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* Re: Titan MotorcycleShay G
+* Re: Titan MotorcyclePhil Boutros
|`- Re: Titan MotorcycleBob La Londe
`* Re: Titan MotorcycleWilliam Bethke
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Re: Titan Motorcycle

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 by: Shay G - Fri, 17 Sep 2021 13:05 UTC

On Thursday, October 12, 2017 at 6:10:57 PM UTC-7, dkmc...@gmail.com wrote:
> Can anyone answer questions on Titan motorcycle maintenance?

Sure can whatcha need?

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 by: Phil Boutros - Fri, 17 Sep 2021 22:25 UTC

Shay G <oshady55@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thursday, October 12, 2017 at 6:10:57 PM UTC-7, dkmc...@gmail.com wrote:
>> Can anyone answer questions on Titan motorcycle maintenance?
>
> Sure can whatcha need?

You think they've been diligently waiting by the computer for
almost 4 years now for your wisdom?

Phil...the "Damn newbies..." Asshole(tm)...
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From: non...@none.com99 (Bob La Londe)
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 by: Bob La Londe - Fri, 17 Sep 2021 23:05 UTC

On 9/17/2021 3:25 PM, Phil Boutros wrote:
> Shay G <oshady55@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thursday, October 12, 2017 at 6:10:57 PM UTC-7, dkmc...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> Can anyone answer questions on Titan motorcycle maintenance?
>>
>> Sure can whatcha need?
>
> You think they've been diligently waiting by the computer for
> almost 4 years now for your wisdom?
>
>
> Phil...the "Damn newbies..." Asshole(tm)...
>

Well its not a Harley so I wasn't expecting you guys to answer.

Ducking and running....

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 by: William Bethke - Wed, 5 Jan 2022 02:59 UTC

On Friday, September 17, 2021 at 7:05:53 AM UTC-6, Shay G wrote:
> On Thursday, October 12, 2017 at 6:10:57 PM UTC-7, dkmc...@gmail.com wrote:
> > Can anyone answer questions on Titan motorcycle maintenance?
> Sure can whatcha need?
Hi ya Shay. I’m not the original inquirer but have the question: Do you know who made the forks on the Titan Phoenix ZRM? I think they are Ceriani but am not sure. If you are familiar with them then perhaps you could also let me know where I might get the seal kit. Thanks.

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 by: Bob La Londe - Wed, 5 Jan 2022 18:10 UTC

On 1/4/2022 7:59 PM, William Bethke wrote:
> On Friday, September 17, 2021 at 7:05:53 AM UTC-6, Shay G wrote:
>> On Thursday, October 12, 2017 at 6:10:57 PM UTC-7, dkmc...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> Can anyone answer questions on Titan motorcycle maintenance?
>> Sure can whatcha need?
> Hi ya Shay. I’m not the original inquirer but have the question: Do you know who made the forks on the Titan Phoenix ZRM? I think they are Ceriani but am not sure. If you are familiar with them then perhaps you could also let me know where I might get the seal kit. Thanks.

From an industrial point of view is there a chance its a "standard
seal" and you could cross referrence from a number on the seal rubber if
you don't destroy it removing it. Maybe from a local seal and bearing
store. (Probably not an auto parts store, but maybe.)

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From: rickb...@gmail.com (Rick Begeman)
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 by: Rick Begeman - Sat, 8 Jan 2022 02:51 UTC

On 1/4/22 6:59 PM, William Bethke wrote:
> On Friday, September 17, 2021 at 7:05:53 AM UTC-6, Shay G wrote:
>> On Thursday, October 12, 2017 at 6:10:57 PM UTC-7, dkmc...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> Can anyone answer questions on Titan motorcycle maintenance?
>> Sure can whatcha need?
> Hi ya Shay. I’m not the original inquirer but have the question: Do you know who made the forks on the Titan Phoenix ZRM? I think they are Ceriani but am not sure. If you are familiar with them then perhaps you could also let me know where I might get the seal kit. Thanks.
>

I doubt Titan imported Ceriani forks.
Most builders used aftermarket trees with 41mm tubes
During the fat tire bike in a box fad there were quite a few outfits
that made parts.
I have found a lot of the parts are the same or similar as they copied
each other a lot.
I don't know what they put on it but be careful, some of that stuff is
not built for the long run.
Some of it belongs in the recycle bin. SHOW parts do not hold up well to
daily use. A lot of compromises were made to build trees with no visible
fasteners. [junk]

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 by: Rick Begeman - Sat, 8 Jan 2022 17:04 UTC

On 1/7/22 6:51 PM, Rick Begeman wrote:
> On 1/4/22 6:59 PM, William Bethke wrote:
>> On Friday, September 17, 2021 at 7:05:53 AM UTC-6, Shay G wrote:
>>> On Thursday, October 12, 2017 at 6:10:57 PM UTC-7, dkmc...@gmail.com
>>> wrote:
>>>> Can anyone answer questions on Titan motorcycle maintenance?
>>> Sure can whatcha need?
>> Hi ya Shay.  I’m not the original inquirer but have the question:  Do
>> you know who made the forks on the Titan Phoenix ZRM?  I think they
>> are Ceriani but am not sure.  If you are familiar with them then
>> perhaps you could also let me know where I might get the seal kit.
>> Thanks.
>>
>
> I doubt Titan imported Ceriani forks.
> Most builders used aftermarket trees with 41mm tubes
> During the fat tire bike in a box fad there were quite a few outfits
> that made parts.
> I have found a lot of the parts are the same or similar as they copied
> each other a lot.
> I don't know what they put on it but be careful, some of that stuff is
> not built for the long run.
> Some of it belongs in the recycle bin. SHOW parts do not hold up well to
> daily use. A lot of compromises were made to build trees with no visible
> fasteners. [junk]
>
>

You could link a picture to get some eyeballs on what you got for ID.

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 by: Bob La Londe - Mon, 10 Jan 2022 16:32 UTC

On 1/7/2022 7:51 PM, Rick Begeman wrote:

> SHOW parts do not hold up well to
> daily use.

Yeah, no kidding. My wife customized her Fatboy back in the late 90s.
She was pretty upset with her painter when we discovered how soft the
paint was. We called them out on it, and the reply was most of their
customers don't actually ride their bikes. They just trailer them to
shows. Those probably aren't the exact words, but they actually said that.

Another custom wheel manufacturer said when the aluminum gets crusty
just buy new wheels. She covered her wheels with paste wax periodically
and then she would wipe them down before a run or show. That did a
pretty good job of arresting the oxidation at a still pretty shiny stage.

Back in those days we rode everyday. I still remember the day she
decided to swap her handle bars out for some custom bars with through
bar wiring the night before a run. About 11 o'clock at night she came
in from the garage almost in tears saying she just wasn't going to be
able to go. I took her back out to the garage and we tackled it
together. Many hours into the AM we finished it and I insisted on
taking it on a safety run before going to bed for 2-3 hrs. We made it
to the run with her bike.

I didn't do a lot of custom on my FLHT in that time. Mostly minor
mechanical. CAM/CARB/PIPES/CLUTCH. That sort of thing.

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 by: Phil Boutros - Wed, 12 Jan 2022 01:35 UTC

Bob La Londe <none@none.com99> wrote:
>
>> SHOW parts do not hold up well to
>> daily use.
>
> Yeah, no kidding. My wife customized her Fatboy back in the late 90s.
> She was pretty upset with her painter when we discovered how soft the
> paint was. We called them out on it, and the reply was most of their
> customers don't actually ride their bikes. They just trailer them to
> shows. Those probably aren't the exact words, but they actually said that.

They weren't wrong.

> Another custom wheel manufacturer said when the aluminum gets crusty
> just buy new wheels. She covered her wheels with paste wax periodically
> and then she would wipe them down before a run or show. That did a
> pretty good job of arresting the oxidation at a still pretty shiny stage.

Heh...Back in 2000, the shop I worked for had a customer who had
some fancy aluminium rims. They weren't chromed, just polished. So,
every year, he paid us to take the wheels off, strip them, take them
entirely apart (they actually went together in 5 or so pieces of I
remember correctly, one for the actual hub, one for the outside rim,
and three large "spokes", all held together with a gazillion
fasteners), remove the bearings, etc, and send them off to get
polished again, then re-assembled.

Probably would have been way cheaper to just get them chrome
plated once, but what the fuck do I know?

And that's nowhere near the most...let's say eccentric customer we
had. There was the one guy who wanted bars so wide, we had two sets
of beach bars welded together. And he wanted green tires too. I have
pictures of that bike. It was...something. And there's another guy
who wanted the paint in between the super-busy airbrush on his tins to
be that BMW paint that changes colours? That stuff was ridiculously
expensive then, and, of course, it had to be the base coat on all the
tins before all the artwork.

Phil...the "Got way more stories..." Asshole(tm)...
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philb@philb.ca http://philb.ca

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 by: Rick Begeman - Fri, 21 Jan 2022 20:35 UTC

On 1/11/22 5:35 PM, Phil Boutros wrote:
> Bob La Londe <none@none.com99> wrote:
>>
>>> SHOW parts do not hold up well to
>>> daily use.
>> shnip <<<
>
> And that's nowhere near the most...let's say eccentric customer we
> had. There was the one guy who wanted bars so wide, we had two sets
> of beach bars welded together. And he wanted green tires too. I have
> pictures of that bike. It was...something. And there's another guy
> who wanted the paint in between the super-busy airbrush on his tins to
> be that BMW paint that changes colours? That stuff was ridiculously
> expensive then, and, of course, it had to be the base coat on all the
> tins before all the artwork.
>
>
> Phil...the "Got way more stories..." Asshole(tm)...
>

One customer ordered a new bike had it delivered to the shop.
He went through the catalog and bought every bit of chrome and shit.
Wheels Brakes Motor Trans Tanks and all.
We took a brand new zero miles bike completely apart and reassembled
with every goody you can imagine.

With a frame, I could have built a bike from all the take off parts.
--
Ironhead Rick

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 by: Phil Boutros - Wed, 26 Jan 2022 21:28 UTC

Rick Begeman <rickb794@gmail.com> wrote:
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> One customer ordered a new bike had it delivered to the shop.
> He went through the catalog and bought every bit of chrome and shit.
> Wheels Brakes Motor Trans Tanks and all.
> We took a brand new zero miles bike completely apart and reassembled
> with every goody you can imagine.

Hahaha...we had one make us take everything off so he could get
the frame chromed. Once again, zero miles.

Phil...the "more money than sense people kept us in business..." Asshole(tm)...
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