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Technical (Descriptive Topic Titles - Stay on Topic) => Frame => Topic started by: Pollock on 23.08. 2009 04:24
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I heard some greybeards(older fellors) talking about reproduction fenders coming out of India. I know in the past some brit companys reproduced some fender but they where quit expensive. I don't know of the quality but I have seen some popping up on ebay. For swingarm 53 on on BSA's. Even with the shipping not a bad price. I mention this because that is one thing I am shy on here fenders...have oil tanks, gas tanks, tools boxes...but seems like ever fender I have has been bobbed.
Cheers
Pollock
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Pollock,
I hate to be the one who rocks the boat on these guys, but I am now pretty leery about some of their wares. I saw one of these ads on e-bay, I was looking at the tanks. I could get a chromed tank from him cheaper then I could get just the chrome redone on mine!
I always follow the feedback, got a hold of a guy who was not at all happy. He had ordered a tank, said it did not fit right (maybe the gap we have all discussed on another thread). But worse was the chrome- I guess at the bottom edge where the sharp bends begin the tank he got was beginning to peel before he ever got it out the box. I don't know all the mysteries of chroming, but this guy said it was missing a step from the process.
He did say that if the tank had fit correctly, the metal work was of a good standard and not beer can thin. So I am leery on the tanks (because of the chrome), but I believe I would give his fenders a shot. Worse comes to worst, you have to do some fixing. But at least you are not trying to fix someone else's bad welds and inch thick bondo jobs.
Lee
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Thanks for the heads up. You know any repop fender I would rather see not drilled. I don't know why they would drill them. I guess it is just the bolt-on society.
I guess it goes back to the old adage if it is too good to be true it probably is.
Pollock
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hi ive got a new tank from cand d autos and it ie very good quality had it 2 years now without eany problems
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Bought a new mudguard from e-bay , made in England & triple chromed - was it hell , you could still smell the curry on it , 5/8" too wide , twisted & the wrong curvature .
Sent it back and got a pair from Autocycle , they are made on the original tooling that was used by the makers for BSA etc.
A pair was only slightly dearer than the Delhi/UK one .
Chris
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hi ive got a new tank from cand d autos and it ie very good quality had it 2 years now without eany problems
Auhh! And it looks like a decent tank also.
Cand d auto's? Got a link?
Pollock
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