Where to buy Hyperpro?

[McJim]

?? If someone is keen to Steal a persons bike then I would have no worrys cutting both their hands off with my Live Katana & watch you bleed out on my drive or if not there where ever I find you .

I didn't want to steal it (and I'm from Glasgow) I just wanted to know where I could get a sticker like that for my Marzocchi forks!

[imdying]

?? If someone is keen to Steal a persons bike then I would have no worrys cutting both their hands off with my Live Katana & watch you bleed out on my drive or if not there where ever I find you .

Sounds like a fair deal What was your address again

[Sensei]

I didn't want to steal it (and I'm from Glasgow) I just wanted to know where I could get a sticker like that for my Marzocchi forks!

Ohlins sticker Jim ? if so give Robert Taylor from posts above as he is NZs Ohlins dealer here in the Naki , he'll will get you some easy peasy .

[Sensei]

Sounds like a fair deal What was your address again

Death Row ! LOL

[Robert Taylor]

Ohlins sticker Jim ? if so give Robert Taylor from posts above as he is NZs Ohlins dealer here in the Naki , he'll will get you some easy peasy .

The stickers come attached to the high quality product from the same manufacturer. If they are attached to a totally different product people may incorrectly beleive that it is an Ohlins product. Its a little similiar to Helen Clark having a perfect set of dentures on her election billboards, misrepresentation.....I seriously dont like that!

[imdying]

Robert, you mention that you trade in Ohlins gear from time to time... what are the chances that you'd have a set of Ohlins forks, suitable for a GSXR with radial brakes, available?

[Robert Taylor]

Robert, you mention that you trade in Ohlins gear from time to time... what are the chances that you'd have a set of Ohlins forks, suitable for a GSXR with radial brakes, available?

Sorry no second hand Ohlins fork sets, predominantly second stuff is shocks only

[vifferman]

Sorry no second hand Ohlins fork sets, predominantly second stuff is shocks only

What sort of prices do they go for?

[Sparky Bills]

Ive just put an Ohlins Shock in my racebike. Worth every cent! Since im off work at the moment, i have no spare coin for the front yet, but as soon as I do have the coin, It will get done.

Hyperpro is good, but they dont have the support or knowledge as Robert and Northwest M/Cycles do. And often more expensive than Ohlins!

If your in Wellington or Lower North Island, you can get all your Ohlins and suspension work done at Motomart. We deal direct with Robert.

Motomart
502 Hutt Rd
Lower Hutt
0800 DUCATI

[imdying]

Sorry no second hand Ohlins fork sets, predominantly second stuff is shocks only

Cheers for the reply anyway... I'm hoping to hear back from another poster in this thread about some GSXR ones, but even they would benefit from some Ohlins love from what I've read.

[Robert Taylor]

What sort of prices do they go for?

Totally dependent on what model it is specifically for, the degree of spec of the shock and its exterior cosmetic condition. Every Ohlins shock we sell is fully serviced, set up and sprung for the new owner. ( But we only ever have a handful.) You wont get that sort of service if you buy via Trade Me / E-Bay etc. Im not saying its bad to buy that way but chances are very very high you will purchase a shock that needs servicing and will not be valved and sprung for your personal stats and application. Caveat emptor!!!

The purchase price has to reflect a generous allowance for almost inevitable service and set up.

Dealers get derided very often but I would have to say that there are a very sizable number of private sellers that mis-represent what they are selling, dont care, just want the money and know that they wont get nailed like a dealer will if the deal is shonky.

Every Ohlins shock / fork set / steering damper made has a code number stamped into it that identifies what brand / model / year it was manufactured for e.g KA3010 is for an 03 Kawasaki ZX600. NOTE, Ohlins shocks are totally specific to model, the valving, spring rate, dimensions for fitting, reservoir position etc are all unique and matched to the motion ratio that is applied to it.

IT IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE for a seller to say to you ''its not made for that but I think it will fit'' Unless it is a well documented fit that is well tested, like certain models of GSXR600 shocks into SV650s. Heck, we have come across people that have bought GSXR shocks to fit into CBR Hondas. The shocks fitted okay but didnt work because the spring rate and valving needed to be very very different. The start rate and rising rate of the linkages on these bikes is very different placing a very different set of forces on the shock. Doesnt matter a damn if your purchase was cheap when the shock is totally unsuitable!

My advice if you find something second hand, get the model number off the seller and check with me first. Please e-mail me at robert@northwest.co.nz as I check e-mail frequently, dont use this forum as I only check infrequently. This is a free service I have obliged people with for a number of years, as I hate seeing people misled and ripped off by unscrupulous sellers, and also by advice from people with only enough knowledge to be dangerous.

[Robert Taylor]

Ive just put an Ohlins Shock in my racebike. Worth every cent! Since im off work at the moment, i have no spare coin for the front yet, but as soon as I do have the coin, It will get done.

Hyperpro is good, but they dont have the support or knowledge as Robert and Northwest M/Cycles do. And often more expensive than Ohlins!

If your in Wellington or Lower North Island, you can get all your Ohlins and suspension work done at Motomart. We deal direct with Robert.

Motomart
502 Hutt Rd
Lower Hutt
0800 DUCATI

And I need to come back to you about optimising spring rate on that very shock, if neccessary, after carrying out a sag correlation check

[bimotabob]

I always hear riders say "Hell I can't afford Ohlins"
I laugh as something isn't right with that. Many of them earn much higher than poor Bimotabob - not that that's hard.

I few years ago I worked in parts at a local bike wrecker and I brought a new Ohlins shock for my RG500 - I was on $12 per hour.

Now I work at a manufacturing plant doing process work of all things and I brought a handbuilt bike with ohlins front and rear with my own money.

I'm not a very confident rider either, but I'm very happy with the product and
My Taylors back up.

If I can afford quality than maybe you can too.. if you want to.

Cheers
BB



P.S
I import a lot of items in myself too - but only things that cannot be obtained locally.

[car]

If I can afford quality than maybe you can too.. if you want to.

That's the key, though. When people say "I can't afford this" they mean "the cost of this does not fall within the budget I have allocated." Not everyone is as dedicated as you seem to be.

As this relates to my initial question, it would seem that Ohlins isn't much more expensive, if at all, than Hyperpro. I wouldn't know for sure though because, to date, none of the people I've contacted have taken time to respond.

Too late now, though -- change of circumstance means that I can't even afford the $500 I was putting aside. I've spent $1000 on medical bills in the past week, with another $400 to come tomorrow, and then who knows what. Not that I can afford that kind of expenditure, but it's one of those things you can't avoid.

[Robert Taylor]

That's the key, though. When people say "I can't afford this" they mean "the cost of this does not fall within the budget I have allocated." Not everyone is as dedicated as you seem to be.

As this relates to my initial question, it would seem that Ohlins isn't much more expensive, if at all, than Hyperpro. I wouldn't know for sure though because, to date, none of the people I've contacted have taken time to respond.

Too late now, though -- change of circumstance means that I can't even afford the $500 I was putting aside. I've spent $1000 on medical bills in the past week, with another $400 to come tomorrow, and then who knows what. Not that I can afford that kind of expenditure, but it's one of those things you can't avoid.

I do hope the medical problem is not too serious. I can be excluded from the people who didnt take the time to respond. As CAR now knows I did respond with a very detailed multi paragraph e-mail describing the problems and a menu of how to fix it. But it never got there because of a key punching error on my part when entering his e-mail address, nor did I appear to have a delivery status notification bounced back to me. I trust this goes some way to restoring his faith that maybe there are some people out there who are interested....