I quite fancy replacing the fasteners on my bike (mainly fairing etc) with stainless or titanium ones at some point. I've seen the Pro bolt kits but they seem very expensive for what they are, is there anyone else who does decent kits at a reasonable price that I don't know about?
Really I thought they were really quite expensive, not that i've seen any other packages but for a handfull of stainless bolts for my bike from pro bolt is around £70 for my bike!!!
I quite fancy getting up to the NEC for the bike show this year as I haven't managed to get there for the last couple of years, perhaps i'll wait and see if I can find anyone else doing kits whilst i'm there then. I thought there's bound to be other companies that do kits that i've not heard of, they've yet to raise there heads so far.
I buy stainless from a local supplier if you want anything. £6 minimum order plus postage. Titanium is half the weight and more blingy. Nutty usually buys Ti ?
Titanium is definitely next level. Proper blokeish medium to work with in my opinion. Recently seen a 3D printer that builds components using sintered Titanium. Proper geeky. I love the fact that you should only use tools with no Cadmium in it when you work with it. Even saw a wedding ring mad of it the other day. Stainless for show, Ti for a pro.
Mmmmm. The guy with the 3D printer did mention that with a set of accurate drawings he could make anything.........
I was thinking a bit more of the shelf kind of product really, rather than commissioning someone to make them all. I could only imagine the cost of having a one off set of titanium bolts etc made up.
I can offer some discount on ProBolt for forum members you can try this lot ( Custom Spacers Machine Shop Motorcycles ) but I've never used them.. Ti is the bizz but softer than some people think so use good qual tools on stress bolts or they can round off easy! Tbh if its looks then SS is the best option, the amount of weght you save is so small even on whole kits you can save £200.00 if you leave your phone at home..
Dan's right. Pro bolt ain't cheap but there's not much else around cheaper. With NEC so close it's a no brainer to wait, especially if you go later on when there thinking hard about all the stock they've got to load back into the van.
Good move, you can also remove the bolts needed and take somewhere like this: AHC, Tools Fixtures Fittings, UK Europe But do take into account that some of the ProBolt kits are also polished and thats also inc in the price.. Not that I think ProBolt are a good deal anyway! Oh and don't forget some of the bolts are unique don't be tempted to use any-old bolt for disc's etc as so many people do..
