NAARDEN INC

So thats why my TI shift **** works so good! Its lighter to make it easier to shift my super sweet skyline with an RBJZ10000Million with a triturbo on it. and when i say skyline I mean Nissan sentra but it has a GTR sticker on it so it might as well be a skyline.

kj

go back to school chief..... Ti is 45% lighter than steel

bkstuntf4i

I might be sticking my foot in my mouth, but i know that the grades of TI that i have worked with have been noticeably heavier than steel. But you dont need to use nearly as much to be as strong. There may be some grade of TI that is lighter than steel.

kj

google it....


any Ti alloy is gonna be a shitload lighter than any steel alloy.....

bkstuntf4i

My bad. It was the grade that i was using for the particular job. Havent messed with it too much. But it is definatly way harder to work with.

stock05

did you get a "new haircut" too? and you highchair avatars= lame

kj

lemme change it up for ya.... something you're probably a lil more familiar with.....

there ya go

stock05

the center of a starfish?

JohnnyP

I think this piece cost me around $60-80 shipped back when I bought it off Ebay, it was an auction. If you actually orderd it from a metal supplier it would probably cost even more...

And kj is totally right this piece weighs about half of what the steel one its replacing does, and I wore through %75 of the steel one in one season. And I dont scrape alot..

Im not going to sell these its just a little project for my own bike, I just thought Id post it up to give people ideas. I never thought you could bend it that tight as easily as I did. It has mad recoil though! You need to over bend this stuff alot to get the shape you want....When I let go of it in the press it sprung back like 45degrees the first time, but I was cold bending it.....

PUNKON1WHEEL

we do

PUNKON1WHEEL

We have had several of our riders... one in particular.. cough Drastic Dan... lol that has been wanting us to offer them in ti. We havent yet due to the price we would have to sell them for. If there is interest, We will look into it more.

JohnnyP

My original idea was to make it replaceable/removable, then you could use steel or Ti and also have the ability to adjust the length...Basically my idea was to have some large collars welded onto the base unit that mounts to the subframe, the bent U shaped bars would slide into the collars and be held in place with a bolt or pin..... If you tired to make the base unit that holds the bar to the sub out of Ti too, it would cost way too much in material not to mention TIG welding the TI....

imafrogg420

thats cool definatly but seems like a waste of TI

you could just make the round bar out of steel and make some kind of puck piece that mounted on that was TI. thats what I would do.

JohnnyP

Waste of Ti What would be a better use for it, a Ti axle for my 50..

To each their own but I dont consider spending $80 and some time on my bike a waste, Ive got way more parts on my bike that are more of a waste then that bar trust me...

I just missed my scrapes looking like this when its not even dark out yet...I'll gladly pay $80 and some to get that back..And now that I think about it, I spent more then $80 on just this Ti plate and still had to pay more to have it drilled and tapped to fit my 12 bar...

chet3310

I agree, a round bar alone (steel) costs $100. Why not make a bad *** TI one that you made yourself for cheaper. Great idea if you ask me.

Evan

Drastic Dan can scrape completely through a SI round bar in one afternoon. True story.

Nice work on the Ti bar J-money, that thing is pimp! :YEAH
-E

PUNKON1WHEEL

We had a very similar idea to make interchangeable round/12 bar ends and have the base stay bolted onto the subframe. Kind of 2 bars in one. Just never got around to doing it. We still plan to eventually though.

PUNKON1WHEEL

Lol. No joke. Dan is sick on scrapes. High chair/ spreader scrapes for days.