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It’s 1.5 lbs loss for the ti axles and pivot alone.
Another 1.5lbs for ti brake rotors from race tech titanium.
Then add the doc wobb full ti bolt kit they’ve said they’re kit saves about 3lbs as well.
From there I’d order the larger bolts from race tech like the triple clamp bolts, linkage bolts, shock bolts etc.
Also guts phantom foam and Pirelli tires are lighter than most other tires.
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The 6,8,10mm stuff doesn’t add up.
Plus for plastics and low stress you should use aluminum not ti.
Light weight seat foam is a great bang for buck.
For reference off my own scale.
rear axle .25 pound
2 link bolts .19 pound
lower shock 9 grams
The rest of the bike in Ti 6,8,10 bolts estimate .50 pound
Light weight seat with Ti mounts 2.76 pounds
Every bolt, axle, pivot was replaced with titanium. The savings from the bolts was only 2.05 lbs. The front axle only saved me 0.22lbs. Swing arm pivot was .18lbs. Rear axle was also very disappointing. The HRC titanium foot pegs saved me .42 pounds.
The biggest savings (and the cheapest) was the FMF titanium exhaust (3.12lbs!!!!), Think seat foam was 0.86 lbs saved but hard as a rock to ride with (Guts lightweight foam much more comfy), titanium shock spring was 1.18lb savings, Carbon fiber tank was 0.62 lbs saved, Geico Honda hubs were 0.35lbs saved.
Titanium is now a lot cheaper, but still not the best way to save weight on a budget.
But one thing very important to consider is also the durability. Spending 5k, why not, you just have to know it is for very limited amount of time. A full ti kits on axels are not forever, you have to replace them probably after 100 or 200 hours. And it is very important to know when to replace them as mechanicals make the biggest injuries.
If magnesium and titanium are not already on every oem bikes, I think it is not really for the cost but the durability and liability from it.
I thought it was ridiculous at first and then I rode it back-to-back with a stock 07 CRF450R and it was very noticeable. If it wasn’t for the brakes sucking due to the Ti rotors and harsh air forks I would have loved it. It was easy to move around and the engine felt faster even though it was stock. Acceleration was dramatically faster. Is any of this effort to drop weight necessary or even worth it? Probably not. He could have bought a new 450 for what he chose to spend on making his 14 year old CRF the lightest 450 around and it’s pretty neat in my opinion.
He has pics of the build process including the weights of all the parts compared to the stock stuff. He’s just not the type of dude that would take the time to post details on here. I’ll see if he will let me start a thread on it and share it with y’all. It’s pretty cool.
Weigh them.
Deduct 45%.
You now now how much weight you'll save.
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I'm 6' 3", I weigh 172-175lbs, most days (if I haven't been drinking too much
Not everyone is a fat ass just because most of America is.....
Here’s a pic of me with my new TI bolt kit. The bike feels so light now!
You can do much better for cheaper with Chinese ti off of e-bay. I bought all my body panel bolts titanium off of ebay with drilled aluminum washers for less than aluminum from pro-bolt and turns out they are stronger than aluminum, they don't rust or corrode and they are one half the weight. For bolts that don't really bear weight, why not?
You have to learn to think outside the box dude!
Ask your critical fastener supplier for material test certificates and proof testing of finished products and see what they say.
I use surplus Boeing aircraft fasteners as stock and buy US certified bar and sheet material as well as cheap Ebay Ti from Chinese sellers.
There can be huge differences in hardness and strength for the same grades US versus oriental
There is not the uniformity or standards for Ti bike bolts that SAE or JIS specs insist on for steel fasteners and the aircraft industry rigidly specs for their stuff.
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