Author Topic: Why are there never any used oil-cooler covers?  (Read 4023 times)

Offline Trogladyte

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Why are there never any used oil-cooler covers?
« 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?   

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Re: Why are there never any used oil-cooler covers?
« Reply #1 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?


  • It's unique to the Griso
  • The Griso is a low production bike
  • The cover is down near the pavement where it can be damaged even if the bike is not dropped
  • It's not hard to damage the cover if the bike is actually dropped
  • There has to be something on every bike that you can only get from the dealer - it's a natural law!
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Re: Why are there never any used oil-cooler covers?
« Reply #2 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.)

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Re: Why are there never any used oil-cooler covers?
« Reply #3 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

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Re: Why are there never any used oil-cooler covers?
« Reply #4 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:

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Re: Why are there never any used oil-cooler covers?
« Reply #5 on: August 29, 2016, 02:52:09 PM »
Teo Lamers?
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Re: Why are there never any used oil-cooler covers?
« Reply #6 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:

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Re: Why are there never any used oil-cooler covers?
« Reply #7 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.





beetle

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Re: Why are there never any used oil-cooler covers?
« Reply #8 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.

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Re: Why are there never any used oil-cooler covers?
« Reply #9 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.




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Re: Why are there never any used oil-cooler covers?
« Reply #10 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'!

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Re: Why are there never any used oil-cooler covers?
« Reply #11 on: August 31, 2016, 03:15:34 AM »
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Re: Why are there never any used oil-cooler covers?
« Reply #12 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

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Re: Why are there never any used oil-cooler covers?
« Reply #13 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

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Re: Why are there never any used oil-cooler covers?
« Reply #14 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:
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Re: Why are there never any used oil-cooler covers?
« Reply #15 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.




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