Anton, I bought my Honjos from Jitensa and even racking up stays and fasteners, the bill was not excessive. If you totally want to cut the cost, you can go with Tanaka fenders (who I'm guessing makes VO fenders).
On Tuesday, October 14, 2014 6:40:10 AM UTC-5, Anton Tutter wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, October 14, 2014 12:23:37 AM UTC-4, lungimsam wrote: >> >> And by the way...How come Honjo Hammered fenders for 650b prices swing >> wildly from 80-something$/pair to almost 200$/pair? >> >> Are there different levels of quality among Honjo 650b hammered >> fenders? Special runs? >> > > Be careful when shopping for Honjos. Some prices won't include the stays > or hardware, just the bare fenders. Other prices will include everything > needed for a typical installation. For example, Jitensha studios sells > Honjo parts *a la carte*. The fenders are ~$80 and by the time you add > the stays, drawbolts, daruma bolt, sliding bracket, etc, you're up at > $140-160. Then there's also the fluctuating value of the Yen, and newer > stock may be priced cheaper than older stock, etc... Lastly, it could also > be a matter of special runs. I ordered Honjos* a la carte* from > Jitensha, and was pleasantly surprised to find the leading and trailing > ends of the fenders to be nicely scalloped like in the old French style. > There had been no photos to indicate this. Bonus! > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
