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).
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| The forged, highly resistant aeronautic alloy GP-Racers Choice line |
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.
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| 2 and 4-stroke Top End Piston Kits |
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.
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| Full range of 2-stroke off-road motorcycle pistons |
For street bike riders, the Vertex range has been enlarged to cover the most popular 2018 models. Developed in the World Championship with the 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 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.
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