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Aladinsaneuk · #1 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 10:46 pm

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aprilia-SL100 ... 2c69ace5d5

same money would get you a decent condition white spring mille shock which is better but....

(Am not totally convinced on it either - i seem to recall seeing different examples of this...)

mickt1964 · #2 Post by **mickt1964** » Sun Dec 30, 2012 4:36 pm

My Falco shock came with one - shock changed for ohlins.
£100 quid seems a tad optimistic. £75.00 quid to much for me, who would buy it to stick on a standard shock.

#3 Post by **mangocrazy** » Sun Dec 30, 2012 5:12 pm

mickt1964 wrote:My Falco shock came with one - shock changed for ohlins.
£100 quid seems a tad optimistic. £75.00 quid to much for me, who would buy it to stick on a standard shock.

I agree, the only way it could be worth any money would be if you could fit it to a white or yellow spring Sachs shock.

#4 Post by **mangocrazy** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 10:07 pm

I have to admit this piqued my interest, but at £100 it was silly money. However a few days later I was browsing on AF1 in the Falco section and saw this:

http://www.af1racing.com/store/Scripts/ ... oduct=8728

Yes - the exact same piece of kit, but for the exceptionally reasonable price of 11 bucks (about £6.87 in good old avoirdupois). Now at that price I'm prepared to take a gamble. As it happens I have rellies in the You Ess of A - my wife's sister is married to a good old boy who rejoices in the name of Wendell Crockett and lives in Tennessee. Really.

And as it also happens they are storing up a bunch of stuff I've ordered and had shipped to them, ready to consolidate it into one big package to send over the pond to Blighty. Well - there's now one other piece of kit to add to that package. I've just received confirmation that AF1 have shipped my Sachs preload adjuster to Tennessee for the princely sum of $8.95 (£5.60 in GBP). So for a tad over 12 quid I've got myself a Sachs preload adjuster.

To be honest, all along I've thought the price was a misprint and AF1 would regretfully inform me that they've made a mistake and the real price was $110.99. But not so, apparently.

The final piece in the jigsaw was my eBay purchase a week or so back of a Sachs yellow spring shock - this one, in fact:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/110993903962? ... 1439.l2649

Having measured up the blue spring and yellow spring Sachs shocks, they have exactly the same size shock body and same screw pitch on the body. So if the HPA fits a blue spring Sachs shock, it will also fit a yellow spring Sachs shock.

Now all I'm waiting for is a big box to arrive from Tennessee....

Aladinsaneuk · #5 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 10:26 pm

nice

and i hope you are smiling when the bill arrives from customs and excise....

BUT

when the post office try to charge you for it, before you can get the goods, I seem to recall they cannot do that - something to do with being legally being unable to receive goods paid for delivery??
(IE challenge it!)

Aladinsaneuk · #6 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 10:29 pm

http://www.volkszone.com/VZi/showthread.php?t=351900

i do recall this in multiple other places as well - anyone else remember this fee malarky that the post office tries on ?

#7 Post by **mangocrazy** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 10:35 pm

As the package is coming from relatives, they are under instructions to remove all manufacturers/sellers packaging and paperwork and any labels from the outside of the box and send all the paperwork/invoices separately by letter post. Throw all the goods into a scruffy cardboard box, with some cardboard/styrofoam/rolled up newspaper, and send it marked as a gift and with a value of about $20.

Then let Customs & Excise pick the bones out of that one...

MartDude · #8 Post by **MartDude** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 10:41 pm

Seem to remember HMRC treat gifts, up to a certain value, differently to purchases

Aladinsaneuk · #9 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 10:50 pm

i do not object to paying customs per se - its the fee that the post office charge that annoys me... 8 quid is a liberty

#10 Post by **mangocrazy** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 10:56 pm

Aladinsaneuk wrote:i do not object to paying customs per se - its the fee that the post office charge that annoys me... 8 quid is a liberty

It takes the piss, without a doubt. But as I'm consolidating about 5 items into one parcel (and as all of those items would cost considerably more on this side of the pond) I feel a little less miffed about it.

D-Rider · #11 Post by **D-Rider** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 11:04 pm

Hmm ..... wonder if the adjuster will fit an Ohlins - at that price it's a bargain and should avoid import duty etc but postage would need some thought. TBH will probably have to visit USA for work at some point this year but no plans yet

#12 Post by **mangocrazy** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 11:10 pm

I'll measure the Ohlins up and compare it to the Sachs. At that price it's a gimme...

wayno · #13 Post by **wayno** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:47 am

The import duty all depends on what htey charge you for delivery. As I recall vat and duties only apply to goods and delivery combined of over £30, then you pay a percentage.

If it wasn't for the dreaded royal mail scam (which you could probably get around by paying duties up front via the seller) the charges for something that cheap would probably not be too bad.

fatboy · #14 Post by **fatboy** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 7:37 pm

you jammy bugger

#15 Post by **mangocrazy** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 9:30 pm

fatboy wrote:you jammy bugger

I fang yew...

However the bits aren't physically in my sweaty little mitts yet, so I'll delay the celebrations until they are...

And for your information Andy, the thread on the Sachs shock body (blue spring and yellow spring) is M52 x 1.5. Is that the same as Ohlins?