jconway607
JohnWC
Spiegler is driving me crazy! I'm working to bring back to life a 1991 K75s. Bought a set of Spiegler lines from SportTrack Gear. Single rear kit and three lines in front kit. . The back line is on and fine. The front line box says" orig w/o abs and up to 9/91." The two bottom lines look correct. The top line on the handlebar is about 5" long. The original line is about 15" long and curls around.
I have called Spiegler several times. I've been told they will call back and then they don't. I called back today, after a week of waiting. The guy says, "Are they the stock bars?" I told him yes, I believed so because of the foam dash the fits over the crossbar. He then tells me that they have sold "thousands" of the kits and never had a problem, that "it's the right line for the bike." I have sent him about ten pictures of the bike, lines, etc. Spiegler seems to be more than implying that this is my fault. Lets see, I bought the kit listed for a 91, my title says it's a 91, the top line is too short, but it's my fault. Okay, that makes sense.
Over the years I have spent around $600 on these overpriced Spiegler lines. You would think they would say, "Sorry for the problem, we'll make up the right line and send it to you". But no, I have to spend a couple of weeks of my time to try and fix this. It would cost them $5, maybe, to run up a line. But they want to argue about this, apparently all summer. I've never had a problem with Spiegler lines before. But this episode is giving me a whole different perspective on the company. These may well be my last set of Spiegler lines.
So, could someone post a picture of the stock k75s bars, and perhaps the top brake line also. I'll see if I can transfer them to an email to Speigler. For the life of me, I can't see how a 5" line could ever work, going from the master cylinder down to the bottom lines, but perhaps I am wrong. It happens frequently.
I have called Spiegler several times. I've been told they will call back and then they don't. I called back today, after a week of waiting. The guy says, "Are they the stock bars?" I told him yes, I believed so because of the foam dash the fits over the crossbar. He then tells me that they have sold "thousands" of the kits and never had a problem, that "it's the right line for the bike." I have sent him about ten pictures of the bike, lines, etc. Spiegler seems to be more than implying that this is my fault. Lets see, I bought the kit listed for a 91, my title says it's a 91, the top line is too short, but it's my fault. Okay, that makes sense.
Over the years I have spent around $600 on these overpriced Spiegler lines. You would think they would say, "Sorry for the problem, we'll make up the right line and send it to you". But no, I have to spend a couple of weeks of my time to try and fix this. It would cost them $5, maybe, to run up a line. But they want to argue about this, apparently all summer. I've never had a problem with Spiegler lines before. But this episode is giving me a whole different perspective on the company. These may well be my last set of Spiegler lines.
So, could someone post a picture of the stock k75s bars, and perhaps the top brake line also. I'll see if I can transfer them to an email to Speigler. For the life of me, I can't see how a 5" line could ever work, going from the master cylinder down to the bottom lines, but perhaps I am wrong. It happens frequently.
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