New Vit project in PNW.

Ben Oldschool

Ben Oldschool

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still waiting on some parts for the cast alloy wheels which will be for track use. The stainless spoked wheels for street. Keeping the stock exhaust for now as will “appear” legal and assumed to be carrying the catalytic converter... plus I won’t piss off the neighbors.
 

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Sounds fun! Why not use spoked wheels for the track too? I heard somewhere here that they were lighter, to much surprise...
Please tell us all about this project!
 
I’ll probably end up using the spoked wheels for my fist track day on the Vit next month, but the idea is quite simply to swap wheels (& rear fender/license plate with the KTM axel spacer) & remove the mirrors...viola.
 
NeverLost said:
Sounds fun! Why not use spoked wheels for the track too? I heard somewhere here that they were lighter, to much surprise...
Please tell us all about this project!
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The spoked wheels are about 5kg heavier compared to the cast wheels as far as I know.

I think on the 401 the spoked wheels might be lighter than the cast wheels but I'm not sure on that.
 
Ben Dover said:
That’s my understanding as well.
Should be able to confirm soon & will post up results.
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I'm definitely interested in the numbers for the 701. On the 401, this guy found the weight of the spoke wheels lighter:
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Svartpilen Weight Reduction Project

SuperSprox Steel: 15t Front 44t Rear
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The spoke wheels were 0.4 kg / 0.9 lb lighter (front) and 0.36kg / .8 lb lighter (rear).
 
Sounds fun! I can't make up my mind if the tank pads would look good on mine or not... Decisions decisions!
 
Ben Dover said:
I bought those "tank pads" thinking that they were of a thick Plastic slide material. But they are metal... so they should spark pretty good right next to the fuel.
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If they're Aluminium they will not spark. High carbon steel would be inclined to spark but I highly doubt they they are. If they're stainless steel it won't be inclined to spark anywhere near as much as carbon but possible. If you've got fuel leaking out of your tank onto a sliding sparking tank pad, you're probably well in the shit anyway and it'd be the least of your worries!
 
I always thought they were plastic from the looks too...
Makes sense I guess.
Metal probably provides better protection to the plastic tank for beginner dumps, wind blow downs, or parking lot drops; situations where the bike will be slightly less totalled.
 
I don’t think they really have any purpose other than aesthetic to be honest. I only bought them because i thought they made the tank look better :)
 
KiwiKev said:
If they're Aluminium they will not spark. High carbon steel would be inclined to spark but I highly doubt they they are. If they're stainless steel it won't be inclined to spark anywhere near as much as carbon but possible. If you've got fuel leaking out of your tank onto a sliding sparking tank pad, you're probably well in the shit anyway and it'd be the least of your worries!
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I think they're just a "Pot-metal" steel. I was kind of being dramatic about the sparking. And damn those things are expensive too, but probably cheaper than new tank covers.
 
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