Stainless Steel Original Exhaust System

[Christian Raith]

I heard from Wulf on Thursday night and he is ready to send a set to Mal Pitman to check.
They have had time problems due to the virus in Germany but are slowly starting to get on top of their workload.
Also Heinz (their Yamaha expert) had health problems and they lost him as he can no longer do any heavy work.
So looking forward things will be on track soon.

[Christian Raith]

Could all those interested in purchasing the Heinz Wyes stainless exhaust system please give me a call on 0418243503.

I have spoken to Wulf at the workshop in Germany he said even though their work list is full they are happy to work for Australia :-).

Just getting the numbers in so we can let him know

Regards,
Christian (xtian)

[lambs]

We are waiting for the AU$ to Euro to improve a bit more
Mal Pitman has 3 or 4 who are getting a set
I dealt through HIFX when I got mine and the last lot, they are wasy to deal with and give excellent rates

The system is 1070Euro delivered

Remember this is NOT a replica but an exact as can be copy of the original in SS and because the headers are SS they are not dual layer so breath better.
It heavy duty SS, no ringing like cheaper thin stuff.
Good German engineering.
All hand made so take a while to finish a set so the more ordered means faster turnaround as they can make up a few at a time, only made to order.
I think Heinz has been stung a couple of times.
So because of the turn around the message below may be out of date by the time he is ready to ship them.


Things have gone pear shaped on the parcel delivery front.   DHL is the most common ordinary (ie non-courier) parcel delivery service from Germany and they have now temporarily ceased parcel deliveries to Australia.  This announcement on their website:

Australia:

Until further notice, merchandise shipments to Australia (DHL Paket International, Päckchen International and Warenpost International) can no longer be accepted due to problems with transport, customs clearance and/or delivery. This acceptance freeze does not affect letter mail items (i.e. documents sent as individual letter mail, kilo-rate mail, etc.).

Courier deliveries via Fedex, UPS, etc are probably still possible but would be prohibitively expensive for something the size of a full exhaust system.

[Christian Raith]

I still want one but the Oz peso is all over the shop, although not as volatile against the Euro as the Trump$.   As mentioned in the other thread, shipping is an issue at the moment.   Might be better to wait.   Would Heinz be OK with that ?   

I'd be OK with putting a deposit down (10% ??) as a sign of good faith.

He makes them to order so when he gets an order he makes them.

[lambs]

I still want one but the Oz peso is all over the shop, although not as volatile against the Euro as the Trump$.   As mentioned in the other thread, shipping is an issue at the moment.   Might be better to wait.   Would Heinz be OK with that ?   

I'd be OK with putting a deposit down (10% ??) as a sign of good faith.

[Jonesy :-)]

I'm out

[Christian Raith]

So no body else is interested in Heinz's exhaust system??

[lambs]

As discussed with Christian off-line, I'm happy to go ahead with the purchase.    I wonder if the lock-down in Europe might affect shipping (??)

[Christian Raith]

Is this still going ahead ?

Heinz emailed me with some answer to some Q's I had and I've let him know I'm happy to get a system.

The Oz peso has deteriorated against the Euro but not to the extent of the USD.

Hmmm looks like you are the only person who has responded.

Anyone doing a restoration would be nuts not to put one of these systems on their bike....in my opinion and maybe a few others as well.

[lambs]

Is this still going ahead ?

Heinz emailed me with some answer to some Q's I had and I've let him know I'm happy to get a system.

The Oz peso has deteriorated against the Euro but not to the extent of the USD.

[lambs]

For comparison, Tranzac have quoted me $1300 delivered (Melbourne) for a 4->2 system in mild steel, so around $2K for a system in stainless is a good price.

[lambs]

OFX is showing AUD1760 for Euro1070

......but that's plus GST, of course, and maybe duty.   There will almost certainly be processing fees as well.   There's a calculator here:

https://www.wwcf.com.au/customs-duty-import-goods-and-service-tax-calculator/

It assumes a 5% duty rate, but that may not be applicable. 

There's an explanation here about GST, duty, etc on imported goods valued over $1K

https://www.wwcf.com.au/customs/

.....this particular firm charges $139+GST to do the customs clearance (just a random selection from a quick google search).   In theory it's possible to do your own customs clearance but they have moved to an electronic system, which requires registration and in practice things are not so simple.

I'd say you'll be lucky to get away with $2K per system.

There's only 2 ways to avoid these extra charges:

- Heinz supplies an invoice with each system that has a conversion value of less <$1K inc shipping (risky.......)
- Heinz agrees to 'split ship' the exhaust systems, ie 'half' the exhaust is shipped with an invoice for half the value...then the rest of the exhaust is shipped with an invoice for the other half (has other risks......).

....all of which is asking a lot of Heinze + you didn't hear it from me 

I did the 'split shipment' thing once for a rare Guzzi exhaust system from the US, so it can be done.

[Jonesy :-)]

All up that converts to approx $AU 1726 delivered. Not bad, If I had an exhaust that needed replacing I'd go for it. Fortunately for me I don't need one.

[Christian Raith]

I heard back from Heinz

"Hello Christian, post coast 110€      heinz"

[Christian Raith]

That's very cheap for shipping this sort of item from Europe 

I regularly ship parts from a specialist in Germany that charges 40Euro for up to 20kg via DHL who they have a contract with.    They aren't registered for GST (yet....) so as long as the value of the goods+shipping is <AUD1K there is no GST.     36Euro for the exhaust would be cheap.....

Once the declared value inc shipping goes over AUD1K, normal GST/duty rules apply and that's always been the same.   The GST change in 2018 was only about goods with a declared value <AUD1K.

That was a while ago so may have increased now, I will get onto Heinz and see if he can get an idea of postage.
Also it was through regular post not a courier company.