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Looking to upgrade the wheel rims

BCRider

BCRider

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For the life of me I have been waffling over various small cosmetic upgrades. But one that I want to proceed with this winter is to strip down the wheels and get a set of alloy rims and new spokes to fit the new rims.

Have any of you gone down this road at all?

I'm hoping to cut off a good 3 lbs from each wheel which will tone up the suspension damping and lighten the steering loads at higher speeds. And likely as not the bike will seem to accelerate a little faster too. I'm not unhappy with the power and mostly I'm looking for the overall lighter steering in the bars and perhaps a little gain in damping after a bad bump in the road. But hey, if it suddenly acts like it found a couple of extra ponies I won't complain.

I'm likely going to talk with Buchanan for a rim and spoke kit for the bike. Or do any of you know of any other supplier that can offer up a kit of rims and spokes?
 
BCRider said:
For the life of me I have been waffling over various small cosmetic upgrades. But one that I want to proceed with this winter is to strip down the wheels and get a set of alloy rims and new spokes to fit the new rims
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So which model do you own?
Shedding 3 lbs per wheel is unobtanium on the cheap (but see below). I will be able to offer competitive wheel builds, for far less money then the big names such as Buchanans. Contact me direct email for info; Todd at GuzziTech.com
 
Stock V7R spoked rear wheel - 15.8 lbs (no tire, all bearings and dust seals)
Stock Breva 750 cast rear wheel - 14.6 lbs (no tire, all bearings and dust seals)
Kineo rear wheel - 13.9 lbs (no tire, all bearings, dust seals & valve stem)
Kineo front wheel - 11.2 lbs (no tire, all bearings, dust seals & valve stem)

My new set below for the RentAGuzzi V7 Racer II 820-Quattrovalvole. Stock rear rim size, but a 3.5 x 17" front rim.
I will weigh the OEM front Racer wheel once I pull it to compare.

GT KINEOV7Whls

GT KINEOV7FrWght

GT KINEOV7RrWght
 
Man, those are bad ass. The weight saving, especially since it's unsprung weight, should make a very noticeable difference in handling. Pretty cool.
Looking forward to pictures of that 17 inch front wheel on the Racer!
 
I just saw AF1 post a listing for V7 Stone OEM cast aluminum wheels.
Front wheel - 11.05 lbs
Rear wheel - 12.95 lbs
 
Louisv97 said:
I just saw AF1 post a listing for V7 Stone OEM cast aluminum wheels.
Front wheel - 11.05 lbs
Rear wheel - 12.95 lbs
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Yes, cast wheels are lighter, spoked wheels are not, plus the tubes.
 
Does anyone know if a 17 inch rim off of a breva 750 would be able to fit on a V7 III
I'm sure it would fit on the marzocchi forks of the older v7, but not too sure on the kaifa forks
 
I’ve seen a V7 locally that had Excel rims laced to stock hubs. At around half the cost of Kineos it’s still pretty pricey.

You could contact Woodys Wheel Works in Denver. They can build pretty much any wheel you want.
 
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