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That's fine, you don't like it don't buy it, but don't go around forums shit talking the business for no apparent reason.
When we were asked to make radiators by our WPS rep Fliadine quality was our goal. I bought a set of the cheap China knock offs and they are made with low quality crappy soft aluminum and fitment was a constant problem. I put them with modifications on my own YZ450F and they broke.
By making ours with a high quality manufacturer using high quality aluminum and bracing right out of the box and a 2.0 bar radiator cap we hit $390 for a set with free USA $25 shipping.
Some of you dont like the look of the pollished welds.
Christopher Vendetti is our radiator test pilot and he has run the same set of radiators for 2 years in GNCC and practiced 10 hours a week with them and he won a championship.He also raced last years Loretta Lynns and finished 450B in 8th overall.
We make a quality radiator.
I was really surprised with these eBay specials for my 125 after I smashed the stockers.. they're actually pretty amazing for $80 Aus delivered.
Jig your shit. Get out your rosebud and leave the oxygen off. Blacken the surface. Turn the oxy on and heat until the soot is gone. Then weld.
Aluminum wants to be hot prior to welding evidently.
I'm no AL welder, just try like everyone else.
Pit Row
Maybe you are "brazing"....but in our business, tigging is preferred and produces a quality weld
https://m.vitalmx.com/forums/Moto-Related,20/Since-it-needs-no-further-…
https://www.dirtrider.com/moto-hose-radiators-review
You're glossing over the glaringly obvious quality issues from a visual point alone. And as I said in my last post, there is no such thing as a visually bad weld that is also a functionally quality weld. There are also pits within the welds which can be indicative of a leaky weld. Lastly, the bead of the weld is very inconsistent and some areas they moved too fast, added too much filler, and heat was too low.
I'm going to bow out of this one at this point because you've never acknowledged what is glaringly obvious to even uneducated consumers and people who post here. So I don't believe this will change anything. I just find the quality of the weld so unimaginably horrible, I can't imagine someone opening these and being happy about the looks.
Now on to the product :
I am 25 , and have been welding since highschool tech , i specialized in custom fab with a reputable job shop for over 5 years . i have been to school . and i can tell you right now . for 390 $ i would never consider spending my hard earned money on this , or would i direct anyone to even consider buying these . Look i respect , your company trying to bring something high quality into the brand . But at this point most stock radiators cost less then these , and i would trust the quality of those un-gusseted ratdiator's more then these . But please gather to the drawing board , maybe hire a trained aluminum specialist . This wont cut it , and i actually feel bad writing this , but it needs to be said .
I hope to see some changes in the process , and maybe you guys can make a better product for similar cost . If quality improves i would def consider buying some just to support in progress , and give feed back . Just please stop avoiding the quality issues with excuses , it show's very poor business etiquette . And that you arent willing to stand behind a product that you make and or distribute , for flaws or success you can't have it both ways .
Truly Gorgeous stuff!
One of my 500s OEM radiators just decided to give up the ghost. OEM pricing is fearful.
I'd love some GMX's, or to make my own sets, but with the price of the them, I just closed my eyes and got some GPI (Chinese?) Radiators, as a pair was just over $100 AUD.
They are awful, awful things. I'll be pressure testing them before I fit them, and correcting the dreadful weld stop point craters, a few of which look to be guaranteed 'leakers'. Now, my bike is no pretty thing, it gets hammered through our bush here, but these things look disgusting - at least they will be hidden behind my braces, louvers and fans.
To top it off, after ordering std ones, I thought I'd try the high capacity ones - I've radiator braces I made myself that have limited clearance around the std radiators, plus Fans that are close, but at the price, I was happy to try them, and if I couldn't fit them, just wait for a friend to need a set. The mongrels in the Australian warehouse just shipped a standard set, as they don't stock the high capacity ones - despite them being on their website, and my ordering (and paying the extra amount for them) them as such. And they won't take them back - be careful fellow Aussies, they don't deal honorably.
Good Grief - if you are going to put corner gussets on radiators, don't take the gussets to a point at the ends if your welder is bad at his job, and put a backing plate between the fins and gussets during welding. Gives you a heat sink to not melt the gusset ends, and stops you from melting fins.
Because it is on the web, doesn't make what I have paid for, free.
At the same time, for the artist, RIP, who made it, it's public domain assumption would crush him
I own it. I commissioned it. I paid for it.
Please, change your avatar
Though, I've used it for a few years here, and in threads where you've been. It's taken you a while to object to my usage - which, I had no idea of it being your business Logo when I started using it - I found it by googling "Bear on a Bike".
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