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Dom Vaccarello
10/10/2019 10:40pm
10/10/2019 10:40pm
Edited Date/Time
10/14/2019 5:40pm
Looking to trick out the race bike. Thank you.
motostuff has great prices on kits.
warp9 if you want cheap axles / swingarm pivot.
The Shop
Whatever you do stay away from the cheap eBay crap for any of the Important/stressed bolts. They say it’s the same quality but it definitely is not.
They were on my ‘18 KTM 150 for less than 10 hours (like new condition)
Race tech and DocWob
You can email me at-
Langhammx@sbcglobal.net
Nonetheless, langhammx is a good dude and you can’t go wrong with the stuff he is selling!
But I got OCD and figured it would make it easy for the next guy. I’ve done Ti hardware on just about every bike I’ve owned in the last 15 years. (It’s a sickness.... )
Pit Row
6mm bolts are the cheapest part of the kit. The specialty bolts (brake parts/ axle nuts/ cylinder head/ foot peg pins/ steering stem/ fork guard/ banjo bolts/ kick starter/ sub frame/ oil drain plugs/ chain adjusters) and the 8mm and bigger stuff (motor mounts/ shock bolts/ triple clamps/ pinch bolts, etc) are where the bigger expense is.
I have had axles, swing arm pivot and linkage bolts on other bikes and had nothing but problems with them wearing grooves on the shafts. While on some bikes, the weight savings can be worth it, the KTM’s axles are pretty light compared the jap bikes. I had a rear axle from Racetech wear through the PVL “gold DLC” coating after just 3 hours of use. I’ll never waste my money on axles or swing arm pivot bolts again....
This has been confirmed by friends who are mechanics on the factory teams.
When Vital has that story with mettec he said the same thing, but he included linkage bolts into that group of things that Wear quickly.
The Met-tec material may be better, I’m not sure. I’ve had both brands, along with a set from the UK that were on my off road bike. Too be honest, I sold the bike with the Met-tec ones on it and they had some visual wear, but nothing major. But it was kind’ve a garage queen and didn’t get too much use.
I have pics somewhere of the Racetech ones that grooved at the bearing, I’ll post them up, if I can find them.
Post a reply to: Anyone know where to get Ti bolt kits? Preferably for 2020 KTM 125sx.