smetwisted said:
Just put a set on my 013, 10 -15 min job, look factory and they appear like they should protect the goods. Hopefully I won't find out .....but one never knows.
I wish I could say the same.
I ordered mine and received them a week after Easter. In fairness Rotary Racer had said the set he had left was cosmetically challenged and he would knock the price down slightly (that didn't happen).
Because of my travel schedule I wasn't able to get to installing them until last Saturday.
First look at them after getting the box open - Minor shipping marks (scuffing) and stuff in the paint. Not a biggie to me - I expect the bars are going to get beat up.
Mounting them up...we have some show stoppers.
The first issue - Neither bar clamp end is machined large enough to fit on my Yamaha bars. They aren't even close. It appears they were roughed out and then just painted to get them out the door. That would be both left and right bars. ::010::
Second issue - the left bar 'U' is bent just enough where it will need to be beaten to mount up.
Third issue - One of the clamps isn't threaded all the way through. Not 'the threads are buggered up a little' or there's some paint in there. Nope. It's drilled and then threaded about half way.
These aren't 'cosmetic issues'.
Anyhow all of these things are fixable. But a couple hundred dollars should get me something that is at least finished properly and at least was looked at before it got shipped to me.
IOW I shouldn't have to fix it. And shame on ADVMottorad for either not looking at this stuff or seeing it and still selling it to me.
Right now the bars are sitting in my shop. Not sure if I want to fix them or cut them into semi-usable scrap for other projects.
I'm happy all you other guys got good merchandise from him. I did not and, will not do business with him again.
