gv550
Well-Known Member
Twisted Throttle had a retail outlet near me in New Dundee, Ontario and I was a frequent customer there. I felt like a kid in a candy store, lots of goodies and friendly staff. 4-5 years ago they closed that store and moved to the Toronto area so I continued buying tires and accessories online and always received great service. This week I tried to log onto their .ca website and it’s gone....... apparently amalgamated with the .com site and there is no longer any listing for a Canadian retail outlet. Sad..... but a pop-up appeared explaining how Canadian buyers can order from the USA site and still get the free FedEx shipping, any duties and taxes calculated at checkout and a promise of no additional broker fees or charges from FedEx. Billing is in $USA.
So I ordered a pair of tires, at checkout there was no duty, no shipping, just 13% HST. The tires arrived at my doorstep from Rhode Island in 3 days, no charges from FedEx. Anyone familiar with ordering parts from USA to be shipped to Canada knows the extra shipping costs, duty, broker fees, service charges can easily add 50 to 80% to the cost of the parts, so this new service from Twisted Throttle sure is a breath of fresh air.
BTW, the tires I bought were the set of Mefo Explorer that they have on clearance at $142 for the pair, a smokin‘ deal but they are 4116 date code. I used to run these on my KLR with good results, may not last as long on the T12 but worth a try at that price.
So I ordered a pair of tires, at checkout there was no duty, no shipping, just 13% HST. The tires arrived at my doorstep from Rhode Island in 3 days, no charges from FedEx. Anyone familiar with ordering parts from USA to be shipped to Canada knows the extra shipping costs, duty, broker fees, service charges can easily add 50 to 80% to the cost of the parts, so this new service from Twisted Throttle sure is a breath of fresh air.
BTW, the tires I bought were the set of Mefo Explorer that they have on clearance at $142 for the pair, a smokin‘ deal but they are 4116 date code. I used to run these on my KLR with good results, may not last as long on the T12 but worth a try at that price.