CARROZZERIA Forged alloy rims - Review (pron = CAR-O-ZER-REE-A)

[Tony.OK]

Had mine on my 1000rr a few years back now............they are bloody nice!!

Few things I noticed with mine, yup acceleration was improved, as was flickability.......but the thing that really surprised me the most was when getting off the gas, the bike just slowed so much faster, even without brakes, there was suddenly a much larger amount of engine braking.

They say that removing 1kg of spinning mass is like 3kg's of sprung mass, works a treat with lighter wheels!!

Also don't be afraid to play with susp settings with lighter rims, took me a while to suss out what I needed, but once sorted the difference was fantastic. Less comp and more rebound worked well, less comp for less weight being pushed up when hitting a bump, more rebound because the spring isn't pushing as much weight back down........that might help someone?.

[Shaun P]

I may be missing something but what is the point when you have to use std rims at national level, I guess it depends on yre objectives

[Tony.OK]

I may be missing something but what is the point when you have to use std rims at national level, I guess it depends on yre objectives

Same reason as Stroudie uses BST Carbons at non Nat events I guess, any advantage is a good one if ya are allowed to use it.

That and they look cool...........hehe

[Biggles08]

I may be missing something but what is the point when you have to use std rims at national level, I guess it depends on yre objectives

The Nationals is only 5 rounds out of a full year of a racing calendar that you are not allowed to use them at. Your also not allowed to use cams, quick-shifters and many other accessories at the Nats that you can in F2 or F1. Plenty of reasons :-)

[wayne]

advantages of 16.5 wheels ?

[Biggles08]

advantages of 16.5 wheels ?

I'm confused...could be because I've had a couple of wines, could be because your a bit vague!

[98tls]

Bit lost on the 16.5 inch rim thing myself,were did that come from.Used on racebikes in the past no idea about them these days,read a recent thread on the TL site were a bloke purchased a second hand set of bling 16.5 rims ex Yosh Suzuki to find that slicks aside theres no road going tyre available.

[Biggles08]

Bit lost on the 16.5 inch rim thing myself,were did that come from.Used on racebikes in the past no idea about them these days,read a recent thread on the TL site were a bloke purchased a second hand set of bling 16.5 rims ex Yosh Suzuki to find that slicks aside theres no road going tyre available.

I think one of the earlier Honda Fireblades had 16 inch rims too...not 100% tho. Anyway, can't figure out if it was a question or a statement...he had a '?' at the end of it so I'm guessing it was meant as a question...but not sure how I'm sposed to know the answer :-)