Carbon Fibre Or Forged Alloy Wheels On 2016 Speed Triple

Ive read an article (MCN I think) says its the single best mod to make.

 

Definitely lust after a set of PVM's myself. Only seen one set of carbons on a Speed which visually looked a bit heavy/clumsy on the rear single sided.

 

Hi
I have PVM forged on my 2012 R-bought it second hand and they were already fitted.
Haven't ridden cast and forged back to back but whilst my bike handles beautifully I'm not sure I can tell it's all about the wheels as it has Ohlins front and rear too.
My previous bike was an 04 Aprilia Tuono and the difference in the two bikes handling is like night and day.
I would say if you can afford it then go for it (and why not) but it maybe not the nirvana it seems.
Cheers
Steve

 

Lighter wheels would be awesome and as Sprinter said, they are a GREAT mod. However, one of the reasons why I love my Speed so much is her looks and I still haven't seen a pair of carbon wheels that are as good looking as the stock ones. For now and on this bike performance is not much of a priority for me. If I wanted performance I think I would probably have bought another bike.

 

i have the bst carbon wheels on my speed. they have been on for 12 months, no issues with the carbon.... does handle better... spins up faster, brakes harder, turn ins are superior to standard. weighs a lot less. look superb.

 

that looks sweet as bud!

 

Guess the question to ask is what do you want the bike to do that it doesn't do already. Go faster? Turn in quicker? Bring the overall weight down? Forged or carbon will do this for you.... At a cost, but if any of the above apply then save your money (£1500-2000?) and buy another second hand sports bike that will out perform the triple as you already know. (Don't get me wrong I love my triple) If its just for looks then you gotta go carbon, just have a look at anthony gothards pic it looks sweet as!!!!! But another point is, I had a very near miss a good few years ago on a gsxr1000 which involved a pothole/crater at high speed, luckily it only put a flat spot into my rear wheel on one side about 10cm long (it was flat, to this day I still dont understand how the tyre bead didn't let go), my mate wasn't so lucky tho, he ended up with two cracked vertebra and a written off R1. I had the wheel re rolled and its as good as new now! U aint doin that with carbon and I'm not sure it can be done with forged as the process makes them more brittle, hence they split, but I do stand to be corrected on that. If you want your bike to go faster spend your money on a quick shifter, "low mount" exhaust and get rid of the cat!

 

I'd love to be a motorcycle journalist, just think, you never have to pay out of your own pocket for the single best mod you can do to a bike!

 

Quite correct. It's a quickie bike but I love it for its quality and looks. I have a tuned mt10 sp for when I want to be mental.

 

after my MT 10 `s big power gains with a map i have put the speed in for the same treatment... can follow its progress here..
https://www.facebook.com/Junction-33-Dyno-Centre-182693223936/
might be of interest to some of you

 

It often gets said that 1 Kg off unsprung weight is worth 7 anywhere else