I've never used this smiley before...
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That was satisfying ;) Seriously though, no offence meant. I have to admit I do have a titanium rear axle nut :wink: Shaves all of 20 or so grams of unsprung weight from the rear end, which weighs something like 25 kilos, money well spent!

Don't know about the bolts but I've only had bad experiences with ProBolt after sales (can't call it Customer Service because there wasn't any)!

Oh, and be very careful with alloy bolts. Bought a bike a while back with alloy banjo bolts. I've got harder cheese in my fridge!

Lissa bought me Probolt fairing and petrol filler replacement bolts in purple alloy first. Filler bolts ok and still look purple. However the fairing bolts did not come "shouldered" as the Suzy ones do. This is to stop you cracking the fairing when doing them up. I rang Probolt. "Oh yes we should have included spacers" They duly arrived. Little bits of plastic tube to slide over the bolt and act as a spacer. Not impressed. They included enough bolts to allow me to replace the ones fixing the infill panel either side of the shock. But after one or two undos and doing-ups they were round where the allen key goes. So back to standard. The fairing bolts have kept their colour too. Next I bought blue titanium brake disc bolts. Lovely colour. But out of the 15, 3 were machined a bit tight for the allen attachment on my socket set, meaning that a hammer is required to tap it in and then pliers used to withdraw the bit, causing "bruising of the bolt. Not good considering each bolt was over a fiver. Also got front and rear caliper mounting bolts in the same colour and material. Allen headed shamfered ones. They all looked brilliant, so the folowing year I got the bolts and washers fixing the tank at the front, bolts holding the front fluid bottle, front axle spindle clamp bolt,bolts to hold the front brake pipe clamp on forks,speedo cable retainer bolt, rear axle nut, which does away with the need for a seperate washer, heel plate bolts and rider footrest bolts. The rear footrest bolts are a waste of money, IMO, because they are hidden on a curvy.

Sorry for the long ramble,but hopefully covered most things. The blue anodising on the Titanium doesn'tseem to be very durable.

Pics below.

Incidentally, brake pipes using alloy banjo bolts are an MOT failure now, and are potentially lethal. They look ok from the outside but are powdered on the inside, just waiting to burst open.

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http://img306.imageshack.us/img306/5316/bolts0074xq.jpg
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And one showing the difference in colour when they were new.

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/3...nium0048xt.jpg

Are all curvy swingarms sculpted like that or is yours aftermarket/modded? Looks nicer than the pointy's.

That's a standard curvy swingarm.