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Title: Why are there never any used oil-cooler covers?
Post by: Trogladyte on August 29, 2016, 12:25:57 PM
I don't mean the plastic tat "custom" items. i mean the great cast lump that the cooler sits behind on the Griso. Ebay seems to regularly have every conceivable part of a Griso in various countries. But I've yet to see one of these. Does everyone wreck them? Or is there a thriving black market?   
Title: Re: Why are there never any used oil-cooler covers?
Post by: ITSec on August 29, 2016, 12:41:06 PM

I don't mean the plastic tat "custom" items. i mean the great cast lump that the cooler sits behind on the Griso. Ebay seems to regularly have every conceivable part of a Griso in various countries. But I've yet to see one of these. Does everyone wreck them? Or is there a thriving black market?


Title: Re: Why are there never any used oil-cooler covers?
Post by: Moto on August 29, 2016, 12:58:37 PM
I can see why you'd be interested in a used part. $540.00 from AF1. Unless you just need the grille, which at $6.87 is so cheap I ordered one to have as a spare. What possible reason is there for this sort of variability? (That's a rhetorical question.)

Griso Cover - GU06583000

(Limited Availability in 5-7 Business Days)

Price: $540.00
 

PROTEZIONE RADIATORE GRISO 1000 - GU06582600

(Ready in 6-8 Weeks)

Price: $6.87

Moto
Title: Re: Why are there never any used oil-cooler covers?
Post by: Trogladyte on August 29, 2016, 02:26:00 PM
I can see why you'd be interested in a used part. $540.00 from AF1. Unless you just need the grille, which at $6.87 is so cheap I ordered one to have as a spare. What possible reason is there for this sort of variability? (That's a rhetorical question.)

Griso Cover - GU06583000

(Limited Availability in 5-7 Business Days)

Price: $540.00
 

PROTEZIONE RADIATORE GRISO 1000 - GU06582600

(Ready in 6-8 Weeks)

Price: $6.87

Moto
Wow. That's even more expensive than here(i think).

GU06583000 £203.76
Title: Re: Why are there never any used oil-cooler covers?
Post by: Trogladyte on August 29, 2016, 02:47:37 PM
Just found one in the Netherlands. :grin:

£247  :undecided: :shocked:  :thewife:

WTF? Those idiots have Brexited the **** out of the value of my ******* pound. :sad: :shocked:
Title: Re: Why are there never any used oil-cooler covers?
Post by: Tom on August 29, 2016, 02:52:09 PM
Teo Lamers?
Title: Re: Why are there never any used oil-cooler covers?
Post by: Trogladyte on August 30, 2016, 06:22:12 PM
Teo Lamers?
No - it was on Ebay, and not a name I recognised. I have used Teo Lamers when I couldn't get a part in UK.

Still not found one at a half way reasonable price. Might end up having to refurbish. Or continue living with my lifting paint disaster area, which is a continual reminder of my own damned stupidity :embarrassed:
Title: Re: Why are there never any used oil-cooler covers?
Post by: beetle on August 31, 2016, 01:19:09 AM
I refurbed mine. I hit the deck a lot, cause I'm a crasher. J-B Weld, lotsa sanding and heat-cured paint.

You almost can't even tell.


(http://i35.servimg.com/u/f35/18/91/78/64/image92.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/view/18917864/388)

Title: Re: Why are there never any used oil-cooler covers?
Post by: beetle on August 31, 2016, 01:20:56 AM
I've actually got two. When I drop Griso, I stick the spare one on and the refurb the scratched one. By the time I give up riding, I expect my Griso will be approximately 60% J-B Weld.
Title: Re: Why are there never any used oil-cooler covers?
Post by: Old Jock on August 31, 2016, 02:57:36 AM
I refurbed mine. I hit the deck a lot, cause I'm a crasher. J-B Weld, lotsa sanding and heat-cured paint.

You almost can't even tell.


(http://i35.servimg.com/u/f35/18/91/78/64/image92.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/view/18917864/388)

Do you live in Oz?
Title: Re: Why are there never any used oil-cooler covers?
Post by: pete roper on August 31, 2016, 03:03:48 AM
Yes John, he's just up the road a bit from me in Wagga Wagga. An ancient aboriginal name meaning 'Place of the tattooed bogan'!

Pete
Title: Re: Why are there never any used oil-cooler covers?
Post by: Old Jock on August 31, 2016, 03:15:34 AM
 :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: Why are there never any used oil-cooler covers?
Post by: Jukebox on August 31, 2016, 05:02:12 AM
"Do you live in Oz?"
I don't get it.
All looks good to me.

Harry in OZ
Title: Re: Why are there never any used oil-cooler covers?
Post by: Kiwi_Roy on August 31, 2016, 11:52:31 AM
"Do you live in Oz?"
I don't get it.
All looks good to me.

Harry in OZ

Guys in OZ crash a lot :grin:
Title: Re: Why are there never any used oil-cooler covers?
Post by: swooshdave on August 31, 2016, 11:57:28 AM
Yes John, he's just up the road a bit from me in Wagga Wagga. An ancient aboriginal name meaning 'Place of the tattooed bogan'!

Pete

I thought it means "place where Grisos rest on their side a lot".  :whip2:
Title: Re: Why are there never any used oil-cooler covers?
Post by: ITSec on August 31, 2016, 01:00:19 PM
I refurbed mine. I hit the deck a lot, cause I'm a crasher. J-B Weld, lotsa sanding and heat-cured paint.

You almost can't even tell.


(http://i35.servimg.com/u/f35/18/91/78/64/image92.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/view/18917864/388)

Does the crankshaft turn in the opposite direction south of the Equator?

It's a good thing the world keeps spinning - otherwise, all the Aussies and Kiwis would fall off!