Just an FYI... I checked with the US retailer for Raask... The pipe now runs $650 delivered...
Ouch!
Just talked to Ed Morton who now own's/runs "Omar's rear-sets" which is the exclusive importer of Raask gear from Sweden.
He gave me the price breakdown on all of the pipes as of now:
Drag pipe: $370 + $125 shipping
Any of the other header pipe and muffler combos: $490 + $125 shipping
Kind of steep due to cost of material/labor in Sweden, plus all their export and shipping costs being very high. However, they are made of good Swedish steel and double nickel plated before chroming; and that's about as good as it gets.
He's supposed to email me the price of the new luggage rack shown on Raask's site, as he forgot to get it from them.
Plug for the guy: Ed Morton PH: 952-224-9990 ... Minnetonka, MN 55345
Don't think I can afford anytime soon, but for you folks made out of $$$ there ya go!!!
LANCER wrote on 08/27/08 at 04:44:46:Wow, very nice looking metal ! I really like the Minizoom, but the Roadster and Decibel are also good looking. The company needs to do something about the high cost. There are lots of very good systems for twins that don't cost that much.
I think it all adds up with exchange rates, export duties and very high shipping costs from Sweden to the US.
I got my Raask in England for £180, about $350, and I was told by a poster on here that they were nearly $700 by the time they get to the counter in the US. Somebody is making too much money there.
A while back I was looking at a Raask 50mm drag and it was $650 and you needed a quote from them for shipping costs from Australia. I really would like to have that pipe though...