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Rob62:
I put a bit of grease onto the throttle tube and the action is ok now. I suspected that the slight hesitation off a closed throttle could be the inlet rubbers leaking so today i temporarily packed the clamps with some rubber strips, a right pain in the ass fiddly, job but it cured the problem. So now i need to buy some new clips which will tighten the rubber inlet rubber properly for a permanent solution. Quite frustrating as the new rubbers are genuine honda and the clips are original in decent condition, but as discussed before on another thread, they simply done clamp the hose effectively, bottoming out before they are tight enough. Dont want to use jubilee clips so will have to find an alternative that looks right.

Rob62:
Just ordered a set of inlet rubber clamps from Z1 parts.... 22 quid including 12 postage. The same items from david silvers are £8.80 or £10.56 inc VAT each !! Thats £84.48 for a set of 8, plus their usual 6 quid postage which they apply regardless of whether you are spending 5 quid or 500.....

I have spent over a grand with them in the last year, as I’m sure many others have too, but I have come to realise that they don’t appreciate your custom. They give nothing away, not even a sticker let alone free shipping. By comparison I buy an air filter and some seals from wemoto and i get a key ring or a notepad... rant over  ;D

Nurse Julie:
We put in a big order with Z1 Parts yesterday and we use them very regularly. Even taking into account postage at around £35.00 and the import duties etc, the whole invoice was quite a few hundred pounds cheaper than DS. The parts will arrive later this week, so worth doing.

Rob62:
I can well believe it.... Its amazing having to buy stuff from overseas to save money, but with suppliers like dick turpin..err...i mean david silvers, its no surprise.... I couldn’t find any other suppliers of similar clamps in the uk although I didn’t spend all day looking.

I doubt whether my order will attract much duty (if any) but even if it does it will still be cheap.

Bryanj:
3% duty then add together cost+duty+postage then add 20% Vat and on top of that £11 to the post office for passing on the money from you to HMRC

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