Carbon Fiber Rear Hugger and Chain Guard
DOH! Why are all these awesome Ninja goodies only available overseas. Why is no one importing this stuff!! Usually by now, there would at least be someone on eBay willing to ship this over to the US, but nothing. Bumkis. Nadd. Zip. Zilch!
A-Tech out of Japan has released a plethera of Cosmetic body work in Carbon Fiber for the Ninja 250R. The one that really catches my eye is the Combo Chain Guard / Rear Hugger — which is a piece I have been looking for for domestically quite some time.
If anyone of our readers are familiar with Japanese, and could decode the page a little for us (Google Translator was FAIL!) I’d greatly appreciated it. And any details on if they will ship to the US or if there is a US distro — Hook us up.. I can hear the saliva drip to the floor from many, many, many 250R owners as they read this..
Manufacture: A-Tech (Japan)
Link: Rear Hugger / Chain Guard
Dougie Said,
August 4, 2008 @ 11:02 am
WOW! So many parts and so many places I can’t get them!!!!!
Frusterating, to say the least….
Thanks for letting us know things like this exist, but then again….now since I can’t have them I want them even more!
Come on US, let’s get with the aftermarket program!
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Jason Reply:
December 11th, 2008 at 1:03 am
I purchased the black hugger and had it painted to match. Sweet looking, picture doesn’t do it justice!
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Mike Said,
August 4, 2008 @ 1:21 pm
http://babelfish.yahoo.com/
can translate it just type in the the url you’re trying to translate and the language you’re translating to and from!
this translation is japanese to english!!!
Hope it helps
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Bryan Thornhill Said,
August 4, 2008 @ 2:24 pm
This is way cool! I can’t even imagine what they would be charging for it. There are plenty of companies here in the U.S. that make high performance carbon fiber parts for the motocross industry so I don’t know why there isn’t more stuff out there for the sport bikes market at reasonable prices.
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Jacob Said,
August 4, 2008 @ 3:15 pm
The most expensive model of the hugger/chain guard is around $275.
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Steve Said,
August 4, 2008 @ 3:50 pm
I e-mailed them a week or so ago and they said if I order, they’ll ship to the U.S. I didn’t get any specifics as to payment options just yet though.
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prt Said,
August 4, 2008 @ 9:44 pm
As steve mentioned above, they do ship to USA. However, I think the tire hugger is back ordered for 1 month or so. You can use credit card to purchase. I’m not sure if they have an employee who can speak english well. So when you write them emails, make it simple and easy to understand.
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DrRogg Said,
August 5, 2008 @ 2:06 am
Just spent a few minutes flicking through the site. Shipping policy doesn’t explicitly mention charges for abroad, but go with their emails. Nothing on a US distro either.
I don’t know, some of the cowling pieces are ok, but carbon fibre just looks… icky
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DJAZ Said,
August 6, 2008 @ 12:48 am
ME LIKEY ME WANTY ONE
@DrRogg:what choo’ talkin’ ’bout Rogg?
CF is where it’s at.
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Nathan M. Said,
August 6, 2008 @ 1:27 pm
I like the tail light / fendor eliminator kit. Keeps the stock blinkers.
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maked Said,
August 12, 2008 @ 10:53 am
http://hobby11.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/bike/1217694935/
http://www7.atwiki.jp/ninja250/
↑ It is a site in which the most famous Ninja250R user in Japan gathers.
If it is a person who is here, the interpreter and the import might be helped.
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Jake Reply:
August 12th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fhobby11.2ch.net%2Ftest%2Fread.cgi%2Fbike%2F1217694935%2F&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sl=ja&tl=en
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww7.atwiki.jp%2Fninja250%2F&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sl=ja&tl=en
↑ ↑
Google does an OK job of translating both…
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DENNIS MEYERS Said,
September 22, 2008 @ 9:46 pm
I JUST NEED TO GET ONE DONT CARE ABOUT THE PRICE I GOT MY GIRL A BRAND NEW 08 AND HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO IT BUT MIRRIORS AND THIS CARBON PIECE.. PLEASE IF ANY ONE GETS ONE LET ME KNOW HOW TO THANK U.. I WILL POST PICS SOON
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Jason Said,
December 11, 2008 @ 1:04 am
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Jason Said,
December 11, 2008 @ 1:05 am
[IMG]http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k21/Omni_79/SSPX0153.jpg[/IMG]
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Cochese Said,
December 13, 2008 @ 3:49 pm
Well guys, it’s very possible to get one of these. You simply need to contact the manufacturer directly. I have confirmed he WILL ship outside of Japan on his own. I have one on the way to Colorado. The CF pattern in all of the pics is 27,000 Yen plus 4,700 Yen EMS postage to the US. Total of 31,700 Yen. This is $348.64 USD.
Email Akito Miyazaki at A-Tech.
info@a-tech.org
Here is the e-mail I got from him. It’s in Engrish, but it’s readable.
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from インフォ
to “Cochese”
date Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 8:21 PM
subject Re: リアフェンダー（フルカバード）
Dear Cochese
Thank you for an email
I can send a part to U.S.A.
The EMS postage to U.S.A. is 4,700 japanese yen
The carbon product has two kinds of fiber
A heterogeneous difference please watch the following uniform resource locator
CorT/C
http://www.a-tech.org/shop/sample.html
The materials of this image are twill fabrics[ T/C]
The part number:K01382 C 25,000 japanese yen
The part number:K01384 T/C 27,000 japanese yen
At first please decide materials.
I wait for communication from you.
Thank you very much
Best regards
A-TECH Akito Miyazaki
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