RGV250 Titanium front caliper pistons in production!

Hi, 
Just a quick post to say that two types of front caliper pistons will be on sale in the new year.  They have the same dimensions as the original part but obviously they're half the weight and have a beautiful Titanium Nitride coating which is hard and slippery.  

The key advantage of Titanium caliper pistons, if you don't know is to do with heat.  Titanium is a poor conductor of heat and will keep the heat generated under braking away from your brake fluid.
Really useful for an RGV250 because they all get thrashed!   😂

RGV250  VJ22 Titanium front caliper piston

I'm guessing a weight saving of about 100gm which is good as it's unsprung weight

Cheers
Rich
titanclassics.com

RGV250K caliper pistons being developed over the winter

Hi,
TITANIUM Front caliper pistons for the NSR250 are now on sale and look amazing in the caliper.   
They have 2mm castellations to allow air to flow inside the piston and help cooling but they also reduce the contact patch with the brake pad and thereby reduce the heat transferred to the caliper piston, which in turn reduces the heat transferred to the brake fluid.
Titanium if you don't know is a poor conductor of heat so will reduce further still heat transference to the brake fluid.

Also on sale are NSR250 (MC28) Titanium front wheel spindles which save 100gm of weight.
They come with a hard Titanium Nitride coating and are the same dimensions as the original part.  

RGV250K (1989) rear caliper piston
Coming at some point in the near future is a Titanium rear caliper piston for the RGV250 but also caliper pistons for the later RGV250T (VJ23) model

I'm not sure if its worth having caliper pistons Nitride coated.  Yes they look amazing in the bright gold colour but whether it aids performance over a non Nitrided piston I'm not sure.   
The belief is that the TiN hardened surface coating will allow the caliper to move more freely.


These are new in.  If you have a YZF-R1 or R6 you'll recognise this banjo type.
THey're M10 x 1.25mm thread type

As people put their bikes away for the winter there are a couple of months where I can get new products made without the craziness at the start of the year where everyone is preparing their bikes for riding.  
So, if you have ideas for new Titanium products to be made now is a good time to get in touch.
The head studs for the Pre 1988 KX500 is the perfect example of this.  The OEM head studs aren't being produced any more and a customer sent me one of his.  I got a small run of the made and they're selling well.  He was very happy with his studs!   :)

That's it for now.  Hope you've enjoyed the blog post and have a look at the titanclassics.com website to see if there's anything you fancy

Cheers

Rich
https://titanclassics.com/

Dudes!

Hope you've had a great summer.  New stuff that has been developed and some of which is now on sale are as follows. 
Here's a Honda fitting titanium pin that fits many calipers.  Part:45131-HA5-672 

The standard OEM part may corrode if the rubber sleeve perishes allowing water to get in, so this not only reduces unsprung weigh but will keep you caliper maintenance free for longer.

There are 10 Titanium front wheel spindles being titanium nitrided right now for the NSR250  MC28 and the first one will go on my bike of course, with a weight reduction of about 120gm I believe.
Here is also a picture of some castellated Titanium caliper pistons that will be on sale soon too.
The castellation is to allow air to get into the cavity of the piston as well as reduce the contact area with the pad which gets extremely hot.
As Titanium is a poor conduction of heat these pistons will keep the brake fluid cool under race conditions.

KX500 pre 1988 head studs

These studs are M10 to M8 thread and fit models before 1988 when Kawasaki went over to M8 to M8 bolts

That's it for now.  Check out the titanclassics.com website and let me know if there are any parts you think would be good to have in titanium

Cheers

Rich 

https://titanclassics.com/

Titanium Nitrided (TiN) parts

Hi,
It's been a couple of months since the last post.  In that time a load of new product has been put on the site.  For example.  If you're the proud owner of an NSR250 There are TITANIUM front wheel spacers which save about 40gm of unsprung weight but also look gorgeous when fitted

There will be a couple more spacers added to the product line up.  They mainly fit the CBR900RR but a few different bikes too.

The hot product I totally love is the rear caliper piston in Titanium but also Titanium Nitrided. With a super hard, shiny gold surface that's meant to reduce friction. Personally I didn't notice any difference when riding about but there's a 40gm weight saving and they'll never corrode.  
Have a look at the picture below of one next to the corroded standard part. 

Caliper piston fitted to caliper.   

Titanium caliper piston. 45107-MN5-006

Upcoming Titanium products that'll be on sale in September 2016

Below is a Titanium Nitrided front wheel spindle.  Same dimensions as the original part but will save about 150gm of unsprung weight

So, if you had this spindle, the 2 spacers and the nut on the end you'd save about 200gm in unsprung weight!

Other parts being made are head studs for the KX500 KX250 from before 1988 which is M10 on one end and M8 on the other.  You can't get this part any more so KX owners can get this as a new part.  

Below is Titanium Honda part 45131-HA5-672  which fits onto caliper for bikes like NSR250 CR500 CR250 etc. 

I'll probably sell it paired with the smaller pin for this type caliper.  

I'll probably do a caliper Titanium deal where you can get the Ti pistons, the pins, bleed bolts and any caliper bolts.   It'll probably save a lot of weight straight away. 

That's the update for now.  I'll probably do a new order of parts in about a months time and I'll try and keep you updated of whats new on the titanclassics.com website.  

Oh yes.  All products are added to the Titan Classics site first.   Postage to anywhere in the world is now capped at £10.  So if you order a whole load of parts, you'll pay no more than £10.

The site is now also a https://  Website, which means it's a verified site

Cheers

Rich 

https://titanclassics.com/

VFR400 TITANIUM pin drive bolts for rear dics

This is a strange part.   It fits the rear disc of old Hondas with a single swingarm.
Like vfr400, vfr750 ,RC45, NSR250  MC28

It has an unusual M7 thread.

This part in Titanium will reduce revolving mass which aids acceleration and deceleration.
It'll also reduce unsprung weigh. 

Here's a link to the listing

http://titanclassics.com/product/4-x-titanium-pin-drive-bolts/

New Shelsley Walsh trackside banner!

Shelsley Walsh

Shelsley Walsh is the old motoring event in the world.   Based on a sleepy hillside in Worcestershire, or Shropshire (England)  I can't quite remember.  

It has the perfect match and heritage for my Titan Classics store, so I liked the idea that in 100 years time people will look at hillclimb photos of todays events and see my advert.  They'll probably still be using Titan Classics.com parts and fasterners in 100 years time too.

Cheers

Rich

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New TITANIUM products for spring 2016

OK it's been a while and in that time a lot of new Titanium products are now on sale.  
I've listened to what customers want and had a lot of replacement Titanium upgrades produced.  
So if you have a GSX-R1000 you may be interested in the 4 caliper to fork bolts with cross drilled heads for lockwire.  If you're into your track days or just the race track look.  

TItanium caliper racetrack bolts

TITANIUM caliper racetrack bolts
Only £35 for 4 and free shipping to UK
They're M10 x 70mm if you need them for other purposes.

Next up is a Honda part.  This is a Rear caliper Titanium pin bolt and is perfect for reducing unsprung weight as well as looking forever shiny in a high corrosion area of the bike.  I fitted one to my brothers Transalp.

http://titanclassics.com/product/rear-brake-titanium-caliper-pin-bolt/

How about this for trick?  
It's a TItanium duel banjo bleeder for KTM rear calipers but it's also really good for Suzuki front master cylinders and saves loads of bleeding time.  I know because I fitted it to my RGV250.  Here's a picture.

Link below:

http://titanclassics.com/product/titanium-duel-banjo-bleeder-part-no-62513020000/

Brembo part for KTM.  M10 x 1.00mm fine thread.

In other things, my NSR250SE MC28 is still for sale if anyone is interested although it's Spring has sprung and if nobody wants it I'll happily ride it all summer because it's such a beautiful machine.  It's only done 220miles from a refurb and it's the best handling bike I've ever ridden.  

Here's a picture of it I took today. Yup! I keep it indoors.  It's covered in Titanium parts and it's just a gorgeous rare bike.

Anyway, that's it for now.  If you need corrosion proof longer lasting lightweight Titanium parts for your bike, give the site a browse and get in touch.  

Free postage to UK remember and I'm here to answer any questions.
Cheers

Rich 

titanclassics.com