Author Topic: Emgo Products? (Read 4557 times)

hellraiserDLX · « **on:** February 12, 2013, 07:24:13 PM »

I'm new to the bike building world and I'm looking for some nice replacement parts for my 75 CB550 and Emgo has some nice looking stuff for really reasonable prices...like fork ears and clubmans that I'm looking at. I was just looking for some insight from some more experienced guys to see if they make quality products worth buying.

goldarrow · « **Reply #1 on:** February 12, 2013, 07:41:27 PM »

Are you referring to emgo pods? Many will tell you that they are craps....at least go with Uni pods or k&n. Better yet, keep stock air box.

hellraiserDLX · « **Reply #2 on:** February 12, 2013, 07:53:50 PM »

My bike came with pod filters on it, but I'm going back to stock airbox. Emgo makes all kinds of stuff. From exhaust setups to bars and lights. I was looking at a couple different headlight brackets that they have. Just seeing what the quality of there stuff was in general before I buy a bunch of crap and possibly get stuck with just that, crap!

singedebile · « **Reply #3 on:** February 12, 2013, 08:07:44 PM »

Quote from: goldarrow on February 12, 2013, 07:41:27 PM

Are you referring to emgo pods? Many will tell you that they are craps....at least go with Uni pods or k&n. Better yet, keep stock air box.

you made a bunch of assumptions there.. are you posting in the right topic? OP never mentioned anything about pods... just other replacement bits like fork ears... and now it turns out he is trying to go back to the stock airbox on top of that...

Now in reply to the original question, I have seen a couple bad parts from emgo, but usually its just what you'd expect, a cheaper but functional part... so it can be worth a try. However when it comes to anything from timing points to clutch cables I would stick to Honda parts.

hellraiserDLX · « **Reply #4 on:** February 12, 2013, 08:16:09 PM »

Thank you singedebile...I'm planing on doing a decent overhaul on the the bike and anything major would definitely be genuine parts. For instance, the brake caliper and master cylinder kits and carb kits will surely be genuine, but for smaller signals and some cosmetic parts to clean up the old bulky look of the 550 will all be aftermarket or re-pop parts.

Stev-o · « **Reply #5 on:** February 12, 2013, 08:26:40 PM »

I've bought some Emgo, they were ok for a very reasonable price. If you want high quality, look elsewhere. I bought a clutch perch and lever, was cheap and looked it. Worked fine though.
Don't bother with master cylinder rebuilds either, repops from DSS are the way to go.
Not sure what bike you have, but if it's a 750 look here, can't beat this for $45.

http://www.davidsilverspares.com/CB750K4-FOUR-1974-USA/part_123914/

hellraiserDLX · « **Reply #6 on:** February 12, 2013, 08:39:51 PM »

I have a 1975 CB550. I found davidsilverspares and they have some awesome hard to find stuff for pretty reasonable prices too. How bad do they hit you for shipping from the UK?

Stoli · « **Reply #7 on:** February 12, 2013, 08:47:36 PM »

I just got a set of EMGO fork ears in the mail today:

http://www.oldbikebarn.com/Custom-Black-Headlight-Brackets

I had to bend them a little to make them work on my CB750 K8 (the little tab on the smaller piece kept popping out of the slot) but I think they might hold up. They don't look that bad either. I'd say they are worth all of the $7 that I paid for them. I would have preferred to get the Joker Machine brackets but they are $203 more than the EMGOs. I'd say that EMGO is the Harbor Freight of motorcycle parts. They are all inexpensive, some work fine, some work great and others you throw away 10 minutes after you take them out of the box.

hellraiserDLX · « **Reply #8 on:** February 12, 2013, 08:51:11 PM »

HAHAHA Nice analogy. I was looking at these for the 550
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Aluminum-Headlight-Mounting-Brackets-Fork-Ears-Emgo-Ceriani-Style-Cafe-Racer-CB-/261164466046?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item3cce9d7f7e&vxp=mtr

Stev-o · « **Reply #9 on:** February 12, 2013, 08:58:12 PM »

Ha! I just took off those Bike Barn fork ears off my K5, going in the trash!
I like the eBay ones, those look nice, get em.

DSS has a US location now, see link above. And they carry both genuine Honda parts and aftermarket, it is always stated in the listing.

hellraiserDLX · « **Reply #10 on:** February 12, 2013, 09:14:27 PM »

HELL YES! I've been looking at that damn UK website since friday when I first logged on to this forum. Looking at all those damn conversions was getting really annoying hahaha. I found another set of the fork ears with shims for cheaper that look almost exactly the same...think I'll scoop those on payday. Oh wait thats today!

Stoli · « **Reply #11 on:** February 12, 2013, 09:30:21 PM »

They probably are the same. Although they aren't shown in the link you posted, I think those EMGOs come with shims for the different size tubes they list. I have also noticed that most resellers don't mention the brand, especially if they are EMGOs. If you get them, let me know how they work out so I have a decent alternative when I throw mine away in a few weeks. Those were my second choice by the way but I really wanted some black ones and wanted to start with a set that I didn't have to paint. Like I said, I really like the black JM ears but couldn't pass up the 97% savings.

Can you post a link to the cheaper ones you found?

goldarrow · « **Reply #12 on:** February 12, 2013, 09:35:37 PM »

Quote from: singedebile on February 12, 2013, 08:07:44 PM

Quote from: goldarrow on February 12, 2013, 07:41:27 PM
Are you referring to emgo pods? Many will tell you that they are craps....at least go with Uni pods or k&n. Better yet, keep stock air box.

you made a bunch of assumptions there.. are you posting in the right topic? OP never mentioned anything about pods... just other replacement bits like fork ears... and now it turns out he is trying to go back to the stock airbox on top of that...

Perhaps I was making too many assumption here but the whole statement made by the OP pretty much fit in the cafe racer formula. So, what's wrong with reminding people that pods are not particularly good with our bikes, especially the emgo kind.

hellraiserDLX · « **Reply #13 on:** February 12, 2013, 09:38:23 PM »

I'm doing this in good faith that they don't get scooped up from under my nose hahaha I'm sure even if they do I will find more
http://www.ebay.com/itm/EMGO-POLISHED-ALUMINUM-HEAD-LIGHT-MOUNTS-FIT-35-39-41MM-FORKS-/160951902214?_trksid=p5197.m1992&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D14%26meid%3D5557667183843196020%26pid%3D100015%26prg%3D1006%26rk%3D5%26sd%3D261164466046%26

hellraiserDLX · « **Reply #14 on:** February 12, 2013, 09:43:40 PM »

Just notices they have multiple sets

bryanj · « **Reply #15 on:** February 12, 2013, 09:48:46 PM »

Back in the 70's used and sold a helluva lot of emgo parts here in the UK and don't remember anything ever coming back

hellraiserDLX · « **Reply #16 on:** February 12, 2013, 09:51:34 PM »

Well, that's always a good sign.

Thanks Bryan!

Dimitri13 · « **Reply #17 on:** February 14, 2013, 02:15:03 AM »

Bought a headlight trim ring (outer and the inner pieces) almost a year ago. To this day it still looks mighty fine, aside from what looks like a rock chip (unavoidable, obviously).

bjbuchanan · « **Reply #18 on:** February 14, 2013, 10:25:34 AM »

Their cheap headlight ears qork good huat get the right size. They come in a smaller size and then the size that works for our forks. The smaller ones will want to pop off easily. The blinkers are alright too

Bankerdanny · « **Reply #19 on:** February 14, 2013, 11:43:03 AM »

There are several motocycle breaker yards where you can get used parts too.

I have bought stuff from Clint over at www.motolane.com before. He always has a few SOHC4 bikes and his prices are reasonable.

www.cyclesalvage.net in Wisconsin is another option.

neilc · « **Reply #20 on:** February 14, 2013, 03:51:42 PM »

Just bought a tailight with licence plate bracket it's coming tomorrow and going back because they don't mention it's for a British bike and our liscence plates are too long for the bracket you have to drill holes in your liscence plate

hellraiserDLX · « **Reply #21 on:** February 14, 2013, 04:01:48 PM »

@Banker Thanks for the salvage yard info...I'm sure I will be checking them out frequently. @neilc I was looking for the same thing and I noticed that they have a crap ton of parts that come up in the search, but after further investigation you see that they are Triumph parts....I ordered some fork ears last night so we will see how they fit up next week.

Frostyboy · « **Reply #22 on:** February 15, 2013, 04:15:37 PM »

Quote from: hellraiserDLX on February 12, 2013, 08:39:51 PM

I have a 1975 CB550. I found davidsilverspares and they have some awesome hard to find stuff for pretty reasonable prices too. How bad do they hit you for shipping from the UK?

Remember DSS have a US site now as well. Shipping would have to be less from inside your own country. They've already got the bits to the States for you

http://www.davidsilverspares.com/parts/by-model/

Cheers.

Rigid · « **Reply #23 on:** February 16, 2013, 02:45:00 AM »

Quote from: Frostyboy on February 15, 2013, 04:15:37 PM

Quote from: hellraiserDLX on February 12, 2013, 08:39:51 PM
I have a 1975 CB550. I found davidsilverspares and they have some awesome hard to find stuff for pretty reasonable prices too. How bad do they hit you for shipping from the UK?

Remember DSS have a US site now as well. Shipping would have to be less from inside your own country. They've already got the bits to the States for you

http://www.davidsilverspares.com/parts/by-model/

Cheers.

Not necessarily, i get free shipping direct from hong kong all the time. It does take longer though. Same part $30.00 USVendor, $8.00 incl. shipping HK

bjbuchanan · « **Reply #24 on:** February 16, 2013, 05:27:53 PM »

+1 for the Hong Kong stuff. If you have a mind for planning a little ahead you can get some nice stuff at decent prices. A lot of what they sell is the same stuff(/ very similar) a lot of vendors buy and resell at marked up prices

For instance bar end mirrors. Unless you drop a little bit of cash most have cheap mounts you end up improvising. why not pay like 10 bucks less per each

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Author Topic: Emgo Products? (Read 4557 times)