Namura pistons?

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Edited Date/Time 1/27/2012 6:55pm
Anybody know anything about Namura pistons? Anybody running one or have experience with them? They are on eBay and a piston kit is $65....
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CYCLE WERKZ
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CYCLE WERKZ 6/10/2009 7:43pm
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cheap parts are just that . i have seen some of these cast piston come apart and destroy motors stick with a good forged piston like wiseco or je the motor is not a place to be cheap on it can cost you lot more latter
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J.Saunders144 6/11/2009 7:55pm
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CYCLE WERKZ wrote:
cheap parts are just that . i have seen some of these cast piston come apart and destroy motors stick with a good forged piston like...
cheap parts are just that . i have seen some of these cast piston come apart and destroy motors stick with a good forged piston like wiseco or je the motor is not a place to be cheap on it can cost you lot more latter
very true statement
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Rooster 6/12/2009 7:03pm
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Actually Namura pistons are manufactured in the same factories and to the same standards as stock pistons. I used to sell 1000's of them every year. We had a ring pin come loose once and rebuilt the customer's engine free of charge to repair the damage.

That was the one and only failure I ever saw.

You also see far fewer cold seizures with a cast piston than a forged.
project racer 6/13/2009 2:04am
6/13/2009 2:04am
I always go OEM for pistons, rings. Especially on a two stroke.

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CR500Rider 6/13/2009 12:02pm
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I ran one in my CR125 for awhile. No problems whatsoever.
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CYCLE WERKZ 6/14/2009 12:46pm
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I have seen one look like a a bunch of rocks it broke up so bad in a 2008 rm 250 2 stroke cheaper is not better I have seen more cast pistons break more than forged . I would prefer to spend alittle more on a stronger part and not have to worry about it

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