Where Have You Been All My Life?

by Stacy on November 3, 2009

Tonight I discovered something amazing. There exists a company in this world that will accept $44.10 of my money in exchange for 4 — yes, FOUR — bolts.

Pretty colors available for a small extra charge.

Pretty colors available for a small extra charge.

Of course, these are no ordinary bolts. They are made of UNOBTAINIUM and PUPPIES. And, by “unobtainium” I mean titanium, and by “puppies” I mean pure-bred greyhound puppies because these bolts weigh a whopping 40% lighter than the stock bolts. Short of taking a pre-race leak, how else am I going to shave half a gram off the weight of my SV?

Apparently the stock bolts on the SV make it a bit of a porker. That front caliper refurbishment kit is pretty tempting at a mere $78.35. And think of all the weight I can save if I swapped out all my engine bolts with the handy engine bolt kit — only $238.71!

Unfortunately, I don’t have $500 to spend swapping out all the bolts on my SV for titanium replacements, so I’m passing that burden on to you, dear readers. The donation box is now open. Just think, for 35 cents a day, you can help an overweight SV650 become The Biggest Loser.

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1 cpa3485 November 4, 2009 at 9:33 am

Those are really pretty bolts. Too Funny!
It almost sounds like legalized crime to charge that much for a couple of pretty bolts.

2 Stacy November 4, 2009 at 9:54 am

@cpa3485: They are undeniably pretty. At that price, I also hope they come with a magical dirt repelling forcefield.

3 Ken November 4, 2009 at 9:54 am

Now, that’s funny! Wonder if they have any for an overweight Sportster?

4 RichardM November 4, 2009 at 11:20 am

Don’t forget, that’s unsprung weight so the mass reduction is worth double. ;-)

5 Carlos November 4, 2009 at 2:42 pm

What was the name of the company? :)

(BTW…were you getting spam comments? When did you add the Spam box?)

6 Fuzzygalore November 4, 2009 at 6:03 pm

Wow! You don’t get much for $44 these days.

You can have 3 packs of cigs, a bottle of Night Train Express and a BK Chicken Sandwich Value Meal to round out a special evening OR… can have your pretty bolts (Squeals like a girl: I love the yellow!). The choice is clear, isn’t it? Tell them to go easy on the mayo. ;)

Whatcha doin’ with the front calipers? Are you refurbing them because of an issue or just making them better?

7 soth November 4, 2009 at 6:48 pm

I’ve sheared way too many lightweight bolt on my racing bicycles to scare me away from even thinking about running Ti caliper bolts on a motorcycle. YMMV.

But you’re right, they sure are pretty :) kel

8 Stacy November 5, 2009 at 10:39 am

@Ken: They do!

@RichardM: Unsprung weight you say?

@Carlos: http://www.tastynuts.com — no that’s not a joke.

@Fuzzygalore: You stay classy, fuzzy! :P But the reason why I was looking at front caliper bolts is that I needed to know the dimensions of the stock bolts for my hyperlite bracket project.

@soth: Ok, the image of my caliper bolts exploding while on a ride is downright scary.

9 RichardM November 6, 2009 at 12:42 pm

Sorry, I meant unsprung mass. Essentially, any portion of the vehicle not supported by the suspension is subject to acceleration due to road irregularities. The less mass the better your suspension can keep your tires in contact with the road. (sounds like a commercial…)

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