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Mikeguava
| Posted on Thursday, April 28, 2005 - 12:52 am: |
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Hi, i saw the post in the archive about the carbon offered on ebay and wanted to find out what the final verdict was. I'd like to change my red Xb12s to black and this seems to be a great alternative. Thanks Mike |
Shawn_9r
| Posted on Thursday, April 28, 2005 - 01:00 am: |
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It's been said before...You get what you pay for. Shawn |
Dbird29
| Posted on Thursday, April 28, 2005 - 01:19 am: |
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That is some wierd auction, private bids and all. i was first bidder on an item and it immediately showed a higher bid. Too strange to be trusted. DBird |
Justiceleague
| Posted on Thursday, April 28, 2005 - 03:12 am: |
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Just buy a small item and see what the quality is like. Say an oil cooler cover or footrest guards. just because its cheap dont mean it aint good. |
Koz5150
| Posted on Thursday, April 28, 2005 - 06:07 am: |
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I bought a piece used from a guy. It sucks compared to American Sportbike stuff. If you are buying strickly for looks you will be disappointed. It also fit like crap. I had to redrill holes to make it work |
Biofilter
| Posted on Thursday, April 28, 2005 - 09:48 am: |
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just won one so ill let you know as soon as i get it. |
Kowpow225
| Posted on Thursday, April 28, 2005 - 11:19 am: |
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If I were to make an educated guess here, I'd bet those pieces really don't contain much carbon fiber at all. They should really rename the stuff fiberglass and resin with a carbon fiber look. Good luck to those who have it. Justiceleague has a pretty good idea if you want to know what you're getting into, although fit and finish may vary piece by piece. |
Buelliedan
| Posted on Thursday, April 28, 2005 - 11:45 am: |
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As Kowpow just said the stuff is really fiberglass and resin with a carbon fiber look. Quite heavy compnared to real stuff and fit and finishy is poor to fair at best. You get what you pay for has never rang so true. |
Wheelsleaning
| Posted on Friday, April 29, 2005 - 11:57 am: |
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Well 12 days have gone by since I won and paid for the CF piece on Ebay. This is the message I got today: "Dear Customer, The item has not gone out yet. As soon as it ships you will receive a shipping confirmation. Thank you!" So I told them to just forget about it and refund my payment. Ya think they'll give my $$ back? |