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BST wheels for H-D,
V-twins and Customs
Leading carbon fiber wheel maker Blackstone Tek (BST) has updated its wheels
offer for selected Harley models and custom V-twin performance use.
ST carbon fibre wheels were
originally intended for Street and
Track use for th e superbikes. They
found their own way into Drag
Racing as the riders immediately recognized
the benefit to be gained - this was quite a
surprise to BST as they hadn’t targeted that
market! The Drag market grew rapidly and
that’s when Harley-Davidson, customizers
and custom builders picked up on them. The
new Black Star line was BST’s response, with
the with the many different sizes and
fitments offered to specially meet their
needs.
B
BST wheels have always been popular at the ‘top end’
of the Harley custom market and with performance
custom builders (and Sportster and Buell racers).
Having migrated from the drag strip, where the
combination of strength and light weight are the
primary characteristics of a carbon fiber wheel, they
are increasingly no longer just the preserve of the strip
and circuit.
In drag racing they have been popular for the reduced
mass they represent when starting a run (the
stationary bike responds sooner and faster to the
rider’s reaction time) and for the improved speed (and
reduced time) that the bike then carries to the finish
line. On the race circuit lighter weight not only means
Terry Annecke, Operations and Marketing Director, at EICMA in 2017
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