Black or gold wheels?

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Black or gold?

Poll ended at 26 Mar 2014, 22:28

Black?
6
26%
Gold?
17
74%
 
Total votes: 23

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Re: Black or gold wheels?

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Re: Black or gold wheels?

Post by StMarks »

Another vote for gold here mate.

Fwiw I think the gold makes the bike look lighter.?

Also some above posts have suggested the gold ones are too bling.

This is a Duke ffs, it should look droolingly bling. Isn't that what they are all about, looking exotic & desirable.?
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Re: Black or gold wheels?

Post by D6 »

Some say bling, some say tacky.
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Re: Black or gold wheels?

Post by duke63 »

StMarks wrote:Another vote for gold here mate.

Fwiw I think the gold makes the bike look lighter.?

Also some above posts have suggested the gold ones are too bling.

This is a Duke ffs, it should look droolingly bling. Isn't that what they are all about, looking exotic & desirable.?

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Re: Black or gold wheels?

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The gold wheels work well with the gold forks
The black wheels look better on the one with the 'not so gold forks'
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StMarks wrote:
This is a Duke ffs, it should look droolingly bling. Isn't that what they are all about, looking exotic & desirable.?
Precisely, well said StMarks :-)
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Re: Black or gold wheels?

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I like both, Gold for me though.
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Ohh.... it would seem i may soon have some gold wheels. :D

I made a low offer on some wheels with tyres, quoting that there were some sold the other day for that and the offer has been accepted.

Wasn't expecting that!
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Re: Black or gold wheels?

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Cool! Can't wait to see them on the beast :)
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Re: Black or gold wheels?

Post by D6Nutz »

Sweet, nice when you get a good deal on something you actually want.

What's more amazing is tankslappers actually helped in making a decision.

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The Gold looks faster.
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Nice one Duke.
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Re: Black or gold wheels?

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I may have a set of Pirelli Supercorsas for sale dependent on what condition they are in once i receive them.
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Re: Black or gold wheels?

Post by duke63 »

New wheels turned up today.

Much lighter than the original wheels. A very unscientific calculation involving weighing myself and then myself holding the wheel tells me the new rear wheel is approx 2.5kg lighter than the original and that's with a 190 tyre fitted. The tyres are not Supercorsas though, just Pirelli Dragons so if anyone wants a free pair for collection.

The wheels really need powdercoating before i use them. They have been repainted but its peeling in places. I'm sure i saw the place is Tipton does this too.
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Post by C00kiemonster »

Duke, if not there is a very good powdercoaters I have used near spaghetti junction who I can recommend. If you prep the wheels first it's cheaper too as you'd need to take the bearings etc out.

Come to think of it it may be worth getting new bearings anyways....
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Quoted £100 at the place at Tipton so I think i will try them out. Cheers Cookie.

My job for the weekend will be removing the bearings on the front wheel. :)
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Re: Black or gold wheels?

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I don't know where you brought them from mate. But if they need a re-paint perhaps it would be wise to have them checked for any run out before you get that work done.?
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Re: Black or gold wheels?

Post by Blade »

Don't know why but this has only just appeared when I hit new posts yet its days since I read it with plenty of updates. Is that just me or a fault on the new site (blush)

Anyway all that apart nice one Duke it will look amazing. Old wheels weigh a ton. Modern cast wheels are much lighter these days but old stuff like on our bikes was so over engineered. When I fitted dymags to the sp the weight saving was massive and they transformed the handling. I was really sceptical if I would be able to tell the difference but it was like night and day.

Enjoy them mate.
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Re: Black or gold wheels?

Post by Blade »

Oh just remebered a good tip. Look at the weight of the tyres you fit. There can be up to a kilogram in difference which obviously cancels out a large proportion of the advantage created by fitting lighter wheels in the first place.

Plus the weight of a tyre is obviously at the circumference of the wheel so a kilo here has a bigger effect of the gyroscopic effect than a kilo at the hub.

As a rule of thumb most pirellis are quite light and Dunlop's heavy.
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Re: Black or gold wheels?

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Have you had any PM's of me Duke I'm not sure if their sending on the new site.
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