I hate to think of ripping off a good vendor (my morals should be questioned 
) But what if somone bought a reaction kit and then copied it and sold it for half price or less with the caveat being the new owners buy the shock (like a ohlins or any other monoshock kit)?
I was just thinking the other day about it and it doesn't seem like a lot of metal and the shock being the most expensive. If the brackets were cheap we could afford to even go with the electronic adjustable kit from yamaha. I think the whole kit with wiring and switches is like $800 or something.
Just curious please don't think I'm a scammer, competetition in a free economy is a good thing!
) But what if somone bought a reaction kit and then copied it and sold it for half price or less with the caveat being the new owners buy the shock (like a ohlins or any other monoshock kit)? I was just thinking the other day about it and it doesn't seem like a lot of metal and the shock being the most expensive. If the brackets were cheap we could afford to even go with the electronic adjustable kit from yamaha. I think the whole kit with wiring and switches is like $800 or something.
Just curious please don't think I'm a scammer, competetition in a free economy is a good thing!
Millinocket Rocket
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i would think if anyone has a patent on it, you could run into problems.
98srx6
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Wouldnt be a smart idea. IMO.
sandmanmike1
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Offering it with the electronic shock would make it different and therefore should not break any patent law unless each individual piece had a patent. Which is unlikely.
If yamaha has a patent then Bender is already in trouble. I see so illeagal actions by creating a different kit. No different then a generic over brand name thing.
800
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I think you should read your own first post, do some inquiry on what it would cost to build jigs, do R&D, buy material, build parts, have them heat treated and finished, and then sell them for half of what Bender sells them for minus the shock, and see how many you will have to sell before you break even................................
yamaha_snopro
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no, think bigger that a suspension, how about a ty race sled now that would be wicked!
woolyviper
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I'm wondering if Bender is using OEM Pivot arms from Yamaha and then designed and manufactured their own brackets along with the Penske shock - this would circumvent and issues with patent.
L84Work
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800 said:
Before I changed careers, I used to fabricate industrial machines. Starting with 20 foot lengths of raw steel. I createed my own jigs and sent things to be heat treated and so on and so forth. Once you have the jigs set up you can burn through them quite quickly and your volume skyrockets. Same thing with sending things to a heat treat shop. To do just one costs a whole lot more than sending a hundred. (per unit). I looked at the re-action package and frankly see them re-couping their cost of research. I don't blame them, there had to be a lot of testing for something like this. However, at a grand per skid (or half a skid in this case) they are sure to make up their costs quickly...if they sell. Any one person in their garage can't make their half of a skid without spending real close to their asking price.