Tank Slap - Motorcycle Forum

Bloody he'll didn't realise any of this. Fingers crossed nothing extra I'd added. Bloody piss take if it does

Dont fret Rossgo I think you will be OK but even if you are charged it won't be a lot as the goods are not high value.

Cheers Blade

Got a letter today about the item. It's coming from parcel force and I have been charged a bit of VAT (12 quid plus handling 8 quid). Was a tad annoyed but actually don't really know what I'm annoyed about I suppose the shock was only 30 odd quid plus 60 quid for postage. Guess it's a lot cheaper than 300quid for a cheap shock!!

Arrives on Tuesday [SMILING FACE WITH OPEN MOUTH]

Good news. You going to get the shock worked on before you put it on?

No don't think it should need anything. The scrappy I bought off said it's been taken off a CBR with only 10k miles on it. Obviously I'll never 100% know that but if it is true then should be fine to just bolt straight on.

What would you recommend if it does need to be worked on?

There's probably no point in getting it worked on. If you were going to spend money on getting a shock worked on you might as well have got your original shock sorted!

Cheers Andy ok I'll just bolt it straight on. I'm assuming everything is in fully working order as it has been sold as such. Just looking forward to gettin out on the bike now [SMILING FACE WITH OPEN MOUTH]

Plus got an IAM observed ride at weekend so hopefully everything will be up to stracth by then

How has the new shock worked out Rossgo ? You got it in yet ?

It was suppose to turn up today and as of yet (1942hrs) it hasn't showed up.bit annoyed as I paid out handling charge and requested for today. Takes the piss a bit!

Tbh from memory things were slow being released from customs and not as efficient as normal but did turn up in a day or too so should be with you soon.

It's already been released from customers it got to parcel force and I had a letter come through saying please pay the 20quid and select the day you want it delivered. I chose Tuesday, the barstards haven't even turned up haha!!

Give them a ring and complain. Tell them you waited in and are not happy with their poor service.

You know what I'm not one to complain about much. Maybe a moan but very rare to complain, my missus is better at that side due to dealing with complaints so she knows the score better than myself. But on this occassion I am actually niffed with them. I used to work at Royal Mail and I know what some post men do to 'speed up' their rounds. It's a joke in my opinion. I feel really bad because technically it wasn't me who waited all day it was my mum and she never complains about taking packages for me but when I actually gave her a specific date she waited.

Think I'm just winding myself up here now haha!!

Call your insurance company first and suggest that you're changing to a Fireblade.

I reckon it'll be a couple of years before you can make the switch.

Hopefully it turns up soon mate.

Just thought Rossgo if you want the bike to be a little quicker at turning in you could stick a washer in the top shock mount when installing the new shock. Just an ordinary 1 or 2 mm thick washer in the correct size (probably m12 or m14 at a guess) will make a noticeable improvement and is a free mod if you already have the washer or can aqquire one

Kwacky wrote:Call your insurance company first and suggest that you're changing to a Fireblade.

I reckon it'll be a couple of years before you can make the switch.

Kwacky. Yes I totally agree that's the sad thing about it. Would of prob progressed by now in all honesty but like you say insurance Is the killer when you've had to make the claims. So prob will be couple .of years yet. Such a bummer to be honest!

Blade wrote:Hopefully it turns up soon mate.

Just thought Rossgo if you want the bike to be a little quicker at turning in you could stick a washer in the top shock mount when installing the new shock. Just an ordinary 1 or 2 mm thick washer in the correct size (probably m12 or m14 at a guess) will make a noticeable improvement and is a free mod if you already have the washer or can aqquire one

Cheers Blade never knew you could do that, how does that work with using the washer? Although to be honest I'm pretty happy with how it handles, think it's very well balanced in all honesty. I haven't been out on her for a couple of weeks now and am really getting withdrawal symptoms