Luka
Tuned and Synch'ed
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- Feb 7, 2009
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I have been building a cafe racer over the past few months and in doing so I have been in contact with a certain German Guzzi specialist with years of racing and building experience for their parts etc.
I have bought many parts and have been very pleased, until recently.
A recent purchase was a set of Forcella Italia 40mm Forks and yokes.
They were second hand and had been used on the companies race bike which had won the german series this year.
We agreed a price and I had then shipped over.
only recently my engineering company which has been wedling some brackets to the frame for me spotted some problems with the forks.
The main problem is the brake mount lugs on the sliders, all four have been repaired and helicoiled, but much worse is that one of the mounting lugs has a crack going right across it and the other (which had obviously been welded ) came off in their hands when dismantling the forks.
I am now left with a useless set of forks and not sure how to approach the dealer in Germany I bought them from ?
(I live in the UK)
what do people think ? how would you approach this one for a good outcome ?
I have bought many parts and have been very pleased, until recently.
A recent purchase was a set of Forcella Italia 40mm Forks and yokes.
They were second hand and had been used on the companies race bike which had won the german series this year.
We agreed a price and I had then shipped over.
only recently my engineering company which has been wedling some brackets to the frame for me spotted some problems with the forks.
The main problem is the brake mount lugs on the sliders, all four have been repaired and helicoiled, but much worse is that one of the mounting lugs has a crack going right across it and the other (which had obviously been welded ) came off in their hands when dismantling the forks.
I am now left with a useless set of forks and not sure how to approach the dealer in Germany I bought them from ?
(I live in the UK)
what do people think ? how would you approach this one for a good outcome ?