As title says really, does anybody know wheres best to get Marchesini Wheels in UK? will be forged aluminium not magnesium due to cost . Any help/info greatly appreciated
The Magnesiums really are THAT much better, modern sports bike wheels are bloody light as it is, you won’t get a HUGE weight difference by going to Forged Aluminium, compared to Magnesium, or even Carbon Fiber. The turn-in rate of magnesiums is mental, from what I’ve been lead to believe by friends who have experience with them.
I believe Crescent Suzuki are the official Marchesini UK importers:
http://www.crescent-suzuki.com/accessories/listitems.asp?category=Marchesini%20wheels
I know that Demon Tweeks do Marchenisi Wheels, Duno how the pricing/type differs as I’ve not looked into it much. Hope it helps anyway bro:
http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/products/ProductDetail.asp?cls=MCYCLE&pcode=C/RFA71216BLK
-Hennessy
Do you know anyone in the states that could send a set for you as a gift? I should imagine they are cheaper out there, what about Ebay UK and US ?
Are forged magnesium wheels road legal / safe ??
I thought magnesium was too fragile to cope with potholes & aluminium was the one to go for, cheaper, stronger, sadly a bit heavier
BST carbon wheels look like they are worth robbing several post offices for, but people - punters & race teams dont seem to be using them, anybody know why - apart from the £2100 vs £1100 price difference - refer to post office idea 
Cheers for replys so far fellas, looked at links suggested and found a couple more. It was Aluminium ones that i mentioned in my post not Magnesium and as far as getting them from the states, i did that with my Ohlins rear shock but that was a shop who put a low value on them, saved about £150 by doing so, but would worry about the wheels getting damaged but i will e-mail the place i got the shock from and see what they say.
Cheers so far
Darbo
Magnesium wheels are fine for the road, it’s only the older wheels that used to have that trouble from what I’ve been able to determine. I have multiple friends in the states who run Magnesium wheels, and have had no trouble at all, and remember, Ducati’s were fitted with them as well.
The carbon wheels are fragile, hence why they’re not used in racing much. Someone recently highsides their K5 1000 at Donnington (beautiful bike, real corona rep in nearly every way), and the rims detached from the spokes, very nasty, and expensive.
Aluminium, or Magnesium, either way, they’ll look the dogs danglies Darbo, nice one!