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The rotor project has bee going on quietly behind the scenes and now I have something new to report and a favor to ask.
Once again here's the preliminary design.
The final design will have 11 buttons joining the hub to the outer ring rather than the 9 pictured. So far the going price will be $80 out of Taiwan. I can get about 400 disks in a shipping container that cost $500 by sea to get to Portland, OR where I will then ship them by FedEx ground to the buyers.
One thing I still have to work out is import duties but I will be contacting the FTC and see if they can give me the numbers up front. The last time I imported a couple grand in electrical connectors the taxes were only like 80 bucks. Sorry I don't remember the exact numbers here but I think it will likely be less than 2 bucks per disk.
Now the favor I need. I know for certain that the Yamaha 650 twin takes the same rotor as the XS11 and I think the SR500 and the 750 Virago did too. What I need to know is how many other Yamahas take the same disks. I've heard that FJ1100 and 1200 rotors will fit the XS11, if you've done it, I really need to know.
I'm thinking if I get all my ducks in a row here, I can have these disks out the door for $90 to $95 plus shipping and I'm working on a reshipper to get around Canadian import duties. I'm not looking to make anything on this project, but rather I'm doing it as a group purchase and only charging enough not to loose money on the deal.
Anything you have to input would be welcome...
Geezer
Once again here's the preliminary design.
The final design will have 11 buttons joining the hub to the outer ring rather than the 9 pictured. So far the going price will be $80 out of Taiwan. I can get about 400 disks in a shipping container that cost $500 by sea to get to Portland, OR where I will then ship them by FedEx ground to the buyers.
One thing I still have to work out is import duties but I will be contacting the FTC and see if they can give me the numbers up front. The last time I imported a couple grand in electrical connectors the taxes were only like 80 bucks. Sorry I don't remember the exact numbers here but I think it will likely be less than 2 bucks per disk.
Now the favor I need. I know for certain that the Yamaha 650 twin takes the same rotor as the XS11 and I think the SR500 and the 750 Virago did too. What I need to know is how many other Yamahas take the same disks. I've heard that FJ1100 and 1200 rotors will fit the XS11, if you've done it, I really need to know.
I'm thinking if I get all my ducks in a row here, I can have these disks out the door for $90 to $95 plus shipping and I'm working on a reshipper to get around Canadian import duties. I'm not looking to make anything on this project, but rather I'm doing it as a group purchase and only charging enough not to loose money on the deal.
Anything you have to input would be welcome...
Geezer
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