Small end road bearing options

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I've seen somewhere that there is an upgraded small rod bearing. What are my options?

[m in sc]

use one for an kawasaki H1, has an extra roller.

[SoCal250]

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Hopefully Chuck will see this and add his expertise. He's the one with the most up to date info

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use one for an kawasaki H1, has an extra roller.

Yes Mark ,those were the way to go in the early days.
But not available anymore.
LA sleeve used to carry them, now...when you order any bearing from suppliers for the H1...you get the standard RD bearing from all the suppliers. Sucks.
I found a snowmobile a bearing that I now use to get the H1 type bearing.
This RD market keeps me always looking for the things were easy to get ahold of, now is a problem to get.
I can only get them now buying a 100 at a time from a specialty supplier...pain in my wallet!!
I sell them for $20 each.
I'll try and add a Tip Of The Day about them.
I have to use them in all my upper performance builds as once you use them and the RM 125 lower bearing any rod failure goes away until the main bearing fails now before the rod! So it is a good upgrade. 76HP tested to run a whole roadrace season! (aprox 18-23 races)
Chuck

[m in sc]

well damn, that sucks they aren't readily available as they used to be. thanks for the info chuck, glad you have them.

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I did a Tip of the Day Series post on this subject here:

http://www.2strokeworld.net/forum/index.php?topic=1621.0

Chuck

[Alain2]

I did a Tip of the Day Series post on this subject here:

http://www.2strokeworld.net/forum/index.php?topic=1621.0

Chuck

Wrong link.

Rd rod bearings link:

http://www.2strokeworld.net/forum/index.php?topic=1672.0

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Thanks...
C