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Originally Posted by lilacsplash
......I don't want to get anybody into trouble, but I did speak to people from MPL and I believe what I was told, if the slave cylinder I've got wasn't made by MPL, it was made by someone who had a CAD/CNC copy of an MPL unit.
I've worked in the bike/retail trade and I know that you should NEVER divulge your sources...
But on the internet, you should never claim to do something that you don't actually do as the world is very small these days; on this point I'll refer you to your earlier post...
You claimed to manufacturer parts that you sell, which I don't think you actually do, I think that you sell things that you buy in or have made for you.
Which was the point of my earlier reply.
I look on these forums as a place to help out other enthusiasts, not a place to hawk my wares.
I maybe wrong on this point, but it's my personal philosophy.
Steve
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steve
it sounds like you are accusing me of being dishonest. you say you dont want to get anybody in trouble...if you persist in your claims and accusations i will ask a lawyer what i can do about it. i wont warn you or comunicate with you at any other point before i do that. so you could just get yourself into trouble.
ill say it once more:
my cylinders are not made by mpl nor from cad or cnc copys of an mpl unit. im sure you could get in to big trouble for claiming somthing like that on an international board like this one with what ever dubious purpose you might have for doing so. you could be accused of internationally damaging someones name, damaging their business or both. and who knows...a couple of other things that i havent thought of because im not a lawyer. but at this point as i have nothing to hide and it could be of interest to the people reading this thread i will divulge a few details about myself and the products that i sell. i am an aircraft engineer. i work for a rather large european airline. i am an enthusiastic owner of italian motorcycles which in themselves are not always perfect. which prompted me to use my expertise to perfect a few things that niggled me. i also made my own carbon parts. YES STEVE, I MADE THEM MYSELF WITH MY OWN HANDS!!! including a complete fairing for my SPS. however, i discovered that there was one manufacturer of carbon parts that did a better job than i so i purchased his items for my MV. they are very high quality parts, which led to me re-selling his items. yes steve you are correct on that point and i never claimed that i manufacture all the parts that i sell with my own bare hands. allthough a few of them i actually do!!
my cylinders are made from a company that i comissioned to do so because im not a cnc machinist nor do i have the expensive machinery to do the job in the high quality that i demand. that company is not MPL nor do they have any connections to MPL. the design is very simular to MPL but definatly not a copy. if it was MPL why would i want to deny that? MPL have a very good name for the very high quality of their products!!
but on that point would you accuse BMW, Porsche or Mercedes of being dishonest because they commision other manufacturers to make most of the parts that their cars consist of? they are in fact still the manufacturer.
steve, im not just a re-seller i am actually an expert manufacturer. i also understand what i sell.
i could close on this point but im really getting in to this reply
another example : i hated the black plastic mirrors on my ducati from the first day i bought it.... so i painted them....since 2001 i sell re-painted ducati mirrors ...i actually do the painting myself because i cant find to this day any paintshop that meets the quality that i demand at a good price ( i got second place for a paintjob i did in a custom car design competition back in 1986 which was carried out in the whole of germany. so you see steve, i can do that aswell
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steve, you say you want to help other enthusiasts on this forum, how did your comments about me and my products help them?...you create the impression that i just want to "hawk" my wares. i feel insulted. i feel insulted from your comments, in fact so insulted that if we were to meet in a pub i would probably break your nose for that. and believe me, im not only capable of personally manufacturing almost every product that i sell but also capable of breaking your nose. i dont think that you have half the expertise that i do, half the brains or half the decency. what can you do steve?? what are you an expert at? you are probably good at somthing else apart from being a dickhead and claiming somthing that isnt true on an international forum for what ever reason you might have for doing so. i havent got the time or the interest to read all the comments you have posted or use whatever other means to find out more about you and the possible reasons for your comments...so i just wonder what it is that you are good at.