[Tanx] [External] Re: Good news! Fairings!

Tue Oct 24 13:23:40 PDT 2017

But the Corbin is so low and weird feeling.

On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 4:17 PM, Burr, John H UTAS via Tanx <
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> Stock Seat is good for about 75 miles. After that you rather be walking.
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> *From:* Tanx [mailto:tanx-bounces at lists.micapeak.com] *On Behalf Of *Adam
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> From what I understand it's much more expensive to ship from the US than
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> I have a Corbin, it's pretty beat up.  I'd like to have a stocker more for
> off road work. I'm also planning on sending the Corbin back to be recovered
> and maybe have a passenger back rest installed so I would use the stocker
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> I buy stuff from China, I just got a flasher relay from there for $5.
> Shipping included.
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> On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 3:22 PM, John Borella via Tanx <
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> It costs me $30 to send a small flat rate usps box to europe & my friends
> over there tell me that's cheap compared to what they pay. $23 to ship a
> seat to the u.s. is crazy cheap.  How much for the seat? Stock seat kind of
> sucks. Don't you have a Corbin?
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> From: "Adam N. via Tanx" <tanx at lists.micapeak.com>
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> Date: 10/24/17 3:01 PM (GMT-05:00)
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> Subject: Re: [Tanx] Good news! Fairings!
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> So, from what I can tell the American part number for the fairing stay and
> the center fairing are the same as the 1993 Honda Transalps that were sold
> in Europe.  So, it looks like we got the update first.
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> Also, I am looking at buying a stock seat from Germany or France or
> someplace (some country involved in WW2) and the shipping to the USA is 23
> Euro. So, conceivable that the shipping for the fairings is $30.
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> On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 2:40 PM, Tracy Cerrato via Tanx <
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> If that’s true it might be even better than the old skins because they
> don’t always want to stay together properly up front, especially after a
> few wacks on trees or rocks in the woods, etc.
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> On Oct 24, 2017, at 2:05 PM, Adam N. via Tanx <tanx at lists.micapeak.com>
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> I think the underlying support is the same. So, that should prob work esp.
> if you get the sides to go with it. If I needed fairings I would look into
> it, but it is someplace to start.
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> On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 1:55 PM, Tracy Cerrato via Tanx <
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> Very cool! However, the front cowling is not the same as the U.S. ’89-90
> model. They’re listed as ’87 but I’ve never seen an '87 to see if they’re
> like the ones in the photos or not…
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> On Oct 24, 2017, at 12:06 PM, Adam N. via Tanx <tanx at lists.micapeak.com>
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> I don't need a fairing.
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> On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 11:59 AM, John Borella via Tanx <
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> $150 to paint an entire fairing? Rustoleum? I'll let you be the guinea pig
> on this one.
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> I cannot say if it is legit but it sure seems legit to me. The website
> doesn't look fly by night and it's pretty specific. I emailed the guy and
> he got back to me pretty quickly.  I asked if he could have fairings
> painted locally and he quoted me $150 euro.  Not to go too deeply into this
> but the nature of the exchange didn't set off any alarm bells for me.
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> Lately I have noticed that shipping from Europe is cheaper than it was.  I
> just ordered some dirt bike armor from England and even with the shipping
> it was cheaper than I could get it in the US.  Also, I think the Greek
> economy is in the tank. So, it's sort of like arbitrage.
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> On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 11:36 AM, John Borella via Tanx <
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> Sure it's legit? Those prices are really cheap & they quote 30 Euro to
> ship the entire 3 piece fairing to the U.S. I get small parts from Italy &
> the Netherlands & it costs that much.
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> Good News!  Here is a source for new fairings!
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> http://www.perfect-fairings.com/en/products/listed/
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> I've been in touch and they sell fairings and ship to the USA.  Fairings
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