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    From Shay G@21:1/5 to dkmc...@gmail.com on Fri Sep 17 06:05:52 2021
    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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  • From Bob La Londe@21:1/5 to Phil Boutros on Fri Sep 17 16:05:14 2021
    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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  • From Phil Boutros@21:1/5 to Shay G on Fri Sep 17 22:25:48 2021
    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 William Bethke@21:1/5 to Shay G on Tue Jan 4 18:59:02 2022
    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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  • From Bob La Londe@21:1/5 to William Bethke on Wed Jan 5 11:10:57 2022
    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 Rick Begeman@21:1/5 to William Bethke on Fri Jan 7 18:51:13 2022
    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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  • From Rick Begeman@21:1/5 to Rick Begeman on Sat Jan 8 09:04:00 2022
    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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  • From Bob La Londe@21:1/5 to Rick Begeman on Mon Jan 10 09:32:19 2022
    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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  • From Phil Boutros@21:1/5 to Bob La Londe on Wed Jan 12 01:35:25 2022
    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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  • From Rick Begeman@21:1/5 to Phil Boutros on Fri Jan 21 12:35:53 2022
    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.
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  • From Phil Boutros@21:1/5 to Rick Begeman on Wed Jan 26 21:28:29 2022
    Rick Begeman <rickb794@gmail.com> wrote:

    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.


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