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squarebore · 12-13-2012, 04:09 AM

Will I ever learn this lesson? Always keen for a bargain I paid $87 on ebay for a Chinese windscreen. I got what I paid for. Poor fit, plasticy metal type fittings, thin screen almost like plastic wrap. Anyway now the proud owner of a National Cycle screen and very happy.

BTW - I have a cheap screen for sale - realllly good haha

xrayr · 12-13-2012, 04:46 AM

Glad ya finally got what you needed....

MikeB · 12-13-2012, 09:21 AM

But the opposite is not always true -- as a former BMW owner I know that paying too much is not a guarantee of higher quality. On another forum someone posted that he had leaks in his expen$ive Aerostich rain suit, but I paid less than $100 for my Motoboss outfit and had none at all in days of heavy rain.

Caveat emptor is the watchword...OK, watchwords.

rjtmac · 12-13-2012, 12:03 PM

It took me a while to really get on top of this in the Motorcycle world.

It seems in the bike world, at least to me, you get what you pay for is more true than out in the normal world.

When I save money - is buying what I want from a fellow biker off of a forum. Get the quality and the price break. Just takes patience and diligence.

rkforrest · 12-13-2012, 06:31 PM

I only Paid around a Hundred delivered for My Memphis Shades Shooter

squarebore · 12-13-2012, 09:06 PM

Yeah, the Memphis shades screens are really expensive in oz. I wanted a batwing but around $700-$800 here

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12-13-2012, 04:09 AM	#1 (permalink)
squarebore Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 167	Poor man pays twice - again! Will I ever learn this lesson? Always keen for a bargain I paid $87 on ebay for a Chinese windscreen. I got what I paid for. Poor fit, plasticy metal type fittings, thin screen almost like plastic wrap. Anyway now the proud owner of a National Cycle screen and very happy. BTW - I have a cheap screen for sale - realllly good haha __________________ Cheers from Oz - 2003 Sabre Memphis Shades Batwing, Utopia Driver's Backrest

12-13-2012, 04:46 AM	#2 (permalink)
xrayr Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Eastern Long Island, NY Posts: 17,670	Glad ya finally got what you needed.... __________________ 2008 Black Goldwing ABS

12-13-2012, 12:03 PM	#4 (permalink)
rjtmac Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Olton, Texas Posts: 660	It took me a while to really get on top of this in the Motorcycle world. It seems in the bike world, at least to me, you get what you pay for is more true than out in the normal world. When I save money - is buying what I want from a fellow biker off of a forum. Get the quality and the price break. Just takes patience and diligence. __________________ ••••••••••••••••••••••• 2007 VT750C2 2006 VTX 1800C3 2007 CMX 250 •••••••••••••••••••••••

12-13-2012, 09:06 PM	#6 (permalink)
squarebore Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 167	Yeah, the Memphis shades screens are really expensive in oz. I wanted a batwing but around $700-$800 here Sent from my iPhone using Motorcycle.com Free App __________________ Cheers from Oz - 2003 Sabre Memphis Shades Batwing, Utopia Driver's Backrest

12-13-2012, 09:21 AM	#3 (permalink)
MikeB Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Placerville, CA Posts: 4,934	But the opposite is not always true -- as a former BMW owner I know that paying too much is not a guarantee of higher quality. On another forum someone posted that he had leaks in his expen$ive Aerostich rain suit, but I paid less than $100 for my Motoboss outfit and had none at all in days of heavy rain. Caveat emptor is the watchword...OK, watchwords.

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