Aftermarket V-Rossi wheels bearings are cheap

NinjaZX6R123 · June 23rd, 2014, 03:05 PM

Curious, anyone with the V-rossi wheels 4.5" ones use the bearings that came with it? I did and the bearings after 1 week of riding are bad. They're clunking now and I had to order OEM bearings/bushings. So my advice, if you got these wheels from Indonesia, replace the bearings and bushings cause it's dangerous to ride with the ones that comes with it.

DaBlue1 · June 23rd, 2014, 03:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wandyhee

....please use stock bush and bearing as I heard lot of complaint about the quality of bearing come with this rims are low quality compare to stock

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InvisiBill · June 24th, 2014, 11:06 AM

Yup, I bought All Balls bearings (25-1444 front and 25-1234 rear, about $25 total from Amazon) just to be safe. I also bought new spacer collars that go in between the bearings - the 500 uses a different size in the front, so I needed to buy the 250 version, and buying the rear one meant that I could assemble the new wheels without removing and tearing into the stockers.

After spending as much as I did on the new wheels and tires, a few extra bucks for bearings and spacers to avoid extra work and possible quality issues seemed like a no-brainer.

Here's a pic of the OEM rear spacer collar compared to the one that came in my VRossi wheel.

As I've said multiple times, do whatever you want with your own bike and money, but one of those looks a whole lot better to me than the other one. Make up your own mind whether that's worth $11 to you.

NinjaZX6R123 · June 24th, 2014, 12:35 PM

Agreed. That's totally worth $11. Bearings + spacers OEM costed me $60, but hells, I rather spend $60 than go down when the cheap bearings explode on the freeway.

June 23rd, 2014, 03:05 PM	#1
NinjaZX6R123 ninjette.org guru Name: Ninja Location: USA Join Date: Mar 2014 Motorcycle(s): 2013 Ninja ZX6R, 2009 Ninja 250R Posts: 256	Aftermarket V-Rossi wheels bearings are cheap Curious, anyone with the V-rossi wheels 4.5" ones use the bearings that came with it? I did and the bearings after 1 week of riding are bad. They're clunking now and I had to order OEM bearings/bushings. So my advice, if you got these wheels from Indonesia, replace the bearings and bushings cause it's dangerous to ride with the ones that comes with it.
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June 24th, 2014, 11:06 AM	#3
InvisiBill EX500 full of EX250 parts Name: Bill Location: Grand Rapids-ish, MI Join Date: Jul 2012 Motorcycle(s): '18 Ninja 400 • '09 Ninja 500R (selling) • '98 VFR800 (project) • '85 Vulcan VN700 (sold) Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 1 MOTM - Aug '15	Yup, I bought All Balls bearings (25-1444 front and 25-1234 rear, about $25 total from Amazon) just to be safe. I also bought new spacer collars that go in between the bearings - the 500 uses a different size in the front, so I needed to buy the 250 version, and buying the rear one meant that I could assemble the new wheels without removing and tearing into the stockers. After spending as much as I did on the new wheels and tires, a few extra bucks for bearings and spacers to avoid extra work and possible quality issues seemed like a no-brainer. Here's a pic of the OEM rear spacer collar compared to the one that came in my VRossi wheel. As I've said multiple times, do whatever you want with your own bike and money, but one of those looks a whole lot better to me than the other one. Make up your own mind whether that's worth $11 to you. __________________________________________________ * Unregistered, I'm not your mom and I'm not paying for your parts, so do whatever you want with your own bike. *

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June 24th, 2014, 12:35 PM	#4
NinjaZX6R123 ninjette.org guru Name: Ninja Location: USA Join Date: Mar 2014 Motorcycle(s): 2013 Ninja ZX6R, 2009 Ninja 250R Posts: 256	Agreed. That's totally worth $11. Bearings + spacers OEM costed me $60, but hells, I rather spend $60 than go down when the cheap bearings explode on the freeway.