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#16 PostAuthor: Robw » Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:25 pm

I have just received the oilcooler kit from Kipkawa, :lol:

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#17 PostAuthor: kano » Tue Jan 13, 2009 3:37 pm

is it any good rob?
i live and ride in the states but im British and bloody proud of it!

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#18 PostAuthor: Robw » Tue Jan 13, 2009 5:00 pm

Kano, it is lovely. The kit comes with everything including the mounting brackets which are welded to the frame. The oilcooler is an Earles 13 row (wide matrix), you get a engine take off and both the pipes.

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#19 PostAuthor: martinz1000r » Wed Jan 14, 2009 3:23 pm

Hi rob - can you give me a feel for what it cost? I bought a cooler and mounting bracket direct from Earls and they were really good but the take-off is special order only and is huge cost as they make it as a one off. Earl's sold me what they claimed were weld on converters to adapt Kawasaki fittings to Earls pipe work but Kawasaki fittings are steel and Earls fitting are alloy. I am told they dont go together.

I was recommended to Aerotek but missed them as well as they closed down before i could get an order in.
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#20 PostAuthor: london calling » Wed Jan 14, 2009 4:54 pm

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#21 PostAuthor: KWACKERZ1 » Wed Jan 14, 2009 5:12 pm

I notice there are no prices on the KIPKAWA Site which is not surprising ! I asked them for stuff before and it was well expensive/overpriced. :(

You could try www.japclassics.co.uk

Tel;01553 772774
Email;sales@japclassics.co.uk

When I spoke to Chris from japclassics I think the price for a similiar setup was around the £190 mark.[/url]

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#22 PostAuthor: martinz1000r » Wed Jan 14, 2009 5:36 pm

I bought a race baffle for my Kerker from Kipkawa and asked them for prices for a couple of other bits that looked good. The quality is obviously very good but I fell off my chair at some of the prices quoted. My bike did not cost that much!!

Really helpful people though.
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#23 PostAuthor: london calling » Wed Jan 14, 2009 5:51 pm

Jap Classics is that a new name for Straightline Racing :roll: :roll:
KipKawa stuff is often dearer than the over the counter parts as most of it is bespoke maufactured and usually from Magnesium,so it's bound to be dearer.
Speaking from experience with Straightline Racing,bought from 'em twice and had trouble both times. :evil:
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#24 PostAuthor: Robw » Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:07 pm

I have brought a few things of Alan and although the stuff might not be cheap when I have priced the stuff up separately it is not bad. Although some of the stuff they do which involves proper engineering is not cheap, but quality never is.Alan is very helpful especially when I ask him dumb questions.
As for Straightline in a previous life I had a Katana and there were numerous threads about the crap service they provide.

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