Ducati Sporting Club UK > DesmoDue Race Series > DesmoDue - General Questions and Chat > class B fork & wheel queries

[antonye]

Left = early, heavy
Right = later, light

[badgerpilot]

The lighter wheels are not necessarily better, depends on how you ride.
The heavy wheels give you a tad more inertia which can be useful, ie up the hill to the hairpin at Brands or the first left at Cadwell. OK they may take a little bit more braking as a result but this lends itself to smoother flowing riders as opposed to point and squirt methods.
Running twin discs has the same effect.
I swapped from heavy to light wheels and to be honest couldn't tell any difference (*maybe because I'm such a smooth corner demon ) so don't fret if you don't find a set.







*or just not good enough to tell them apart.

[funkatronic]

thanks gents, I'm sure what i have have will do the job fine, especially if i get the suspension setup right

i know from the bigger bikes a lighter wheel does make the bike turn in easier so will keep an eye out for a cheap set , they seem common enough on ebay
shame the 5 spokes aren't allowed, got one few kicking around from the monster and 998
guess the SBK ones are a bit lighter but i doubt the s2r/s4r ones are any lighter than the later 3 spokes

the bike has twin twin discs already but I'm debating running with a single disk and caliper.although I'm not small and do like a powerful responsive brake so might need some pre season testing

[mat2hew]

Originally Posted by badgerpilot

The lighter wheels are not necessarily better, depends on how you ride.
The heavy wheels give you a tad more inertia which can be useful, ie up the hill to the hairpin at Brands or the first left at Cadwell. OK they may take a little bit more braking as a result but this lends itself to smoother flowing riders as opposed to point and squirt methods.
Running twin discs has the same effect.
I swapped from heavy to light wheels and to be honest couldn't tell any difference (*maybe because I'm such a smooth corner demon ) so don't fret if you don't find a set.







*or just not good enough to tell them apart.

WFT are you on about Scott?

[chris.p]

Originally Posted by mat2hew

WFT are you on about Scott?

Think he is on a legal high

[mat2hew]

Originally Posted by chris.p

Think he is on a legal high

badger bait?

[badgerpilot]

Think I may have been a tad tipsy!
Just some stuff an ex racer from round our way said to me, apparently he always changed to heavier wheels and discs at Cadwell and Brands.
Kind of makes sense after a large portion of giggle juice.

[funkatronic]

can a multi620 (3 spoke 17*4.5) rear wheel be used in a 600s if i change the bearings to suit the small spindle size?