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Post by tony2stroke on May 7, 2020 15:53:59 GMT 1
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2020 16:53:13 GMT 1
Pretty sure Norbo's are tried and true
He saved my bacon on some F1 ones, I presume he has LC ones
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Post by stusco on May 7, 2020 17:02:19 GMT 1
Ive got his lc ones on mine no complaints from me
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Post by shaunthe2nd on May 7, 2020 17:25:21 GMT 1
I've used the Legend ones before with no reported problems, quality and fit were good.
I didn't weigh them but they weren't noticeably different to stock ones.
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Post by tony2stroke on May 7, 2020 18:54:12 GMT 1
Thanks for the replies, I am a tight wad with little money, norbos are £115 each, £230 for 2 plus post, and leg end ones are £150 for 2 posted, that's why I was asking, wondering if the cheaper price had a hidden cost, as normally cheaper parts do have a down side, if you catch my drift.
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Post by oldelsieboy on May 7, 2020 19:31:53 GMT 1
I'm a cheapskate as well but would never bin an OEM set of stanchions, might be a bit more expensive but its always re-chroming for me. Had my last set done at Dynasurf, £145 a pair & about 3 week turnaround. dynasurf.co.uk/motorcycle-forks/OEB |
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Post by tony2stroke on May 7, 2020 19:57:37 GMT 1
I'm a cheapskate as well but would never bin an OEM set of stanchions, might be a bit more expensive but its always re-chroming for me. Had my last set done at Dynasurf, £145 a pair & about 3 week turnaround. dynasurf.co.uk/motorcycle-forks/OEB I agree, thanks for that link, I used to use pitted forks (philpots) but prices have gone up |
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Post by copper99 on May 7, 2020 20:44:08 GMT 1
Legends stuff is good quality and im sure these legs will just the same..
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Post by JonW on May 8, 2020 0:27:33 GMT 1
Legends stuff is good quality and im sure these legs will just the same.. hmm... warty brake hoses, kickstarters that snap etc etc I'd avoid legends legs based on my other purchases. Each to his own I guess. |
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Post by 4l04ever on May 8, 2020 13:45:36 GMT 1
Legends stuff is good quality and im sure these legs will just the same.. hmm... warty brake hoses, kickstarters that snap etc etc I'd avoid legends legs based on my other purchases. Each to his own I guess. ...and oversize bearings...seems to lack quality control. Sort of similar to Yambits. Some stuff will be okay, but some stuff is sh1te. |
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Post by tony2stroke on May 8, 2020 17:40:13 GMT 1
Thanks for all the replies, I think I will go down the rechrome route when the time comes, don't want to waste £150 on sub standard ones.
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Post by copper99 on May 8, 2020 21:00:29 GMT 1
hmm... warty brake hoses, kickstarters that snap etc etc I'd avoid legends legs based on my other purchases. Each to his own I guess. ...and oversize bearings...seems to lack quality control. Sort of similar to Yambits. Some stuff will be okay, but some stuff is sh1te. Not so much each to their own, it depends on your experiences , ive been lucky I guess, everything ive bought from Legends has been A1, Yambits has been overwhelm great, everyones human at the end of the day...Norbo's not immune to sending out the wrong part now and again either...but he's always quick to correct it. |
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Post by 4l04ever on May 8, 2020 21:29:04 GMT 1
The legend bearings for the gear selector drum are slightly too large on the OD, so do not fit. I contacted them about it and they said to heat up the casing to get them to fit, but if you did that you would struggle to get them out again in the future. I have a couple as paperweights now.
Yambits crank seals have been proven to fail prematurely, as have their fork seals.
Your experience with either of these sellers will depend on if you purchased the good items or the dodgy ones.
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Post by reedpete on May 8, 2020 22:21:16 GMT 1
I'm a cheapskate as well but would never bin an OEM set of stanchions, might be a bit more expensive but its always re-chroming for me. Had my last set done at Dynasurf, £145 a pair & about 3 week turnaround. dynasurf.co.uk/motorcycle-forks/OEB Might send them down a few pairs , then stash them.. im always wandering around picking up one, looking at it and going ‘I can’t use that’ and again and again ... |
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Post by tony2stroke on May 8, 2020 22:56:17 GMT 1
The legend bearings for the gear selector drum are slightly too large on the OD, so do not fit. I contacted them about it and they said to heat up the casing to get them to fit, but if you did that you would struggle to get them out again in the future. I have a couple as paperweights now. Yambits crank seals have been proven to fail prematurely, as have their fork seals. Your experience with either of these sellers will depend on if you purchased the good items or the dodgy ones. Unfortunately that is true, That is why I asked about them, I won't be taking a chance myself, same money to re-chrome so that's the way to go for me, rather than taking a chance on an unknow item. So it would seam that leg end is same as shambits, only if your desperate and don't have original item to restore. |
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Post by JonW on May 9, 2020 0:24:24 GMT 1
It all depends on what you buy... and Yambits sells Makita, TKRJ, YSS and plenty of other branded parts so its easy to avoid stuff thats their own. Legend makes (or has made) all his own stuff, and so far quite a bit has been crap.
As for sending out the wrong part, the warty brake hoses and breaking kickers were not simple mistakes they were cheap crap that failed. He wouldnt take the kickers back and I never bothered with the brake hoses as I bet they were all the same since 2 for 2 of mine were like that. Conversely the yambits hoses (uk made) were perfect. live n learn.
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Post by legendmotorcycles on May 11, 2020 8:20:43 GMT 1
hmm... warty brake hoses, kickstarters that snap etc etc I'd avoid legends legs based on my other purchases. Each to his own I guess. ...and oversize bearings...seems to lack quality control. Sort of similar to Yambits. Some stuff will be okay, but some stuff is sh1te. Sorry but i've never asked anyone to heat up there casings to fit bearings. Someone emailed me today regarding the gear selector bearings and told me they had issues so ive stopped selling them. If people don't tell me issues i cannot correct them. Jonw as regards for the brake hoses you never contacted me regarding the issue ? I'd of happily replaced or refunded. If anyone has any issues ever with parts ive sold there welcome to email me dan@legendmotorcycles.com or call 07914815884. Again welcome to contact me as i'm not one for forums as you can imagine. If i didn't care i would'nt spend the time to do this,Thanks Dan |
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Post by tony2stroke on May 11, 2020 8:40:33 GMT 1
...and oversize bearings...seems to lack quality control. Sort of similar to Yambits. Some stuff will be okay, but some stuff is sh1te. Sorry but i've never asked anyone to heat up there casings to fit bearings. Someone emailed me today regarding the gear selector bearings and told me they had issues so ive stopped selling them. If people don't tell me issues i cannot correct them. Jonw as regards for the brake hoses you never contacted me regarding the issue ? I'd of happily replaced or refunded. If anyone has any issues ever with parts ive sold there welcome to email me dan@legendmotorcycles.com or call 07914815884. Again welcome to contact me as i'm not one for forums as you can imagine. If i didn't care i would'nt spend the time to do this,Thanks Dan Really, you should do your own checks before selling the items in the first place, instead of selling stuff you don't know the quality of, its not up to customers to tell you you have poor quality, customers will just say don't go there, I bought such an such and this happened, not worth the hassle sending back in lots of cases and they will just avoid you, as has been the case here, its not good business is it. |
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Post by Yogi on May 11, 2020 9:18:07 GMT 1
I emailed you about the billet kickstart you sold me that fell off after a few kicks Your reply was to buy another knuckle It’s hanging on the wall of shame with the oversized selector bearing I put a thread up on here and it turns out there was a problem You changed the wording on your eBay add and drilled the thread out deeper rdlccrazy.proboards.com/thread/26329/legend-billet-kick-startYour answer was to block me on eBay 😡👏👏👏 I’ve needed quite a few parts you’ve sold since but just moved on and give someone else my money if that’s caring and good business ethics there’s clearly something wrong |
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Post by tony2stroke on May 11, 2020 9:46:46 GMT 1
I emailed you about the billet kickstart you sold me that fell off after a few kicks Your reply was to buy another knuckle It’s hanging on the wall of shame with the oversized selector bearing I put a thread up on here and it turns out there was a problem You changed the wording on your eBay add and drilled the thread out deeper rdlccrazy.proboards.com/thread/26329/legend-billet-kick-startYour answer was to block me on eBay 😡👏👏👏 I’ve needed quite a few parts you’ve sold since but just moved on and give someone else my money if that’s caring and good business ethics there’s clearly something wrong There you go Dan, see what I mean. |
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Post by tony2stroke on May 11, 2020 10:47:30 GMT 1
I emailed you about the billet kickstart you sold me that fell off after a few kicks Your reply was to buy another knuckle It’s hanging on the wall of shame with the oversized selector bearing I put a thread up on here and it turns out there was a problem You changed the wording on your eBay add and drilled the thread out deeper rdlccrazy.proboards.com/thread/26329/legend-billet-kick-startYour answer was to block me on eBay 😡👏👏👏 I’ve needed quite a few parts you’ve sold since but just moved on and give someone else my money if that’s caring and good business ethics there’s clearly something wrong There you go Dan, see what I mean. While we have your attention, there are lots of potential customers on this site, I was considering some of your fork tubes, as the thread says, but won't be buying them now, I will be getting mine re-chromed, so another customer lost, Yambits have same problem, their seals are known to fail, I bought a kickstart from them that the knuckle went on in a couple of weeks, but the chrome was coming off before that, most of us don't use these bikes daily so some of the problems don't come to light straight away, then you contact the company and they don't want to know as you have had that part for a while, but it hasn't been used enough to no it was bad quality, and people that buy the parts to build their bike but are a long way off putting it together, also the fact some don't do the work themselves, so the work has to be undone and re-done, at more expense, that money will not be refunded will it, also postage of parts, return and we will refund you, then your left out of pocket and without the use of your bike, even if you have good customer service as Yambits does for sure, your still left in the lurch with unusable bike, lots of people just don't have the time for this type of nonsense, my gran always told me there is no cheapness in cheapness, its not about the price for most, they just want to know the part they buy will be of satisfactory Quality and fit for purpose, lots don't even know they have a problem until a bearing fails or seal, this seams to be the way of the world these days, just sell it and hope customer doesn't come back or can't be bothered to, its up to you to ensure your parts are up to the job, not the customer, I know some say our bikes would not be on the road without people like yourself having parts re-manufactured, but whats the point if they don't last and you have to do it all again next year, if you buy a crank bearing and it fails through poor quality it is likely to cause lots of other damage too, who is going to pay for that, I think it should be quality over price, not the other way round, obviously we want parts as cheap as possible but not at the cost of poor quality, I am a cheapskate, but wont buy if I know its poor quality, for me genuine bearings and seals are a must, as most cheap ones are just pail imitations of the genuine item, BEFORE YOU REPLY to this think about it over night, you don't help your cause by blaming the customer. |
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Post by hoist1 on May 11, 2020 11:14:28 GMT 1
Buy cheap, buy twice. Many years ago I bought a television signal booster box thing, probably Chinese, that made things worse. When I broke it open it was empty of any electronics, the wires that went in each end didn’t even meet.
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Post by hoist1 on May 11, 2020 12:13:02 GMT 1
Bottom line is Leg end, do you use your own product?
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Post by tony2stroke on May 11, 2020 12:58:32 GMT 1
Bottom line is Leg end, do you use your own product? I would be interested to know the answer to that too. |
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Post by JonW on May 11, 2020 13:43:56 GMT 1
I had pics of the warty brake hoses on my 251Lc build thread and mentioned it at the time. Didnt bother to try to send em back, the aussie post is just silly expensive when it comes to overseas mail.
Those hoses were defo not one offs tho and Im sure in the UK they would fail an MOT as they look like they are blistered.
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Post by jon on May 11, 2020 13:52:21 GMT 1
It’s a real shame some of the bits supplied by Legend are notoriously unfit for purpose.
They don’t do much for RDs but I’m sure had a bigger portfolio in the past from memory?
I’ve got 2 sets of their billet oil/water pump covers and generator side cases for YPVS in billet aluminium. These were made before the glut of choice of the modern ones for the banshee market.
I have to say I love them.
I have never tried fitting mine yet, but seen them fitted.
And there in IMO, is the difference. I can’t remember how much the generator cover was, but it was hundreds from memory.
I too fell foul of two sets of high load selector and clutch arm bearings. I’d bought them a while before I tried to fit, and by the time it became common knowledge they don’t fit, and tried myself; the receipt was long gone. I figured they only cost £16 or so so didn’t pursue a refund as I’d ‘heard’ others had tried and failed. Just chalked it up to bad luck.
Like others though its put me off buying from them for the sake of £16.
Jon
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Post by tony2stroke on May 11, 2020 14:31:09 GMT 1
Lets hope he can take some Constructive criticism and use it wisely.
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