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Re: Trouble with Motorcycle Acc. Warehouse??

Date : Sat, 30 Aug 2003 22:05:46 -0700
To : <virago@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
From : Al Hatten <alhatten@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject : Re: Trouble with Motorcycle Acc. Warehouse??
   I  got  mine  from a local speed shop.  It turns out a good auto parts
   store could get them too.  They don't have to be in a kit.  I got 1/8"
   lines and the appropriate end fittings and it all fit.

   On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 21:55:13 -0700, junkman@xxxxxxx wrote:

   >Most of the newer SS lines for the XVs have only 2 lines in the kit,

   >along with a banjo bolt to fit through two of the fittings.  Lines

   >run

   >direct from master cylinder to the calipers, bypassing the splitter

   >between the forks.

   >

   >Tim

   >On 30 Aug 2003, at 13:25, Al Hatten wrote:

   >

   >>Order a kit for an XV1100

   >>

   >>On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 16:03:03 -0700, Raymond Parsons wrote:

   >>

   >>>I'm having a hell of a time getting an order right from M.A.W.,

   >>for

   >>

   >>>SS

   >>

   >>>Brakelines for my XV700.

   >>

   >>>

   >>

   >>>They sent me a kit which is labelled with the right Russell

   >>>part

   >>

   >>>number, but

   >>

   >>>only has 2 brakelines, not three, for the two caliper system

   >>>this

   >>

   >>>model

   >>

   >>>has....

   >>

   >>>

   >>

   >>>I returned it.  They had me re-order the kit, with a second

   >>>charge

   >>

   >>>to my

   >>

   >>>credit card.

   >>

   >>>

   >>

   >>>They were pretty slow with the refund of the first order, in my

   >>

   >>>opinion.

   >>

   >>>

   >>

   >>>NOW TODAY I receive the second order, and it's the same problem!!!

   >>>

   >>

   >>>I fact I

   >>

   >>>am pretty sure I got exactly the same package, just stapled up

   >>

   >>>better, but

   >>

   >>>still only two hoses inside...

   >>

   >>>

   >>

   >>>I guess I have to wait till Tuesday to call them but you can

   >>>see

   >>

   >>>this is

   >>

   >>>pretty messed up.

   >>

   >>>

   >>

   >>>

   >>

   >>>Anybody else had trouble with these people?

   >>

   >>>

   >>

   >>>Ray

   >>

   >>>_________________________________________________________________ _

   >>>

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   >>

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   >>

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   >>

   >>>

   >>

   >>Al Hatten

   >>

   >>'93 Virago XV-1100

   >>

   >>VOC #7745

   >>

   >>Napa,CA - Wine Country

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   Al Hatten

   '93 Virago XV-1100

   VOC #7745

   Napa,CA - Wine Country
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