RS250 axle replica made from titanium...any interest?

Post by **jpete41996** » Sun Aug 21, 2016 1:07 pm

I have followed a lot of threads about a replica RS250 rear axle for VFR/RVF 400s. There was a botched sell from one made of aluminum, and I read the thread about Michael having a few made of titanium. I found a company that makes some bespoke titanium Motorsport parts with some trick coatings such as PVD. They work exclusively with titanium. I have had some lug nuts made by them and they asked about anything else I might want, so I sent them pics and some rough dimensions of the aluminum model made by James that some people actually were able to get. I don't ha e prices or specifics yet as this is just in a young stage of creation. I was planning on asking for the same kit made by James, prolly minus the hardware. Would anyone be interested? I was thinking about 5 interested people. The company is thinking of price, but I did tell them how much the other kits were for an example of what people have paid in the past. Again, this will not be a fast process, I just wanted to know if there was still any interest in these made of titanium.

Thanks!

Jerry

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Post by **jpete41996** » Sun Aug 21, 2016 3:27 pm

Here are a few example pics of the aluminum kit that I wanted to use for the titanium set up

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Post by **CRM** » Sun Aug 21, 2016 9:39 pm

Thanks to James i will not be allowing any more public group buys thanks to the moaning and hassle that tosser caused here.
So i would appreciate if anyone wants in on this gig to keep it via PM.

Post by **jpete41996** » Sun Aug 21, 2016 9:45 pm

CRM wrote:Thanks to James i will not be allowing any more public group buys thanks to the moaning and hassle that tosser caused here.
So i would appreciate if anyone wants in on this gig to keep it via PM.

CRM,

Sorry if this causes the site problems, but I want to be fully compliant with admin requirements. I will respect any rules you need me follow and please let me know publicly or private if I over step my bounds. Thanks for your post on this thread. Anyone who might be interested please send me a PM. Thanks!

Jerry.

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Post by **CRM** » Sun Aug 21, 2016 9:49 pm

Jerry cheers for the reply.
We agreed after James that was enough and he left a right trail of destruction in his trail and i am not saying this will happen again with you, but from my perspective i am just fed up with picking up pieces after these group buys either not delivering or other issues.
yet people seem to moan at me like it's my fault when that part they paid for has not turned up and expect me to do something about it.
i appreciate the understanding.

Post by **jpete41996** » Sun Aug 21, 2016 9:58 pm

CRM wrote:Jerry cheers for the reply.
We agreed after James that was enough and he left a right trail of destruction in his trail and i am not saying this will happen again with you, but from my perspective i am just fed up with picking up pieces after these group buys either not delivering or other issues.
yet people seem to moan at me like it's my fault when that part they paid for has not turned up and expect me to do something about it.
i appreciate the understanding.

I love this site and what it offers to people who own our bikes. Last thing I would want to do is mess it up and make it worse for everyone. I will always respect the wishes of the admins here and try to be a good member of the site. if you would like to chat more about me or my intentions, please let me know! I am a pretty transparent guy with no hidden agendas.

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Post by **marcus57** » Sun Aug 21, 2016 11:06 pm

I have one of James axles that's been test fitted to a bike but never used that I'd consider selling if its of any interest to you

Post by **jpete41996** » Mon Aug 22, 2016 4:52 pm

marcus57 wrote:I have one of James axles that's been test fitted to a bike but never used that I'd consider selling if its of any interest to you

Thanks for the offer but I have one as well.

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Post by **JC120** » Thu Aug 25, 2016 2:20 am

There's a Ti Japanese one available but it's 200,000 yen.

I have one of the replica works axles from James too. Beautiful piece but it weighs the same as the steel NX5 axle I have.

Post by **jpete41996** » Thu Aug 25, 2016 7:45 am

JC120 wrote:There's a Ti Japanese one available but it's 200,000 yen.

I have one of the replica works axles from James too. Beautiful piece but it weighs the same as the steel NX5 axle I have.

2 thousand US dollars is a lot of cash for the axle! I am not familiar with an NX5 axle. Can you elaborate on it at all? Are they still available??

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