I am so old I cant remember if it was Spain or Portugal.
Bike bandit is gone????Getting issued a refund drama free is actually pretty good. Look into the ending of supplier Bike Bandit a few years ago. You were probably first to place an order through CMSL for big lids in a while, and their stock prognosis wasn't super accurate until an order was placed.
Big lid supply dried up a few years ago. David Silver Spares would get them in on the regular, but when they stopped it was clear supply was ending.
You want annoying, order an All Balls wheel bearing kit from Amazon for your Honda only to be shipped one for a 70's Harley. Now I gotta stop by a Whole Foods so they can initiate the return.
As CMS is a 'trader', likely the origin of your problem...
I got a shiney new penny that says there is no way in Haidies Honda will get enough enquires to build a special run of lids.....I would say a motorcycle junk yard is the only place you will find them. The bike is too rare and too old at this point. It...the lids.... was a marketing scam from the beginning. If they had supplied the big lids as stock, how many people would have said, "Gee, I wish I had smaller lids I would like to pay $500 for them"
) Just like the US NT1100, Honda gave us the basic unit with DCT to keep price down and try and get riders who don't like to shift gears or don't know how, Leaving the buyer to out fit the bike as they see fit. With or with out Honda Line accessories. Overseas Honda offers the different trim levels. More motorcycle riders there. Any marketing has to be looked at with the Euro flair. The US gets the left overs. I would not be surprised if our NT1100 is only a two year run here in the US.
I would be willing to put small lids on the bike if I could find two at a decent price.
Or one small lid. Lots of us just gave them away.... the English Deauville forum is much bigger than ours...they might have clues about a couple of lids available....
I have one more European source that claims to have a big lid. Hope to confirm tomorrow.
So I sent back the All Balls Harley bearings I received, I'll call them item "Z". The original order was for All Balls Kit item "X". I initiated a return/replacement request through the website. I checked the "wrong item received" box and in a text block explained in detail what I actually received. Amazon sent a replacement item "X" which I received and was correct this time. I stopped by a Whole Foods and returned item "Z". Amazon received item "Z" and issued a refund of some sort.
Keep your fingers crossed!! Amazon is good at a lot of things, fixing order screw-ups ain't one of them....Just thought I'd update on more Amazon fun.
Today I get an email saying I need to return item "X" , and what they got was an item "Y". If I don't return "X" by blahblah I'll be recharged in full. So I guess what happened is I ordered All Balls kit "X". Amazon's internal label they applied to it was for a kit "Y" , but the real # on the All Balls card All balls slipped in their package was for "Z". So Amazon thinks I sent back an item "Y", but in reality it's item "Z" as I described in detail in the text block.
For the life of me I could not find Amazon's phone number on Amazon's own website. I clicked everywhere even searching on Amazon for "Amazon customer support phone number". I had to get the number from a Google search. Anyway called and had to explain to a call center person what was going on. Supposedly is all good now?
