International Dealer News IDN 140 December 2017 / January 2018 | Page 36
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Success is Fun!
VP Italy is internationally renowned for its genuinely
race bred pistons product lines, but the list of top
teams it works with is a truly impressive thing - in MX
World Championships the list includes Kawasaki
Monster Energy KRT teams, Yamaha Factory Racing,
Honda HRC, Fonta Racing and Yamaha Kemea; in
Enduro World Championship racing - Honda
Redmoto, TM Racing, Beta Factory and Sherco CH
racing teams; in Supermoto - TM Racing; in
Moto2/Moto 3 - Team Gresini and SIC58 (Moto 3).
This season Vertex Pistons products has won the World
Enduro GP Championship with Steve Holcombe (Beta
Factory team), the World Supermoto Championship S1
class with Thomas Chareyre (TM Racing team) and the
World and Italian WMX Championship with Kiara
Fontanesi (Team Fonta Racing). Did someone say
“credentials”?
For 2018 Vertex has updated its high performance 2
and 4-stroke pistons for off-road bikes, with all their
4-stroke pistons available in four versions - Replica,
High Compression, Big Bore and GP-Racers Choice.
The forged, highly resistant aeronautic alloy GP-Racers
Choice line features an F1 inspired machined T-Bridge
– an especially shaped racing profile head that is said
to “allow the maximum compression ratio and great
performance without any loss of reliability”.
Coated with molybdenum disulphide to ensure flow
and wear resistance, they feature a nitride ring set,
DLC coated pin and moly-coated, anti-rotation
external hook clips.
The GP-Racers Choice range is available for Honda
CRF 250/450, Kawasaki KX250/450F, Yamaha
YZ250/450F, Suzuki RM-Z 250/450, KTM
SXF250/350/450 and Husqvarna FC 250/450.
For street bike riders, the Vertex range has been
enlarged to cover the most popular 2018 models.
Developed in the World Championship with the
Full range of 2-stroke off-road motorcycle pistons
The forged,
highly resistant
aeronautic alloy
GP-Racers
Choice line
2 and 4-stroke Top End Piston Kits
cooperation of Gresini Team and several Superbike
and Supersport teams, the Vertex street range includes
15 models in Replica or High Compression versions for
Yamaha, Honda, Suzuki, Kawasaki, BMW and Ducati
600, 1000 and 1200 cc for track use only.
The kits come with rings, piston pin and circlips. These
street pistons feature a minimum limit weight for their
category, and an increased compression ratio with a
“great performance increase without any loss of
reliability”.
First launched for 2017, Vertex has had considerable
success with its range of Top End Piston Kits and has
expanded the range of options for 2018 model
Barnett hydraulic
brake and
clutch lines
All new genuine Barnett hydraulic brake and clutch lines are
now available in Classic Stainless braid, Platinum Series bright
silver, black with chrome fittings and Stealth ‘black on black’,
in stock and custom lengths for a wide range of popular ABS
and non-ABS makes and models, with custom orders on
request and, as with genuine Barnett cables, a rush service is
also available on their brake and clutch line kits. Made in the
USA.
Barnett Clutches & Cables, USA; www.barnettclutches.com
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coverage.
Developed to ease the repairing process on 2 and 4-
stroke off-road bikes by saving time and money, the
kits include all the required parts to update and renew
the thermal section of the engine - piston, top end
gaskets kit and wrist pin bearing; for 4-strokers the kits
also include a cam chain as a bonus.
VERTEX PISTONS/VP ITALY S.r.l.
Reggio Emilia, ITALY
Tel: +39 0522 918811
[email protected]
www.vertexpistons.com