Titanium Anonymous

WTF. I resemble this thread!!  Must get coffee before I contribute cause everybody knows without pics it didn’t happen. This happened to me!! it does start with one order. It IS a progressive disease, and yes I have figured it’ll take a full day to swap out all my Ti when I sell or I’d need someone to pay at least an extra $1000 over market   I would probably win any safety wire contests among my riding group as well

For sure not just a dirt bike problem 

lots of ti bits can be found for these darn cheater bikes.

Add in a Kashima coat problem too..

and a carbon problem…

How about a new never started 01 CR 500 all ti motor.

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What a waste, it's no fun if you don't add dirt!

Titanium hardware on a Zuk.... Isn't that like throwing a deck chair off the Titanic to save weight????

I am jealous. 

I’ve bought a few…. 🤣

I'm 28 and I can't wait to have vet-rider money to buy ti. 

We vets realize, if we don't spend the money, our wives will spend it for us!

Yikes that looks too good!!! Def an addiction! 

Racetech is doing 20% off for Black Friday. Just bought $200 worth of m6 bolts for my engine cases. 

A few thousand probably over the years 🤘🏻

Several “few” thousands. LOL

 I got issues

Vanity aside, has anyone done any before/after weight comparisons following a comprehensive steel > titanium swap?

there is some trick bits in this thread, i've replaced a few nuts and bolts on my old 03 yz, and i didnt realise how expensive it gets till you get counting, im lucky that i have a great son that controls my bike part/riding spending or id be crying with debt, 

Give your family a list of titanium parts they can buy you for birthday and Xmas presents!

I hate all of y’all. I just got my billet addiction under control and I’m ordering ti footpegs pivot pits. 

When you have enough spare Ti hardware to outfit 80% of a couple more bikes and the other 5 bikes are already fitted with Ti, you will know that you have an addiction. 

Don’t even get me started on the Carbon fiber addiction.  I just bought a full set of “plastics” for my ‘23 890 Adventure bike made out of carbon fiber. 
 

These addictions started for me when I was buying BILLET parts for my hot rods and VW bugs. It is impossible to cure ! lol 

There will be haters that will feel the need to throw out some comments on what a waste of money it is, or ask how much faster does it make you… but to be perfectly honest, I’ve gotten to the point of not giving a F*ck what anyone else thinks. The stock KTM bolts are like galvanized junk and look like crap as soon as you out a wrench on them, my OCD kicks in and DocWob is on speed dial for Titanium hardware !
I can think of a LOT of ways to blow money and not have anything to show for it. 
There’s over $100K in motorcycles in my garage and they each bring me the type of happiness that I can’t get from anything else in life, I’ve tried ….. 

Not ti, not carbon, but collecting old BMX bikes and parts is on a different level. 
Buddy, not me.

Ti shop hammer 

I have an old thread on this site where I built a no expense spared 218lb 2012 CRF450 and it had titanium bolts through-out including both axles, swingarm pivot down to the clutch and brake pivot pins. It was definitely the least cost effective way to loose weight.  I think I spent over $3k on titanium hardware and only shed 2 pounds. In comparison, a $500 FMF silencer shed 1.5 pounds, the $500 titanium shock spring lost another 1 pound, while the $600 carbon fiber fuel tank shed another 0.8 pounds. These 3 parts lost the most weight. The HRC titanium foot pegs and mounts lost 0.6 pounds, the Think seat foam lost 1.4 pounds, but was as hard as a rock and too uncomfortable, so I swapped it out for the guts lightweight foam, which is not as light, but better for the butt. The stock oem seat foam weighted 630 grams, the Guts foam weighed 240 grams and the Think foam weighed 95 grams. I did keep the Think bar pad foam though... saved .09 lbs!

The Geico Honda hubs saved .35 pounds.

Aluminum bolts make the most sense for all plastic fastening, handlebar perches as well as the engine side covers, but don't look as nice as titanium. I saved .25 lbs with the aluminum bolts on these parts.  Carbon fiber makes sense for the chain guide, brake discs and caliper guards.

Big titanium "bolts" like the axles saved .25 lbs on the front and .35 lbs on the rear.  Swing arm pivot saved .18 lbs.

Titanium on the front axle, swingarm pivot and some linkage bolts will effect handling/ bike feel a little.

Good Lord what do you do for a living?

Man, I've been sitting in the shade following this thread with interest. Eyeballing some of these pictures brings back fond memories.

Lovely stuff Gents.

....wouldn't mind one of those....it will look damn good on my coffee table. It's thing of beauty which gives one great satisfaction when looking at it. 

He’s a male escort.

I’ve spent a lot on titanium but most of it is only visible in X-rays