Emulator vs intiminator

[amk]

Looking for the best price of emulator and/or intiminators. Emulator FEGV S4301, a quick google search shows them for ~ $140 vs. ~$170 OEM price. Is the any way to drop the price even further?

Intiminator, 43mm for DL650. Does it have a specific OEM part number? What is it? Is there any way to drop the price from ~ $ 225? Coupons such as advrider/ stromtrooper are no longer valid.

Thanks.

[JRWooden]

Have you called Ricor?
They might give you the discount anyway

[ssevy]

The folks at Ricor were very nice on the phone. I installed a set of intiminators in my Triumph Legend, and they transformed the bike. I had already installed progressive fork springs prior to this, and together with the intiminators, they improved the handling astronomically. No more brake dive during hard braking; the bike remains level and the tires all stay in contact with the road, with the rear end no longer trying to catapult over the top of your head.
On our forum, one of the fellows had Gold Valves, and then switched to the intiminators. His assessment was that the intiminators did a better job for him on the really rough roads in Ireland. By the way, their design is simple and seems to be robust, and for my bike, I had to switch from Amsoil medium fork oil to light.

[jimbolong]

I just went to their site and typed in vstrom for the coupon code and got a price of $200

[eakins]

just a difference:
install is alot easier on an imtinator because you do not need to remove and drill out the rod holes.

[JRWooden]

Originally Posted by ssevy

.... By the way, their design is simple and seems to be robust, and for my bike, I had to switch from Amsoil medium fork oil to light.

When I bought mine for the F650GS twin they recommended lighter weight fork oil at the time of install - the Amsoil 5wt (light). I'm very happy with the result. I did NOT cut down the spacer tubes in my forks and that has turned out OK. It probably would have been OK if they WERE cut down also ...

[NDTransplant]

Brian at Ricor has always went the 'extra mile' for me.....

Intiminators really helped my 2009 KLR.

[amk]

Originally Posted by jimbolong

I just went to their site and typed in vstrom for the coupon code and got a price of $200

That is what I was looking for, thank you!

Are those guys greedy? I mean the last year the same product went for 150 with coupons, now 200. Or it is called inflation?

Anyway, I was not after their merits, real or virtual, only after the price.

Thanks.

[alainmax]

+1 on Ricor Intiminators

[Reposado1800]

Originally Posted by amk

That is what I was looking for, thank you!

Are those guys greedy? I mean the last year the same product went for 150 with coupons, now 200. Or it is called inflation?

Anyway, I was not after their merits, real or virtual, only after the price.

Thanks.

Greedy no. All the R&D, production costs, overhead add up.

[amk]

Originally Posted by Clayjars

Greedy no. All the R&D, production costs, overhead add up.

You mean the last year, giving them away for 150, they were actually losing money?

[RideAbout]

Originally Posted by amk

You mean the last year, giving them away for 150, they were actually losing money?

Maybe, I view it that the early adopters (guinea pigs) get a special deal to get the word out. Simple, you waited, now you pay extra.

You are not "owed" the same price others got...

[ssevy]

It doesn't seem like a lot of money when you consider they transform the bike into a much better handling and safer ride. Maybe if you hold out long enough, someone in China will make a knockoff and put Ricor out of business. These American companies and their expectations of actually getting paid for their time and materials - what hubris!

[amk]

I have mime own theory of price formation which has nothing to do with actual production cost, r & d involved and so on, but based on pure marketing tactics, which I do not think belong here.

So back to the original question: any other coupons or ideas on how to get the better price, lesser than $140 for RT emulators or $200 for Ricor’s intiminators?

Currently nobody sells used.

[Reposado1800]

If you put a Want To Buy ad in flea market you might get a hit for a used or unused pair of intiminators. Alot of people jumped on the special price and some may have not even got around to putting them in.