Aftermarket wheels
 

Thinking of getting some of these as I've heard that the weight loss to the centrifugal aspects (I'm not that sciency) gives as good as (if not better) handling benefits than upgrading the suspension and/or brakes.

Anyone like to fill me in with the truth behind this?

Also, has anyone here had aftermarket wheels fitted who can tell me first hand what difference it makes?

And finally, what other manufacturers are there other than Oz and PVM?

Cheers,
Oaf

The lighter the wheels, the less weight and less inertia they have allowing faster acceleratation/braking. Less unsprung weight will allow the suspension to track the road better. Reduced gyroscopic forces will quicken steering at high speed.

I can't imagine for the price you'd have to pay on new wheels to get an appreciable improvement that it's worth doing on an SV, however. Especialy when you can make other improvements, like suspension, for little money and far better results.

Dymag and Marchesini, and to a lesser extent Brembo, as well.

Unless you have a seriously modded bike or you're going racing I see little point- I'm sure the results are as massive as we're told but the cost of a set of good quality lightweight wheels is knocking on half what I paid for the whole bike :shock: It seems you'd need to make upgrades to the suspension to get the best out of them as well. Also, they're less durable, and vulnerable to crash damage.

Certainly makes more sense than throwing £1500 at engine work, mind... I'd like a set myself but I can't justify the cost.

Marvic as well, problem is anything worth having 'cos it's usefully lighter is going to be about a grand fitted. I doubt anyone is offering 'off the shelf' SV wheels, so you're going to need spacers made up etc, altogether it ain't going to be cheap, and realistically of limited road use on an SV, or any other road bike for that matter.

PVM do an SV rear for sure, not sure if they do a front though. Dymag, I think, have a spacer kit for the SV too.

i saw a fantastic set of carbon wheels in some bike mag a few weeks back.
Sadly theycost more than my entire bike does :(

Re: Aftermarket wheels
 

They are not cheap, but there are several SV650 options listed here:

http://www.indysuperbike.com/custome....php?cat=20948

If I had to choose, I would take the Alum 10 spoke Marchesini, thank you very much :)

My bike is already very trick.

I've already got Ohlins, Brembo and Waveys all round, a custom 4 port exhaust, and more custom bodywork than you can shake a stick at.

I'm having a custom trellis swingarm built next year, so it would be nice to get a new set of wheels to go with that - I've seen a set of PVM 20 spokes that are very nice.

No engine mods yet... I want to get the rest of the bike set up first, so it can completely handle the extra power. I'm probably going to go for a 800cc re-bore about two or three years down the line.

Then comes the custom paintjob, frame polishing and powdercoating the engine casing.

I'm determined to have a show quality SV.

Have we seen pix :?: :?

I posted them in the gallery about six months ago, but can't find them anymore. Do old threads get removed from that forum?