Replacing all fasteners, is there a list?

[swooshdave]

Putting Ti fasteners on a Guzzi to save weight is like having a Diet Coke and Rum. 

[Lucky Phil]

5 hours ago, swooshdave said:

Putting Ti fasteners on a Guzzi to save weight is like having a Diet Coke and Rum. 

True, I dont think there would be much more than a kilo or so to be save if you replaced every bolt with a ti one on a V11. I use them for their ability to stay looking nice forever. The weight saving is just icing on the cake.

Here's the Titanium axle nuts I use on my bike. Next time I have the front wheel off I'll machine some thread off the front axle.

  

Ciao

[docc]

Da'gum. Here, I just replaced my axle nuts and totally missed the opportunity to say, "I have titanium nuts." 

[swooshdave]

Why is there a chain and padlock on that poor bike? Was it naughty?

[Lucky Phil]

8 hours ago, swooshdave said:

Why is there a chain and padlock on that poor bike? Was it naughty?

Oops, generally keep the chain and lock in the bedroom.

Ciao

[luhbo]

Titaniumed bikes tend to float ...

[al_roethlisberger]

16 hours ago, Lucky Phil said:

True, I dont think there would be much more than a kilo or so to be save if you replaced every bolt with a ti one on a V11. I use them for their ability to stay looking nice forever. The weight saving is just icing on the cake.

Here's the Titanium axle nuts I use on my bike. Next time I have the front wheel off I'll machine some thread off the front axle.

  

Ciao

 

Those look pretty cool.  I could only use the rear nuts since I have the Ducati front hollow axle, but am curious what size and where you sourced the rear axle nuts.

I agree that I don't think the point is saving weight, but instead replacing the corroding OEM fasteners... but not replacing them with something  that introduces a more significant mechanical problem.  So the Ti sound interesting. 

[footgoose]

^^^ +1

[Lucky Phil]

7 hours ago, al_roethlisberger said:

 

Those look pretty cool.  I could only use the rear nuts since I have the Ducati front hollow axle, but am curious what size and where you sourced the rear axle nuts.

I agree that I don't think the point is saving weight, but instead replacing the corroding OEM fasteners... but not replacing them with something  that introduces a more significant mechanical problem.  So the Ti sound interesting. 

The axle nuts are Probolt brand and I honestly cant remember what the sizes are, M20X1.5 or there abouts. I'll try and measure the size today if I can unless someone here beats me to it.   They aren't cheap but on flebay you can find cheaper options in plain flanged hex style.

Ciao

[Scud]

so... I just happened to find a 250-bolt kit for a 701 Husqvarna. It's by Fast Metric - you might contact the company to see if they know how to put a kit together for a V11.

 https://www.ebay.com/itm/250pc-HUSQVARNA-Bolt-Kit-for-701-ENDURO/152542811910?fits=Make%3AHusqvarna&hash=item2384429706:g:QesAAOSwrhBZDO2V

 

 

[Jens]

Just bought a V11 beauty and ready to show it all my love  This forum is a gold-mine of knowledge 

Ti fasteners seems to be the thing. 

Any advice on where to buy them? And do they come in kits or suitable assortments?

 

 

 

[Bill Hagan]

 

4 hours ago, Jens said:

Just bought a V11 beauty and ready to show it all my love  This forum is a gold-mine of knowledge 

Ti fasteners seems to be the thing. 

Any advice on where to buy them? And do they come in kits or suitable assortments?

 

 

 

 

Oh, boy ... a fastener thread!  I like those more than oil and tire fests.  

And. I somehow missed this thread in its original incarnation.

That said, having all sizes, types, etc., of all fasteners makes me -- almost certifiably OCD  -- feel near normal.  

While not sure, Jens (and congratulations on your new moto-acquisition! ) about their OCONUS shipping co$t$, I have yet to have a need for any fastener that McMaster-Carr  doesn't have and can't get to me ... the next day without surcharge!  

Besides, what a great website.

If I were a better planner -- maybe in my next life  -- I can bundle my orders so I don't spend more for shipping than I do for the item.

Bill

[Jens]

Thanks Bill - the McMaster-Carr homepage is awesome! 

Will start to count fasteners and hopefully place an exhaustive order (yeah right!). I'll probably end up with too many fasteners or too many shipping fees - or both 

Will give it a try. 

Thanks!

/Jens

[Bill Hagan]

2 hours ago, Jens said:

Thanks Bill - the McMaster-Carr homepage is awesome! 

Will start to count fasteners and hopefully place an exhaustive order (yeah right!). I'll probably end up with too many fasteners or too many shipping fees - or both 

Will give it a try. 

Thanks!

/Jens

Well, I was curious if M-C shipped to Europe.  It seems not.

 

At least three workarounds. 

 

1.  A possibly similar European counterpart or forwarding agent, e.g., 

https://www.raptorsupplies.com/b/mcmaster-carr-europe-uk-distributor

 

2.  A EU middleman, e.g., https://uniexpressgt.com/mcmaster-carr-ship-to-europe/

 

3.  I would be happy to help if those other two don’t work after you look into them.  Not sure how inexpensive that would be as you’d be paying for M-C shipping to me then me to you plus whatever the customs leeches might charge.  Still, if you can’t source something there, let me know.  Kathi and I are likely going to Poland next year — not my choice, but it's her DNA  — and then visiting my family near the Boden See, so if you can’t find by then, I’ll just bring more luggage.  

 

Best,

 

Bill

 

P.S.  Just got in set of fasteners today from M-C.  Got in a hurry and ordered the wrong size (M4 instead of M5’s in these, https://www.mcmaster.com/catalog/127/3471/).  Not worth sending back, so I’ll bring those to you, too.