What piston?
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Cheers guys, feedback is good...
I think Mitaka are made in Taiwan as well as Japan? With the later being the choice...
Anyone had dealings with or heard about Namura? They claim a hard anodised crown and a molybdenum/Teflon coated skirt...
They seem cheap for the specs which always raises a red flag for me. Don’t about the country of origin?...@SpookDog Taiwanese manufacturing often as good as found in Japan - in my experience. There is little evidence to support hard anodising of piston crowns when the piston is manufactured well in the 1st place. PVD coatings can be great, but unless designed in, and included in your bore finish & clearance allowances, a waste of time/money. It's very, very often just a sales gimmick as properly useful PVD coating is not cheap...
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Wow! Hold yo horses! I’m only going on what I’ve heard. Like I said, I’m in the dark here. I know nothing about Taiwanese manufacturing. I only know Japanese and German are usually best...
Hence, I’m very interested in all opinions...
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I've only used Mitaka in a few 250 engines & they have been fine, a good compromise between cost & quality. However I use Vertex whenever possible and they are the best I've found, whether for MX or circuit use. -
So Vertex or Mitaka seem the pistons of choice? (it was the PJME website that I saw the ‘cheaper made’ Taiwan Mitaka piston comment, by the by) I’m guessing I’m gonna go for the Vertex, if I can get it at the right price. Just for the guaranteed quality of nothing else.
I don’t see any point in a forged piston if I don’t have any other tuning, or the knowledge to make use of its potential. It’d just be ‘lipstick on a pig’
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athena r quality parts u wont go wrong with these
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Yamaha TZR125 DTR TDR 125 Wiseco Piston Stock 56mm Bore 679M05600
on ebay aint bad at all either they range .5mm and have 8 stages u have to have a rehone though to be sure u aint blowing your funds
