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HP4 wheels on a S1000RR

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A couple times a year a bunch us trailer our bikes down from Minnesota to ride the Ozarks in Arkansas. The roads there are incredibly raspy, to the point they completely devour a new sport compound rear tire in barely four days. I have come to like having an extra set of wheels with fresh tires along, that way I don't have to mount new tires right before the trip and there are no worries of running out of rubber while there.

So last year when I got the S1000RR, I started looking for an extra set of wheels.

Being a fool, I bought a set off an HP4, and then began figuring out how to get them on the bike. I was going to get extra rotors and ABS sensor rings anyway, but it turns out all the other hardware is different too.

Here is exactly what you need, along with what it ended up costing a guy with no particular industry connections:

HP4 wheels (including just bearings, seals, and internal spacer tube) $1000

(1) 36 31 8 534 822 Spacer Bush $22.69

(5) 33 81 8 530 682 Absorber (cush doughnuts for sprocket carrier) $29.92

(1) 33 81 8 530 679 Sprocket Hub Assy $376.07

(1) 33 81 8 532 146 Sprocket $87.99

(1) 33 81 8 523 331 Spacer Bush $15.71

(1) 34 52 7 726 896 ABS Sensor Ring, rear $29.07

(5) 34 11 7 709 137 Fillister Head Screw (Rear Rotor Bolts) $10.50

(5) 33 81 8 532 733 Rear Sprocket Bolts $112.71

(5) 27 71 7 724 142 Rear Sprocket Nuts $10.84

(1) WF7508 Braking Rear Rotor from Nicecycle $112.00



(1) 34 52 8 523 479 ABS Sensor Ring, Front $63.97

(1) 202915 Brembo HP Front Rotor Kit from OPPRacing $711.80

(12) 07 12 9 907 382 Fillister Head Screw (front rotor bolts) $14.89


I also need some bolts to attach the sensor ring to the rotors, but that is just an M5x6 and should be a hardware store item. And of course, tires.

Added up, with tires, this comes to about $2900.00. And I thought I did ok on the wheels, they are nearly new.

The rear sprocket carrier, sprocket, mount bolts, nuts, and cushions came to nearly $600. Aside from that, you pretty much need all the other stuff for extra wheels anyway.

I am still awaiting the front rotors, supposedly they will arrive in a couple more weeks.

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#2 ·
Well...****. You're close to pricing on carbon wheels at that point. Are you leaving them black?
 
#3 ·
No, my intent was to have two sets of wheels, not to exchange my stock wheels for these. So I needed two sets of rotors and of course tires.

I guess the moral of the story is: If you choose to get HP4 wheels instead of regular S1000RR ones, you have to spring for a $600 sprocket carrier assembly.

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I was in the area with my 1000 this fall and wondered about the same situation next time I go. The solution A) bring an extra set of tires with you or forward them to the motorcycle store B) bring the bike into 39 Classic Cycle 7188 Hwy 62 West
Eureka Springs, AR 72632 a parts/used motorcycle store east of downtown Eureka and pay $30 per tire.
 
#9 ·
Thanks for the responses.

My intent for the post was to detail what's involved fitting HP4 wheels to a S1000RR. There had been posts wondering whether the wheels interchanged between the bikes, and I was trying to provide part of the answer. Also, I thought it was useful to show the cost of building complete wheels once you've bought new rims. In this case, that was inflated because there are pretty much no used HP4 parts around.

I started with the black HP4 rims because they ARE available used, what with all the HP4 owners swapping them out for blue ones/BSTs/Marchesinis.

Didn't mean to suggest this was the best or only way to change tires on a trip. Certainly you can bring along a changer or have a shop do them. For this particular trip, we stay in Harrison, which has 4 motorcycle shops. We found they don't stock much at all in the way of sport bike tires (maybe they'll have a Shinko rear), and they don't want to mount tires your bring in. And if you get past those hurdles, you lose half a day

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