WGREGT

Hmmm...to me, AL is the way to go. Esp. after seeing the first round of these crack under the other bolt. I'm not sure I'd trust them to anything but AL myself.

Negative. Not yet.

I'm on it. I know what these sold for round one when they were produced and sold here, and this round is like 500% more. To me, that is unacceptable.

We got enough to get it going. There's no minimum, but of course the more people makes them much cheaper. I know you guys have been waiting for an update, but I've got one more loose end to track down and get a bid from. Right now I'm at $160 USD per set, which to me is excessive, so I'm in the middle of trying another angle. So sorry for the delay, but every time I do the math I'm astounded how it works out.

Not a single one, IIRC. No responses to the post at all actually. Bastards.

1) wgregt 2) Switchblade 3) DeltaboxiI 4) Deltaboxil 2nd set 5) Marooncobra 6) Polarbear 7) highsideNZ 8) Mk3dub 9) digitallyhip 10) Lacy/VFR800R 11 )Badelman

1) wgregt 2) Switchblade 3) DeltaboxiI 4) Deltaboxil 2nd set 5) Marooncobra 6) Polarbear 7) highsideNZ 8) Mk3dub 9) digitallyhip

Yep. Done. I've had plans to do that for a bit, just wanted to get it to the point that was nearer the end rather than keep up duplicate long-page posts on 2 forums. Also, I've posted a shorter version here for folks who maybe didn't know that we're nearing the end of it.

HA! What's that line about "I don't wanna be a member of any group of people that would have the likes of me as a member in the first place"?

Oh, it for sure is gonna happen. Just not on the scale large enough to make it cheap for us early-adopters, that's all. I'll make a separate post once I get costs from the other vendor. Maybe that will improve things. Should also post it up on that "other" 2nd tier VFR forum as well that I'm on...(just kidding folks...)

1) wgregt 2) Switchblade 3) DeltaboxiI 4) Deltaboxil 2nd set 5) Marooncobra 6) Polarbear 7) highsideNZ 8) Mk3dub 9) Lacy

1) wgregt 2) Switchblade 3) DeltaboxiI 4) Deltaboxil 2nd set 5) Marooncobra 6) Polarbear 7) highsideNZ 8) Mk3dub

Yep. 1) wgregt 2) Switchblade 3) DeltaboxiI 4) Deltaboxil 2nd set 5) Marooncobra 6) Polarbear 7) Jerritt (please confirm) 8) highsideNZ (please confirm) 9) Mk3dub

Waiting for another quote to come in, but the first one....ain't cheap. With such low quantity, there's doesn't appear to be too much we can do about it. I'll share numbers as soon as the 2nd one comes in.

OK. Final-ish call so I can give it to this guy for quantity we'd need. Right now for the 6th gen ones I have: 1) wgregt 2) Switchblade 3) DeltaboxiI 4) Deltaboxil 2nd set 5) Marooncobra 6) Polarbear 7) Jerritt (please confirm) 8) highsideNZ (please confirm) Price-wise I should find out in the next day or so. I was quoted around $100 a set, and I'd add the price of the drilled bolts and shipping to that, but that price was for 50 pieces/25 pair. Right now we are at 16 pieces/8 pair, so I'd expect that price to go up. Should know more soon as to how much. If you at all interested, we are getting close to last call, so now's that time to say something...

I got another guy giving me a quote. Right now he's also around $100 a set for qty 50, but....we don't have 25 orders. So I asked him to go back and try 6-10 sets. Should hear back on Monday, 11/9.

Right now it was over $100 a set, USD. I was hoping to get that down by getting a ton of them made. Looks like that's not gonna be the case. I'll ask now about pricing for...six sets? Yikes. More when I know it.

Um...like I said, first off I'd like to get a count of who wants them for the 6th gen (02-09). Then, later, maybe the 5th gen (98-01) if we have enough interest.

Ok. Here's where I am. I got quotes on the part, but to be honest...I should get more. To me, it seems a bit high. And, at his price, I have added in nothing for me in all of this. Zero. Nada. I have also not added in shipping, and my time to get them/pkg them/ship them. True, the guy DID redesign the part for the better, and took into effect all of the previous design points that seemed to be small issues for those of you who own/owned a pair of these in Gen 1: the bolt is no longer conical at the bottom, and the ridges are built-in on the base where the GSXR miror attaches to allow it to tighten and stay in the set position better. I truly think this was improved by the engineer's help. So, better design can/should = a bit more $, in my mind, right? So now, I got a price, but he's asking about quantity. So, I have to ask: Who might be seriously interested in a set (two mounts + drilled bolts) for the 6th gen? The 5th gen will be up next in line (if I get enough interest), but for now, let's start with just the 6th gen. So, who's serious, and I'll count 'em up and see how many we might need. (Darth tells me he made/sold 50 sets when he did them.) Potential 6th gen mounts buyers: 1) wgregt 2) Switchblade 3) DeltaboxiI (two sets)

Those are great! Thanks! I'll pass it along...

That would be helpful. No hurry on it.

We are making samples this Tuesday, confirmed. He is handling everything: the AL blocks, the anodizing, and the cutting. It's a lot simpler this way. He's a solid 45-50 miles from me, one way, in LA traffic, so me buying AL stock, cutting it, and driving 90-100 miles total to drop off my own pre-cut and bought AL every week or so (or whatever our schedule turns out to be), was a lot to do on top of everything else in my week. My plans of then taking all of them to anodizing near me afterwards was another potential loss of time, as we'd have to wait another 3-5 days for that, then another trip to get them (though closer.) Now it seems when I pick them up my next stop should be the post office if all works well. I have paid him out of pocket for the early round of samples, so when they are done I'll post photos and we'll collectively take a look. PS I have spoken to him about the 5th gen mounts, and the changes for them. As I see it, they are: -the 5th gen mounting holes are 50mm apart. The 6th gen ones are 40 mm apart. -the 5th gen base is not flat. It has a small raised "ring" around each mount hole. I *think* this is because of the phillips head screw you 5th gen owners have that sits right in the center of the mounting bolts. I *think* these rings are equal in height to that phillips screw head, thus the rings allow the base to sit flat. THIS SOUND RIGHT TO YOU 5TH GEN OWNERS? I HAVE NOT SEEN ONE IN PERSON, SO PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I HAVE ANY OF THAT WRONG. -we are not opposed to a 5th gen version at all, and I'm confident the guy doing all the re-designing and machining can handle the 5th gen changes no sweat. Of course, making a 5th gen version all depends on the demand for them. If demand is low, of course the price will reflect that. More when I know it. PSS I am also sourcing pre-drilled bolts this week as well to avoid me (or you) the trouble of drilling thru hardened bolts.

Just looked back thru this thread to see the date when I got the CAD drawings from Darth: post #230, 28 OCT 2014. Looks like I may come close to a full year on this, assuming I get in-hand finished pieces by the end of this month...ahhhh..it feels like it was only yesterday...

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I'll post up some fotos of the drawings in a sec...