terrysig said:
And apparantly not easy for us in the US to source?
Diapason got back to me and directed me to MotoShop Italia. I gave up after many emails. The nylon/plastic hinges seemed suspect but never got a chance to check the price and availability.
That is the most frustrating part of dealing with Motoshop, the communication (or lack of). I don't know if their receptionist is overworked or what exactly the case is, but she seems to answer emails whenever she feels like it...which sometimes is never. Could it be a language barrier?..possibly. I paid for the cases on February 14th and it took 50 days just for the cases to reach the states, mainly because the first set was lost somewhere in Italy and Motoshop had to verify 'lost' status for insurance purposes before sending another set..but reception never told me that. I finally had to phone Mr. Tosco directly to find out that the Italian courier 'Bartolini had lost the first set of bags. Reception stopped answering my emails prior to that, after saying they where working on 'expediting' the shipment.
If my shipment hadn't been lost, I calculate that the cases would have reached the states in about 15 days from ordering them, which isn't all that bad.
Another thing I can tell you is although these cases use the OEM mounts, they aren't easy on/off like the Yamaha cases. Once you hang them on the mounts, there are three M8x35mm bolts that thread through a solid steel square bar, which inserts under the upper stays on each side. Once that is done, you bolt the cross bar in place. The whole process doesn't take too awefully long, but it's far cry from just inserting a key and turning a lever.