So I was thinking more about the inserts, and I just don't understand how Baruta is charging $200 for those inserts (see link below):
http://www.86worx.com/baruta-hologra....html?___SID=U
As far as I can guess those replacement pieces for the top and bottom of the shift knob are likely anodized aluminum. Obviously there are different grades of aluminum and varying qualities of anodizing, but I don't see how this is $200.
As an example, I have multiple titanium bolts on my Ducati from Podium Racing. Again, while there are different grades of titanium and finishes for it, these pieces were pretty cheap compared to most market brands, and they are cheap compared to the cost of Baruta's inserts, especially when one considers how much more expensive titanium is to aluminum, yet they look good. So, again, I don't get the price of Baruta's pieces, nor can I understand why these would be expensive or hard to produce.
This large front bolt is titanium and was $54 for both sides.
This smaller tail bolt was $23 for the pair and again it is titanium
I actually requested Podium Racing make the top large bolt for the rearset to match the other bolts they already produced, and they did. Price was $72 for the pair in titanium.
And to compare to something else, this is a gas cap/lock (no easy piece to make) which is aluminum anodized $250 a few years back, now $200 because a new model came out. Rizoma is an Italian high end parts manufacture.
My bike is tittered with expensive CNC machined pieces from top of the line Italian brands like Ducabike and Rizoma, but sometimes I get sticker shock with these BRZ parts. And I get frustrated that there are holes in the market with significant interest yet manufactures with the resources to make it happen don't stand up the plate. Case in point with my bike as a tangent: lots of guys do clip ons, as an aftermarket mode, but no one makes steering dampers for moded bikes, so I bought some bar stock and did it myself, made brackets for a steering damper, in the garage with an angle grinder, drill, sand paper and paint:
My guess is Raceseng is blue balling us and has something in the works. If Raceseng can't produce a leather knob I am considering contacting Podium Racing to see if they can machine some pieces for me, most likely in titanium, as inserts for the stock knob. Because they focus on Ducati parts, this would be a limited production run like a group by, and of course, I would have to get it set straight with the admin gods to include anyone here.
