Nick Anglada CSC

 

“The high-tech equipment that embeds  titanium into chrome pieces is designed by a nuclear physicist, which gives an idea of the complexity of the undertaking.”

We’re still not sure what to call this look, but the flashy finish on CSC’s 2008 Yamaha R1 makes the metallic surfaces appear to change color at every angle. Think of it as the colorful sheen you see on a soap bubble – only a lot brighter, a lot more impressive, and a hell of a lot more expensive. One of Anglada’s customers approached him early in 2008 with a request that he’s heard time and again: “I want a sick R1 that’s going to turn heads.” The customer had a very specific plan in his head, but Anglada was quick to tell him why a titanium finish and a bandanna paint scheme would be better. “He wanted the bike all chrome with an ‘Alien vs. Predator’ paint scheme, but it’s been done. So I basically gave him the rendering and showed him how it was going to look,” he says. After a little bit of sticker shock (the titanium coating alone topped $9,000), the customer agreed that the plans for his R1 were guaranteed to draw a crowd, and Anglada got to work. Anglada came across Tanury Industries, the company that has perfected the process of imbedding titanium into chrome pieces, during last year’s SEMA show in Las Vegas. The high-tech equipment is designed and operated by a nuclear physicist, which gives an idea of the complexity of the undertaking. Since the machinery is ultra-sensitive, it means that all the parts that go through the coating process have to be perfect. Everything is brand new, and parts that weren’t chrome to begin with got that treatment prior to the titanium coating, which is called the Aurora finish. Before the process can even begin, each part is prepared in a “clean room,” giving the whole thing the feel of one big science experiment.

“They have to be brand-new parts, freshly chromed, due to the fact that if there’s just a little bit of dirt or oil or anything in the machine, it shuts down the machine and it shuts down production for two or three days,” says Anglada, adding that the machines are worth millions of dollars. Anglada has worked out an exclusive deal with Tanury Industries, so if you want to give your bike a multi-hued fi  nish, CSC can give you the hook up. And don’t think that another company can do a comparable job.
“A majority of their business is jewelry, but the titanium (coating) is one of those things they’ve broken into in the last few years and they’re the only ones in the nation that do it,” says Anglada.Of course, there’s a lot more to this R1 than just the cool new titanium pieces. The Metalsport Inc. wheels were a must, and Anglada had to create hubs in order to mount them to the R1.