American Motorcycle Dealer AMD 223 February 2018 | Page 27

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 www.AMDchampionship.com AMERICAN MOTORCYCLE DEALER - FEBRUARY 2018 27