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We are not suppose to talk about this issue in the Pictures thread so I opened a thread for it as I see a few of us are interested to replace our wheels to carbon.
What we know so far from Fast Eddie and from Vernon240 is that Norton said it’s not possible to put the carbon wheels on the ABS models.
And this from @Vernon240 helps a lot:
I spoke to BST directly when I bought my wheels. Only one style available and one of the qualifying questions was ‘does the bike have abs?’. I think the key issue is the mounting of the abs ring. It’s probably a solvable issue...just not by bst. At that point, there was a huge question over if Norton would even make the commando...and would anyone honestly bother given the highly limited market potential vs making wheels for a bike that is at least in volume production? Modifying a wheel to be compatible with a bike with extremely limited production and where the market potential is literally 10’s of Sets of wheels is hardly an enticing financial prospect. I’d also be surprised if BST enter into any meaningful dialogue with someone, even if they really really want to buy a single pair of abs compatible wheels.
And this also;
My mate Jonathan tried this and found that the trigger wheels would not fit correctly. They fitted, but kinda 'bulged' out in the center. I think it's solvable, but might need a custom ring and potentially the sensor location adjusting. I can say it's not a direct 'bolt the rings on and you are good to go' deal. BUT Jonathan is the only person who I know of has tried it..others might find a different experience.
What do you guys think should be adjusted to solve this issue?
I don’t know much if any about mechanics but what if BST will put their own brake disc with the ABS ring or taken from a bike that his brake disc with ABS do fit and we will just move the ABS connector location?
Is that possible?
And again, I really don’t know anything about mechanical engineering.
What we know so far from Fast Eddie and from Vernon240 is that Norton said it’s not possible to put the carbon wheels on the ABS models.
And this from @Vernon240 helps a lot:
I spoke to BST directly when I bought my wheels. Only one style available and one of the qualifying questions was ‘does the bike have abs?’. I think the key issue is the mounting of the abs ring. It’s probably a solvable issue...just not by bst. At that point, there was a huge question over if Norton would even make the commando...and would anyone honestly bother given the highly limited market potential vs making wheels for a bike that is at least in volume production? Modifying a wheel to be compatible with a bike with extremely limited production and where the market potential is literally 10’s of Sets of wheels is hardly an enticing financial prospect. I’d also be surprised if BST enter into any meaningful dialogue with someone, even if they really really want to buy a single pair of abs compatible wheels.
And this also;
My mate Jonathan tried this and found that the trigger wheels would not fit correctly. They fitted, but kinda 'bulged' out in the center. I think it's solvable, but might need a custom ring and potentially the sensor location adjusting. I can say it's not a direct 'bolt the rings on and you are good to go' deal. BUT Jonathan is the only person who I know of has tried it..others might find a different experience.
What do you guys think should be adjusted to solve this issue?
I don’t know much if any about mechanics but what if BST will put their own brake disc with the ABS ring or taken from a bike that his brake disc with ABS do fit and we will just move the ABS connector location?
Is that possible?
And again, I really don’t know anything about mechanical engineering.
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