Rad Hoses

[Chris]

Hi,


Sorry to resurrect an old thread, did anyone buy from SFS as an individual? I am springing leaks out of old tired hoses and this may be the best route.

Hi, I have had a few emails back and fore from the guy at sfs that did the original order. They seem to want us to do another group buy but we don't have enough people so I'm still pressing them for a price for individual kits. I'll try again today.

Chris

[Tefer]

Looks like there could be a few, not as many as last time but could always tell SFS there is more than one. I assume nobody has had any since group buy, so hopefully be a few lurking around.


Thanks Chris

[Chris]

Yeah, there are a few have mentioned it. There needs to be a minimum of ten for a group buy though so unless a couple are willint o buy more than one kit, like noggy and myself did last time, then I'm not sure.

Will let you know when I hear back.

Chris

[emjaydee]

Count me in 
What colour pipes would look good on a black bike, besides black?
 

[Chris]

red would look good with a black bike I thought. Blue always my favourite though. haha.

Had trouble getting hold of the guy last time but could try again.

Like I said before though for a group buy we'd need at least 10.

Chris

[emjaydee]

Ok then, we'll have to get this ball rolling again.
Ok you Foccers, who's in?

[PeeGee]

Count me in I need a set, on Blue of course,
I called them (SFS) today and no go they won't
supply for individuals.

[papercutout]

I'd suggest a new thread with the important info copied and pasted, titled along the lines of 'SFS rad hose group buy, who's in?'

I'm not doing it, it's too late and I'm ill. And I'm not bothered!

[ChristoT]

I might be interested in a red set, dependent on cost, and when we'd get them. Put me down as a maybe, please! 

[Chris]

I'm happy to set up another deal, unless someone else wants to do it, as long as we get ten+ people as definite buyers. I don't have the spare cash to buy a set or two, like myself and Noggy did last time, to bulk up the numbers so it's up to the rest of you to make the ten+.

I imagine the kits will be at around the £130 to £140ish mark so budget for that. I will confirm an exact price as soon as I can.

I'll start another thread for people to put there names down but I think the discussion should still be held in here or we'll end up with two threads speaking about the same thing and info will get missed.

Chris

EDIT: thread started for people to put their names down for the second group buy: http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php/topic,12648.0.html

[Chris]

Hello again one and all!

I've Private Messaged everyone who has said they have been interested since the last group buy so will wait and see how many are still interested and put their names down.

I will Email SFS and say that we are going down the group order route and that will hopefully spur them on a bit too to get us a proper price for the kits.

All the best,

Chris

[caretaker62]

I SEE MY NAME ON THIS LIST AT NO TIME DID I AGREE TO BUY THIS KIT I WOULD LIKE MY NAME TAKEN OFF ASAP

I could be interested. Certainly don't want any Chinese rubbish!

Ok Ruby Racing, i'll note you down as possibly interested. so that's 3 of us confirmed interest. 

[caretaker62]

SEE MY NAME ON LIST AS FAR AS I NO I DIDNT PUT IT THERE IF I DID WAS MISTAKE COUNT ME OUT I DONT WANT TO PURCHASE THESE PIPES THAKYOU

I could be interested. Certainly don't want any Chinese rubbish!

Ok Ruby Racing, i'll note you down as possibly interested. so that's 3 of us confirmed interest. 

[Chris]

There seems to have been a mix up regarding a pm you sent me... Chill though, I'll remove you from the list. Sorry for any confusion. 

Chris

[emjaydee]

Has anybody fitted blue hoses to a black bike or any other colour to that matter?


Is it possible to post some photos, please?


Thanks

[Chris]

Noggy fitted them to a silver bike and they look spot on,

Pictures from the last group buy start on page 11 of this thread, have a look from there and there should be pics of quite a few different combos.

Chris

[HaVoC]

Would love to do it but £130..... Apart from looks, is it really worth it, are they better quality than the originals? No offence if you've already done it as they do look awesome!

[Chris]

Well, they're silicone instead of rubber so they'll last forever in bike years... the rubber ones on most peoples bikes are original and starting to show their age so not a bad idea to replace them. It also encourages people to change their coolant which is an often overlooked service item by DIY servicing.

They do look so much better than the standard ones too, if you don't want them to be too flash then you can get black ones which are nice and shiny 

It's not cheap but I'm pretty sure everyone that bought them last time loves them.

Chris

[dBfazer600]

I found that my old rad pipes were (for a better word) rotting inside and I had little black pieces of rubber in the system. After fitting the new rads I flushed the system twice as I was having performance problems with stuttering and suspected that icing was taking place. After the second flush with new rads on and doing other work on the bike it is sweet again.

Daz

[noggythenog]

Hey Daz


You is alive still




Dont forget the smell of the new hoses




Mmmmmmmmmm......that smelllll!!!!!

[dBfazer600]

Yep Noggy I is loitering in cyberspace but have less time now days to get involved with the site.

I miss it like hell just like that smell.

Daz

[Chris]

DAZ!!! Glad to see you're still about buddy!

Hope the bike is still going good.

My old rad pipes were definitely past their best too, had gone all hard and started cracking at the ends etc.

Chris

P.S. they did smell amazing! Bet they won't smell so good now they've had coolant running through them for the last year... That stuff smells like cats piss and old farts...