De restricted air box lid.

I've always meant to get a de restricted airbox lid for the my VJ23.  
On reading the excellent rgv250.co.uk forum it was mentioned the lid has two pipe nozzles.  You have to take the pipe from the bottom of the float bowls of the carburetor and connect them to the pipes indicated in the photo.  That way, at high speed the pressure from the ram air effect is equalised with the float bowl.   
I'm not sure but I think in the past when driving very high speed, fuel was leaving the exhaust pipe unburnt.  

VJ23 de- restricted airbox lid

You could probably put a couple of holes in the sides of the standard airbox lid and use some kind of pipe fitting to get the same result but a lot cheaper, but I'm glad I've got an original Suzuki de restricted lid. It just makes this modern classic that bit more complete.  
Hopefully it'll give a bit more Ooomph over 110mph too.


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Titanium bike and car bolts August 2012

Hooray! The new batch of titanium fasteners have arrived!

Titanium metric and American thread bolts for Bikes/bicycle and car

   

Honda replica 90112- MAT-000 fairing bolt

The photo's aren't really doing justice to how good these fasteners look.
On the left here is a titanium fairing bolt for Honda sports bikes.  It doesn't have the dimples in the large flat top surface like the original part but it's about 60% the weight of the Genuine steel item and won't corrode.  There seems to be a bit of a following for these Honda bolts with Honda RC45 owners

  These M8 titanium dome nuts shimmer in the light, and the first 10 are going on the heads of my Suzuki RGV250SP. Standard steel dome heads are 8.3gm each but these titanium ones are 4.6gm giving a weight saving of 37gm on my bike, meaning I can eat a bag of crisps and still be 10gm's lighter on the bike, although the second gear power wheelie is probably a thing of the past on account of my ahem, girth.   :P  

BICYCLE PARTS

The standard steel  rear brake bolt on my racer was getting corroded even after only a few hundred miles so here's me fitting a new corrosion proof and lighter titanium version. Hopefully I'll get time to test it this weekend

I didn't realise the bolt holding the rear brake is shorter than that of the front brake, which will be a later order.  This steel front brake bolt has suffered with the weather and it hasn't been exposed much to the weather.  

Jockey wheel titanium bolts all also ready for sale. The original steels ones seemed to have fared well against the weather, probably due to being caked in oil and grease. :)

Here are the two sides of crank bolts.  They fitted perfectly to my bike so they'll be tested this weekend, if I can sneak out the house for a while.




BRAKE BLEED BOLTS

  

I had two types of titanium brake bleed bolt made. The metric type will be used to replace the rusty originals on my bike and the Imperial (American thread UNF) 1/4" version will be tried out on a friends Classic Mini.  My Mini has KAD front calipers and I think they're different.  Although I'll fit them to the rear Mini brakes. 

That's a few of what titanium parts are going on sale on the Ebay lathe*dog shop http://www.fairingbolt.com/ shop Amazon and http://titanclassics.com/ shop

Initial checks on all the parts are showing the manufacturers have done an outstanding job again.  Every little fillet and chamfer from the CAD files is present.

That's all for now and I hope I haven't bored you too much on the fascinating subject of weight reduction and thread types.  

There are a couple of new GENUINE RGV250SP curved radiators imported from Japan on the lathe*dog Ebay shop which are gorgeous!  They're expensive because all Japanese goods are expensive now.  About double the price they were 6 years ago.

AND FINALLY

I thought you'd like to see a pretty picture of a CAD model.  Normally diagrams to the manufacturer look like blueprints and have a note indicating the thread type, but you can model the thread and bring the model into the renderer PhotoView or Autodesk Showcase and get beautiful realistic renders like below.  

Double banjo bolt rendered in Showcase

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RGV250 Radiators NEW! #17710-42E00

Here you can see brand new Genuine Suzuki RGV250SP  (VJ23) radiators imported to Britain from Japan.

RGV250SP radiator   Part number #17710-42E00

The part number is #17710-42E00

RGV250SP radiator   Part number #17710-42E00

VJ23 radiator number

As you can see it's curved.  It's all aluminium and is feather light.  If you need to replace yours you can find these radiators, fairings and titanium replica parts at  http://www.fairingbolt.com/ 

Yes I know they expensive.  It's all down to the price of the Yen.  The Yen has doubled in value compared to about 6 years back, so anything coming out of Japan has suddenly become much more expensive.  

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www.fairingbolt.com

The website needs a bit more refinement as it has only just been launched but FAIRINGBOLTS.COM  is a site selling standard fasteners and parts replicated in everlasting, super strong and lightweight TITANIUM.  

 I know you can buy titanium fasteners elsewhere on the net but this is the place where you can that Honda fairing bolt with the shoulder that holds the fairings properly in place. 

 The weight of the standard part and the titanium part is given, so you can see how much weight you save on your bike.  

 These aren't the same as luminous purple aluminium bolts that you get sick of the sight of when your bike goes up in value as a classic.  

Part numbers are listed with the parts for sale so you can cross reference the micro fiche of your bike on various websites.  Not only that, pictures highlighting where the bolts go are often listed alongside the images of the bolts.

All parts use the exact critical dimensions as the standard part.  Threads are rolled and not cut.  
Grade 5 titanium   6Al/4V is used for ultimate strength.
They are a great deal stronger and lighter than steel or stainless steel fasteners.  








You can also find these parts on Amazon.


Also selling are titanium fasteners in American thread UNF and UNC thread types.




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New fairings direct from Japan

Hello 2 stroke nutters!

Yesterday I took delivery of the hugely expensive fairings for my Suzuki RGV250 VJ23. The existing ones that came with the bike had been repaired and resprayed in the proper colours following whatever accident the bike had by the previous owner but the whiteness of the paint was starting to yellow and had the odd scratch.
As the VJ23 is now a classic bike I thought it best to get new fairing panels.  (I may even change the garish purple engine bolt kit back to the original Suzuki bolts). At some point I'll fit new front discs as the ones I have fitted at present have a slight wave in them.

Here's the wrapped Right side fairing.

 Gorgeous fairing panel.  Pristine and brand new.  Look at the stunning orange gradient of the Gamma symbol.

Because the Yen is such high value to the Pound the price of goods from Japan has nearly doubled.  If only I bought the fairings in 2006.

Brilliant white panel of the central seat unit. Padded, then in a plastic bag, then within a padded box.

I tried to buy the little hatch panel that fits this panel but you can't get hold of it, so I'll have to keep great care of that piece and get it resprayed to remove the faded paint. 

This piece fits under the bike and holds the two side fairings. If you have Sugaya pipes this piece gets melted unless you cut a bit out. It also gets covered in 2 stroke oil and tends to break after a number of fairing removals, so I bought this as a spare. 

There are a couple more fairing pieces to show but that's for another time.

If anyone is interested I'm able to supply direct from Japan parts. I've been importing and exporting around the world for years so if there's that special Japanese part you can't be without, you could do worse than drop me an email.

Summers nearly here in the Northern hemisphere.  Happy riding!

http://vj23.com/

VJ23 Fairing bolts!

Finally, at long last I have had 100 of each of the below fairing fasteners manufactured.  I'm selling them on Ebay at present but I'll soon list them for sale on the VJ23.com website.

Suzuki part number 09139-06087

Suzuki part number 09139-05054

 These fit the VJ23 plastic panels and are a replica of the original panel bolts. Yes, I took all the measurements from the original bolt, modelled the part in Solid Works (CAD program) and had them manufactured.  They look the same as the original part, but they're much better!
Ebay link
Part number 09139-06087

Standard Steel bolt weight = 11.9grammes
Titanium bolt weight = 6.3grammes
weight saving = 5.6grammes
Price £6 each



Ebay link
Part number 09139-05054

Standard Steel bolt weight = 5.6grammes
Titanium bolt weight = 3.3grammes
weight saving = 2.3grammes
Price £5 each


These bolts also fit the GSXR, TLS and a load of other Suzuki bikes.  Just type the part number in Google and see if they'll fit your Suzuki.
These bolts are made of Grade 5 titanium, which is utterly corrosion proof and a lot stronger than the standard part.
When I get time I'll look into doing a better price for a whole set of these bolts for the VJ23.
Hope you like and keep checking back to see what other titanium parts I get made for this beautiful bike.

Cheers,

Rich

http://vj23.com/

TITANIUM fairing bolts VJ23

VJ23 TITANIUM fairing bolt

Hello people, sorry for the long delay in posting.

I get fasteners manufactured in TITANIUM (6AL/4V) mainly for classic cars with Imperial or American thread.  UNC and UNF thread pattern.  

For a while I been planning on making super strong, light weight and corrosion proof parts for the VJ23 (which hass metric threaded fasteners) and I've only just got around to sorting it out.  

Especially after seeing my chrome plated fairing fasteners start to corrode.  So the picture above is the model I made in the computer.  It's a replica of the actual fasteners from my VJ23 so when you fit them to your bike it'll still look standard, except the bolts will be 40% lighter and corrosion proof.  Pretty good eh?  

I sell titanium M8 and M6 nuts already which I've got fitted on my bike.  They work fine.  They're especially good on the exhaust studs where nuts tend to rust and seize.  

I'll also see about getting the rear wheel spacers manufactured in titanium.  They'll be expensive but they save a fair bit of weight and it's unsprung weight as well so doubly good.  

Summers nearly here in UK.  Hopefully I'm not too busy with work to get out in the country lanes and deafen some sheep.  

Cheers for now.

Rich

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