| Author | Message | ||
     Illbuell |
Does anyone make after market wheels for the 1125 that will accept the stock rotors? | ||
| Barker |
What are you looking for? Wider? Lighter? Do you like spokes?  | ||
| Froggy |
Barker beat me too it. They are nice if you got the coin. Hero blue is very nice...  | ||
| Scarab_run |
sweet | ||
| Illbuell |
No spokes. Something Billet.  | ||
| Barker |
IRRC there was a company making billet ztl wheels something like "Taylor" wheels. I cant seem to google up much right now. Illbuell, Do you know this fella? I really dig his work. | ||
| Redbuell1203 |
Now I really like the spokes. Never saw those before. Who sells them? How about a link? | ||
| Red93stang |
Red are u crazy, u can't post anything like that on badweb, the badweb police department will come to ur door and take ur computer. It has to be a sponsor to get posted on here. | ||
| Froggy |
Just like 90% of the things on the internet, that is not true. Anyway, http://www.alpinaraggi.it/eng/ is the company that made the wheels on the white bike posted above. | ||
| Junkyrddog780 |
They look fantastic! Laced wheels really set it off. | ||
| Illbuell |
Barker, Yes thats me.. back in the day anyway.. I've been out of stunt shows since 2006. | ||
| Afhans |
Illbuell, What about taking a set of stock wheels and have them powder-coated in dual colours of your choosing? | ||
| Mountainstorm |
Considering that the service guys have always scratched and marred my rims (1125r included) those lace ups would have to come with a "Get Out of Jail Card" for me...because I would probably go postal when they destroyed them. Other than the harsh reality of cleaning all those spokes they are simply amazing. | ||
| 03firebolt9r |
HAHA @ Red93stang. LMMFAO. I guess that is the 10% that IS true. | ||
| Jdugger |
The Buell wheels are actually really hard not to damage when servicing. The ZTL2 front caliper in particular is a really tight fit coming on an off the wheel unless you are willing to bleed out the brake and spread the pads each and every time. Once on the tire machine, that shiny, polished powder coat is a bitch. I gave up a long time ago caring about the little tiny bits of cosmetic detail, and my life is much better for it. | ||
| Chiefiron |
Im with you JD. I had the wheels on my XB chromed. they looked good for a while but one late season in upstate NY and several tire changes and their looks started to fade. lesson learned no more shiny bits for me. | ||
| Red93stang |
Just like 90% of the things on the internet, that is not true. Really froggy? Ur the one always bitching about it. Wire wheels? Seriously? | ||
| Illbuell |
So basically no one knows about any wheels besides the spoke ones and custom stock ones.. Oh well. | ||
| Jdugger |
The rear wheel is relatively straightforward. In fact, I actually have a Marchesini Forged Magnesium, and in order to use it with the 1125r I only needed a bearing set, OEM spacer, and a custom machined adapter for the sprocket side to space the bearings correctly. Probably not something someone would ordinarily undertake, but it wasn't horrible. The real issue is the front wheel. The ZTL2 is totally unique and so no standard rotor hardware works at all. You are basically limited to wheel manufacturers that have developed a completely custom casting since there's no normal way to adapt a wheel like one can with the rear. Buell makes wheels, and EBR has magnesium wheels, and I think that's about as good as it's going to get. | ||
| Family_buells |
Yeah, I have a 5.5' Marvic magnesium wheel on my SV650 racebike. I've been thinking that I could adapt to the Buell pulley fairly easily and put it on my 1125. No need to worry about a cush drive. I think it'd be easier to do a complete front end swap than to try and find something for the ZTL rotor. Hmmmmm, I do have the GSXR front end that I could take off the SV........ | ||
| Sportster_mann |
You could probably put any wheels you wanted on - if you change the front forks and fit conventional brakes. | ||
| Froggy |
Red, bitching at what? If you want wire wheels, then great, do it. It is your bike, do with it as you please. Illbuell, yep, you are pretty much stuck with 1 off custom wheels, and it gets expensive fast. | ||
| Ratbuell |
unless you are willing to bleed out the brake and spread the pads each and every time Um....maybe I'm doing it wrong, but I pop the master cylinder cover so there's no seal, but it's still in place to keep debris out...then I spread the caliper. The lack of seal allows fluid to go back into the reservoir. No bleeding required. Just remember to reseal the cap and pump the lever a few times before pulling it off the rack. DAMHIK. (Message edited by ratbuell on February 05, 2010) | ||
| Jdugger |
That works, too, still a pita. | ||
| Lastonetherebuys |
Wire wheels? Seriously? I personaly think the wire wheels look hot on that bike, and think they would look awesome on the 1125 r or cr thats what customising is making it personal and not cookie cutter out of the box | ||
| Mountainstorm |
Actually they only beat hell out of the rear wheel on the disk brake side. It looks like the spoon or whatever because it gouges an inch or so long swirl into the lip of the rim. I refuse to believe that it is unavoidable. I think it is just the way they treat Buells. As far as giving up on the cosmetics I had the luck of a deer jumping out in front of me at 60mph which I over reacted to and found out that the front brake is really quite effective. My two week old bike was looking pretty rugged after that. Back on topic. If you Google search "Perimeter Brake Wheel" you get some hits for RMD Billet three piece wheels that are developed for Big Dog the chopper MFR. Best I could find and the RMD Billet site is nothing. Sorry | ||
| Redbuell1203 |
I didn't mean to have anyone arguing. I am simply stating that an alternative wheel option for our buells have always been difficult to read about. Just because someone has a different opinion about what gets posted and doesn't...doesn't change that I will never have enough coin to afford aftermarket wheels anyway. I do however love to read the many options that are out there for the 1125's since there aren't that many. Just my 2 cent's. | ||
| Johnnys999 |
Not being able to change your wheels with a different brand really sucks. The stock ones are just plain ugly compared to what you can get out there. If the single rotor/caliper is such a great idea everybody would be using them. Unreal. | ||
| Rpm4x4 |
Not being able to change your wheels with a different brand really sucks. The stock ones are just plain ugly compared to what you can get out there. If the single rotor/caliper is such a great idea everybody would be using them. Unreal. Do you realize the benefit of the perimeter brake? Its part of why a Buell handles so well. Several pounds were shaved by this. THAT is Unreal. | ||
| Froggy |
Guess what, they can't! The mounting system is patented, so the only way someone could use a perimeter brake is to do it entirely different. There was some other bike posted a few months back that had a single rotor mounted in the middle of the rim between the forks. I disagree with you on the looks, I think they look fantastic, and not only do they look great, they weigh next to nothing. They weigh a hell of a lot less than any Japanese sportbike wheel I have ever picked up. Also, they look nearly identical to the sweet rims on the Corvette Z06 Also back to the patent, Buell wasn't the first to do the perimeter brake, but they were the first to get it right. |
