are forged, but then I'm no expert:puzzled:

Before

After.....

Some may not agree with the colour but there you go.
A good job and the price was right, they were checked out and there was no damage so I think I got a bargain there.
Thanx to everyone for all the advise

Dave

Yeh Baby!!! They look the mutts!! Enjoy

Nice, and a bargain too.

I've just bought a mint pair of mags for £750, and the cheapest Alloy ones at the moment are around £600 so all in you got a steal :)

Yep, a steal, and you 9xx boys are so lucky as there seem to be all sorts of good wheel deals about. I have a front mag, now I have to hunt a rear for my 888, hens teeth!!

Rgds, Rob

:bouncy::bouncy::bouncy::bouncy::bouncy::bouncy::b ouncy::bouncy::bouncy:

Dave,

Is that supposed to be funny?:lol:

Yup yup yup yup:P

One note of caution.......if the wheels were stripped back to bare metal prior to the lovely blue-bling respray, they should have been treated with a chemical conversion coating such as Alodine 1200.

If not, there is a possibility that the corrosion resistance of the wheels may be compromised.
It won't matter in the short run, but after some time you will find filiform corrosion developing beneath the paint finish. If this is not removed, the structural integrity of the wheels could be reduced (the strength of mag alloy that has turned to powder is very low!).

If you got them correctly primed - forget the above.

By the way, where did you get them done?

Cheers,

R X

dave996, will you be getting the 10 spokes back, if yes will you be selling them?

Stop salivating Adam, I can hear it from here!

:lol:

The company that did these work on Ferrari wheels and Lotus racing wheels (mags), they told me the process something to do with etching or something, I was too busy looking at the wheels to hear what he said. :rolleye:

I know he isn't in any hurry to sell his bike yet, but if he does then it would be possible to get the wheels back. If you can wait a while maybe a long while......

tp if your that close you can help me un do the bl**dy rear sprocket nut.:D
searching the different sites i came across 20 spokes, they looked the nuts.
they could look good on my lovely.

:lol:

You'd have to be seated before I told you my call out rate!

we will be equal with my opening the door rates:P

corrosion resistance of the wheels may be compromised.
It won't matter in the short run, but after some time you will find filiform corrosion developing beneath the paint finish. If this is not removed, the structural integrity of the wheels could be reduced (the strength of mag alloy that has turned to powder is very low!).

made for the track not the road,so miss as many pot holes as you can
and don't land s**t from a high One
working life of mag wheels ??????? front Ones need to be looked after if you do a lot of road miles.