BST Wheels

[Chris Canning]

For you guys with BST wheels,are they wearing well??

[Droptarotter]

Yes.........I just did a 2k trip through Washington and Oregon with them.....and have another 1k on them running around here........still no problems so far.



Cheers

[cageyar]

I have 10,000+ miles on mine and I've performed three tire changes.
The wheels are perfect-get them before they're gone.

[shreddr]

10,000+ trouble free, gorgeous miles here!

[twodear]

Posts on the Forged wheels thread sort-of state that the cost of BST wheels were around $3000. BST doesn't sell direct, OPP website quotes $4006 per set.

Shreddr and Cageyar, who was your vendor and were the prices paid by a result of a group buy?

[shreddr]

I bought mine off eBay from the South African distributor.

[LeftCoast Peter]

Bryan, where is your faithful riding companion?

[Droptarotter]

Originally Posted by LeftCoast Peter

Bryan, where is your faithful riding companion?

If you look just above the shifter...........you will see him.

My wheels were bought form a guy in SA also........around $3K shipped.

Cheers

[cageyar]

I bought mine from the U.S. distributor, Motowheels, in Sacramento, CA.
I paid the price listed. They assisted me in getting BST to make a modifed left disc carrier. I discovered the issue when I used Braking wave rotors which are .5mm thicker than the stock rotor. The BST front wheel has no offset and the thicker disc hit the caliper. BST now has a part # for a modified carrier if you're not using stock discs.
Click on the link for each wheel, F & R, scroll down to the bottom and you'll see a familiar bike.

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[Chris Canning]

Thanks for the info gents,got more than a bargained on which was very usefull.

[Chris Canning]

Well they turned up today,very nice.

[cageyar]

It is very tight getting the rear tire on-you need a NoMar tire changer or someone who is familiar with putting tires on a wheel with virtually no well. Don't let the average dealer hack attempt to put a tire on that wheel.

[Chris Canning]

Originally Posted by cageyar

It is very tight getting the rear tire on-you need a NoMar tire changer or someone who is familiar with putting tires on a wheel with virtually no well. Don't let the average dealer hack attempt to put a tire on that wheel.

Thanks for that,but with two other bikes with Dymags i'm finicky who puts tyres on my wheels,I have a solus motorcycle tyre outlet less than half a mile away from were i live,and choose a 50 mile round journey to go else were instead!!!,but thanks again anyway.

Seems a shame to use them,would make a nice feature hanging on the living room wall.

[Droptarotter]

Originally Posted by cageyar

It is very tight getting the rear tire on-you need a NoMar tire changer or someone who is familiar with putting tires on a wheel with virtually no well. Don't let the average dealer hack attempt to put a tire on that wheel.

Yep...............Cage is right with that quote............and check the Torx socket you have for the rear wheel............it might not fit in the holes on the BST wheels.

I had to grind a little off of my socket........and then I did get a nice Snap-on one that fit.

Post some pictures once they are mounted up.

Cheers

[NakedRider]

Originally Posted by cageyar

It is very tight getting the rear tire on-you need a NoMar tire changer or someone who is familiar with putting tires on a wheel with virtually no well. Don't let the average dealer hack attempt to put a tire on that wheel.

+3. I've done a few of these with my NoMar. Make sure the tire is nice and warm. It's MUCH easier that way.

[Chris Canning]

Well finally got round to putting tyres on,whoever invented tyre warmers e'h!!.

Next question,what is the tolerence on the front wheel rotor carrier as you have to allow for the ABS ring as opposed to a bike that is non ABS,have BST assumed all bikes are ABS and non ABS need a spacer.

[cageyar]

Does your bike have ABS or not?
The issue is that bike with ABS need a modified left front wheel disc carrier to compensate for the 1.1 mm thick (my measurement) ABS tone ring.
The modified carrier has a separate part number but it is visually different as well.
The 5 "ears" of the modified carrier are machined .5 mm on their outer surface and the inner surface where it mounts to the wheel is also machined .5 mm. This compensates for the tone ring thickness.
This is only necessary if you are using after-market discs which, in my case (Braking) were .5 mm thicker and the left disc just kissed the left caliper.
If you are using stock 4.5 mm discs, it should not be necessary to have the modified carrier - shreddr has stock discs and stock carrier and has no clearance issue.
If you don't have ABS, is the disc hitting the caliper on the inside surface? Then, IMO, you'd need about a 1 mm space to move the left disc out.

[Chris Canning]

Yes I do have ABS,what I was interested in,what had BST assumed, that most were with ABS,if they have gone with majority and assumed that non ABS users would space theirs.

I'd noted that your aftermarket discs needed a different left side carrier.

[Droptarotter]

Chris;
Check this link.......I think it gives the info you need.
I might be able to find you the part numbers of the adaptors if you need them.



Christmas Arrived Early

Cheers

[Droptarotter]

I think for anyone ordering a set of these wheels, it would be advisable to include a pair of the optional disc carriers.
They do not add that much to the cost and it does give you an option if you go to different rotors later.

Cheers