********************AUSSIE STYLE 450 KITS*******************

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This site cracks me up.
You guys have great sense of humour....LOL Dry rooted....

good to see your doin it right, and if end up with a 450, I will buy your kit.
Its worth the time saved, headaches piecing out work, and frustration dealing with stupidity.
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I bought the down tubes and the airbox adapter and I have to say its some top notch stuff :D
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hey shag, whats the price if i send you the frame and you fabricate it and post it back? is that an option?
im just not comfortable to find a competent fabricator here in adelaide that wont ruin my build.
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hello matthew here can you send me your phone number so i can give you a ring tomorrow thanks
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anyone got contact details for these guys?
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Post by Bean »

sorry guys i haven't been on here much.

my other job seems to be getting in the way.

right now we have.

3 sets of head stays

3 lower mount sets

3 front mount sets

we don't have any finished a/b adapters or rail

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Post by 2strokes4ever »

hey shaggy can you give me an idea of what prices you charge , as my buddy really wants a 500AF, money that stays in Oz is better than money going overseas, cheers
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Post by ShanMan »

shaggy aus wrote:
eyesky2002 wrote:
Not out of my comfort zone, just a big jump from Shans kit. I honestly spent less then $300 for the conversion part of my build and $200 was for the welding.

My point for the "high" comment was... Am I paying for just cost of the parts or the work that went into developing and producing the parts. Some R & D needs to be ate up by the one producing the parts hoping for a long term sale of said product! If it cost you that to make; so be it, but if one is hoping for a 200 or 300% mark up... Good luck in moving the said product. But I guess that is just the capitalist/spoiled american in me :lol:

Either way, very nice stuff and very tuff builds shaggy; some of the best I have seen..... But for $700 bucks for just the mounting hard wear seems a little excessive, when I could buy a running 500 for that here in the good ole USA!

if you look at shanmans kit dont get two sided head stay or airbox adaptor with hex screws or swing arm collar or bolts or a full rail replacement.
we did these kits as a non profit thing as everyone wanted a kit for the 450s
if you think the price is high think about what it cost us to develop it for such a small batch run.

shannon
He's right guys...you are comparing an apple and an orange here regarding their kits and mine. I feel for anybody that tries to advance the AF community by properly engineering and manufacturing parts for sale. Everybody likes the end products...parts that are equal to or aften times better than OEM. But they either don't understand or are too cheap to accept the concept that doing that work isn't cheap. I sold all my stuff at COST, and I did not build in ANY of my labor. My time was donated to fellow hoons so everybody could benefit from my work and ride their dream bike for less than what it would cost to buy a SH rig. I actually lost money for having to do the shipping and handling myself.

Even offering the stuff at cost I couldn't sell it all quickly enough. Oddly enough, even though I had inventory to sell still, my stuff got copied by guys who "knew guys". Funny thing is, I guarantee you that if they tracked the total cost to make parts (material, machine time, finishing, etc.) they probably spent more to make their parts than they would have had they bought my stuff. CRAZY. :roll:

BY the way...guys, your stuff is uber-nice...great work!
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ShanMan wrote:... My time was donated to fellow hoons so everybody could benefit from my work and ride their dream bike for less than what it would cost to buy a SH rig.
I am a direct benifactor of Shans generousity......

WE ALL ARE.

Thanks Brother!!!!!
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AlisoBob wrote:
ShanMan wrote:... My time was donated to fellow hoons so everybody could benefit from my work and ride their dream bike for less than what it would cost to buy a SH rig.
I am a direct benifactor of Shans generousity......

WE ALL ARE.

Thanks Brother!!!!!
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Post by nmdesertrider »

Just my 2 cents-

What is your time worth to source the materials and farm out labor/DIY AND to get the quality of this kit?
I think it is an excellent deal. Sure I have made all my own stuff but it doesn't look nearly as good which will reflect in the price I get if I ever decide to sell my bike.
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Post by Roostius_Maximus »

I cant find anyone here that can bend the tube like shaggy does :roll:
By the time a guy start measuring and screwing arround its impossible to do it for less $ than buying this outright, AND when you use these parts the guys have already done the work of figuring out the angle for the engine and everything, bolt the head stay on, the mounts tothe engine, stuff the tube in there and zap it together
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Post by asteroid500 »

[quote=You guys have great sense of humour....LOL Dry rooted....[/quote]

whats worst....sand in your vagina or a pineapple up your bum :shock: .....either way no one like getting ripped off...shaggy has the 500 comunity in his best intentions. :D
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Post by mudguts »

first of all i'd like to say under 800 bucks in parts , to turn a runny nosed shit dribbling 450 into a fire breathing two stroke 500 , is a small price to pay. well done shaggy , thats a bargain mate . secondly , how much of this kit will fit an 05 crf250r , and how much for it?
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i feel for guys like shan man and shaggy i have made a billet y and did all the developement on it myself on solidworks i had 1 made as a trial run it cost me $800 aud for 1, to get the cost down to a reasonable level i had to make 10 i still have the program there was interest in the y untill the cost was mentioned so good luck boys dont let the knockers get you down continue to do what you do because you are good at it
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Post by Rue »

dannygraves wrote:
AlisoBob wrote:
ShanMan wrote:... My time was donated to fellow hoons so everybody could benefit from my work and ride their dream bike for less than what it would cost to buy a SH rig.
I am a direct benifactor of Shans generousity......

WE ALL ARE.

Thanks Brother!!!!!
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VERY BIG X3 Thanks ShanMan!!!! :wink:

shaggy aus I agree with ShanMan your parts are custom and the quility looks to be far better then OEM would ever be, thanks for even offering your parts to fellow hoons. VERY :cool:
One day I'll be buying a KIT form you for sure!!! :wink:
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Rue wrote:
dannygraves wrote:
AlisoBob wrote: I am a direct benifactor of Shans generousity......

WE ALL ARE.

Thanks Brother!!!!!
BIG X2 :wink:
VERY BIG X3 Thanks ShanMan!!!! :wink:

you mean shaggy mate i dont make kits :cool:

Gregrobo I agree with ShanMan your parts are custom and the quility looks to be far better then OEM would ever be, thanks for even offering your parts to fellow hoons. VERY :cool:
One day I'll be buying a KIT form you for sure!!! :wink:
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gregrobo wrote:
Rue wrote:
dannygraves wrote: BIG X2 :wink:
VERY BIG X3 Thanks ShanMan!!!! :wink:

you mean shaggy mate i dont make kits :cool:

Gregrobo I agree with ShanMan your parts are custom and the quility looks to be far better then OEM would ever be, thanks for even offering your parts to fellow hoons. VERY :cool:
One day I'll be buying a KIT form you for sure!!! :wink:
Fixed it Gregrobo :oops: Thanks for the heads up!!!
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Post by Bean »

Hey guys
update time

As of today i am walking away from the cr500 scene.
Bean will be taking over the lot
if you guys want to still use this name for Bean its all good i will change the email address for notifications
i have had a blast over the past 2 years with you guys.
i hope everything continues to get better within the conversions and newer style combos can be made.

have fun guys
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shitty deal, its been fun
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Not so much fun on my end......
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Ok boyz, I have been working with Bean to be a distributor of the AUS kits. If you are looking for a kit or a kit installed let me know....
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pstoffers wrote:Ok boyz, I have been working with Bean to be a distributor of the AUS kits. If you are looking for a kit or a kit installed let me know....
Nice!!

Pauls welder seems to really have a good hand and Beans kits are tip-top!
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Hi Paul, I have a 2007 crf450. I'v been looking at those kits for a while., and seen your nice ass welds. So if you could email me a price to convert my frame and an address where i would send the bike. And a list of everything you would need. btw I dont have a doner cr500 right now but I have my I on a mint 97.Just waiting for him to come down on price. Thanks Jeff Snipes msnipes@roadrunner.com
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Re: ********************AUSSIE STYLE 450 KITS***************

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Bean wrote:OK
you asked we did
here are the kits that we used on our bikes
this took bean and i 1 year to develop so that it is user friendly

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Hey everyone, Bean and Stoffers are combining efforts to get these kits out there and available, either for purchase or installed.
Paulie will have some kits stateside, for immediate shipment.

Thanks Bean, for taking this on!!!
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