Last year, CBR was contacted by a new customer—a company that manufactures large dynamometers for heavy industrial applications, and for clients in the aerospace industry and for large energy and utility companies. The dynamometer manufacturer was having trouble locating the bearings they needed for their highly specialized machines. None of the large bearing manufacturing companies made the size they needed (110mm bore), so they reached out to CBR, hoping our boutique bearing manufacturing … [Read more...]
CBR Bearing Celebrates 25 Years in Business!
The year was 1994, and CBR founder Charlie Rowlett was an employee at a Honda-Yamaha motorcycle shop. During his time employed at the motorcycle shop, he noticed that many of the expensive OEM replacement bearings they were selling to their customers were simply standard sized bearings and nothing particularly special. He was intrigued by this and spent a considerable amount of time researching the sizes and applications of these bearings and recording them in a detailed spreadsheet. After … [Read more...]
CBR Featured on San Diego Business Website as a Top Manufacturer of Ceramic Hybrid Bearings
As a company that manufactures a specialty product like ceramic hybrid bearings, we don’t often get a lot of press. Our products are only needed by very specific types of users, such as mechanics who work on large industrial electric motors and those in the motorcycle and kart racing scenes. As such, the general public doesn’t usually hear about companies like ours. Many have never even heard of ceramic hybrid ball bearings. However, recently we were approached by MySanDiego.com, an online … [Read more...]
World Record Holder for Motorcycle Speed Uses Ceramic Hybrid Bearings from CBR
Back in August, a group of motorcycle racers headed to the Andes Mountains in Bolivia for the Top 1 Top of the World Speed trials, with the hopes of breaking the world record for the fastest partially-streamlined motorcycle. Despite the challenges of the thin air at 12,000 feet above sea level, the low temperatures, and limited daylight, racer Ralph Hudson and his turbocharged Suzuki motorcycle broke the record with an average speed of 284.361mph on the salt flats of Lake Uyani. The record was … [Read more...]
