The World's Most Expensive Bit of Plastic

[Crass]

When I restored my 750L Slingy I baulked at replacing the aftermarket smoked screen with an OEM one owing to the horrendous price - ~£260 but it has bugged me ever since.  The replacement was ever so slightly taller which IMHO ruined the profile of the front end, plus I don't like smoked screens.  So when Suzuki added the Slingies to the Vintage Parts Programme, and made them Bike of the Month last month and this, knocking 50% off the screen price, and with the OSS discount at Robinsons I though fuck it, just do it.

Still an eyewatering price for a bit of plastic mind you but at least my piss has stopped boiling now.

 

[Oilyspanner]

I know where you're coming from Crass - I waited a year before a standard screen came up for my 1100, got it pretty cheap - ironically I'm leaving the MRA d.bubble on mine ! but standard screens aren't going to get any more common and I intend to have a more standard 1100 some time in the future.

[Davy1100]

crazy price but sometimes nothin will do but the right part looks good 

[Screwriverracing]

And to think, I threw one away some time ago as nobody wanted it, oh dear what a difference a few years make.

Cheers SRR

[Oilyspanner]

Ha, you're not wrong SRR - at work we threw away loads of old stuff in the skip, silencers, screens etc the stores were only so big and the parts just sat there for years . . . eeek !

Not so bad with e-bay these days, everything can be listed instead of throwing out because of lack of space - couldn't give the stuff away back then as you say, they all wanted coloured screens, double bubbles, race pipes (obviously !) etc - but now it would fetch £1000s !

[downtheshed]

Had to be done, !! lovely bike.

[kokolis]

Good looking bike m8