HEAD racquets are on pallets and don’t have buried weights. All HEaD racquets are on the TK82S pallets now. I haven’t tried extending it but I’m sure it’s very easy considering the hairpin is hollow.
Thanks very much for the info.; will look into it more; bp of 31cm makes extension viable, especially if I can find a slightly more headlight than standard spec. one.Couldn't remember re pallets; is Pro TK82S now also?
Retail Head frames have the weights in the hairpin, no chance to remove them. But you can extend them easily to 27.5 only by pallets with minimal weight added.
I've actually tried this a few times, and eventually the pallet cracks.
I have no experience doing this. I know Roman in NY does this work. I don’t know how much he charges.
I believe it's ~$40-50 per racquet (@bleno567 ?), plus shipping (both ways). And I'm certain his is much better than my POS wood dowel + glue + silicone. But, I was trying to DIY on the cheap (and have a little fun in the process). If I was serious about it, I'd send it to him or Bosworth.
I have extented some Head frames by 1/2” and the pallets (Tk 82, 4 1/4 size) never cracked. I filled the empty space with silicone and used rubber glue to secure the butt cap. If you stapled the butt cap, that’s the reason for cracks.
Interesting. I did staple them every time. I have one more pallet sitting in front of me...I may give it one more try w/o staping.
To remove it you need a thin blade like a cutter blade or a hacksaw blade. Just insert it on between the butt cup and pallet on each side. Finally the buttcap will get lose. Need to use flexible rubber glue. Never use Loctite 495 or 496 or any epoxy.
Try the XTP buttcap. It’s not perfect but I’ve got them on 4 custom racquets I made for myself plus 3 for other players and they have worked fantastic. All tournament players and I myself a coach and still playing at the National/Futures level.
I've tried the XTP Butt Cap. The biggest issue is the ridge between where the butt cap ends and the handle begins. I've tried going down a size in grip size for the racquet (e.g. getting a 4 1/4 hairpin) and building it up w/ overwrap so there is no ridge. But unfortunately, this adds way too much weight, and makes it 20pts HL (I'm being facetious here, but you get the idea).
Yea I know exactly what you are talking about. My frames were already setup like my old PS Stretch so adding the XTP buttcap was perfect. That ridge is a bit annoying and I may ask if they can make it a bit thinner for me as a test sample but I got used to it quickly. The Wilson buttcaps drive me insane. I love the bottom ones. The top one cuts into my callouses and causes blisters. I hate them.I've tried the XTP Butt Cap. The biggest issue is the ridge between where the butt cap ends and the handle begins. I've tried going down a size in grip size for the racquet (e.g. getting a 4 1/4 hairpin) and building it up w/ overwrap so there is no ridge. But unfortunately, this adds way too much weight, and makes it 20pts HL (I'm being facetious here, but you get the idea).
The only way this works for me is if I buy the lighter version of a frame (e.g., 280g) so I have room to work with. But not all frames have lighter versions (Extreme Tour comes to mind), so I'm screwed there.
Then there's the issue of the butt cap shape itself. The edges are very sharp and irritate my palm. I found this out the hard way with Wilson when I bought a few of these:
and should have bought these:
The weight is in the carbon fiber hairpin and not buried in the foam pallet. HEAD racquets are on an interchangeable pallet system and there are no weights in the pallets
Part of the reason Head can’t and won’t ever sell the Djoker frame is he probably has an NDA agreement with them like he has with anyone he works with. If this is the case then the company’s hands are tied. I know for a fact he has NDA’s with his entire team. The details. I don’t know.
That’s not ridiculous. It’s probably what they wanted at the time and plans changed. No one to blame but the situation at the time that caused a change in direction and the company made a decision. It’s not hurting anyone.
For a guy that has never hit with the 360+ Prestige MP or the 360+ Radical MP or Pro you certainly have strong opinions. How does that happen? How do you formulate opinions on racquets that you have never hit with?
Exactly. There is a reason Djokovic stayed with this radical type of racquet rather than the speed. it is shameful head uses him to sell a new line he never touched rather giving consumers a chance to experience anything remotely close to the pt346 today. makes me wonder how hard it is to tell the truth ?
I've actually considered ponying up for one. Basically just to try it. Wondering, what do you normally play with or what was your racket up to this point?
I never ran across anyone mentioning this and I don't know anyting about racket production... but I have this feeling there's something to the cost of production with these types of rackets. Even putting the obvious of Quality control aside
That's funny. I relate to every other sentence there.... Also tried many of those sticks. Also learning more from YouTube than the few one-on-ones I did.
That's a really expensive Bugatti.
Or maybe it’s not as big of an opportunity as you believe and the cost is not worth it. The public doesn’t care what he uses. Only the keyboard warriors like you…
dang. now i want a 113B. but whats this about fitness??
What are you talking about? You can’t buy Rafa’s or Osaka’s racquets.
You mean you can’t buy retail..I bet if you had your agent reach out to rafa’s agent and offer a biiiig donation to the charity of his choice in exchange for a racquet then it could be arranged.with all the other crazy things I’ve seen in this thread I’m counting that.
