Shout out to Brian (BWRINGER)

[2BRacing]

I recently purchased all the front and rear brake master cylinder piston kits and caliper seals from my local dealer in Cape Town, South Africa for my 1980 GS850G / GS1000G. However, I also needed the front master cylinder rubber diaphragm just under the lid, but it was NLA even from Suzuki Japan.

A Google search located two NOS items in Pennsylvania USA but the seller does not ship to South Africa. About 15 years ago Brian (bwringer) kindly shipped some Honda Moly 60 rear spline grease and oversize sump plugs to me that were unobtainable here in South Africa, so I reached out to him again for help.

I asked him if he would be prepared to purchase the items in Pennsylvania and have them shipped to him, and then obtain some more Honda Moly grease (now M77), and ship the items via international shipping to me again. Without hesitation, Brian immediately agreed and sent me regular updates on the progress. Yesterday he confirmed that he had all the items in hand and would ship them out to me today.

I reimbursed him for his costs via PayPal today and would like to send a shout-out to him for going to all the trouble in sourcing and shipping the items to me, despite a busy workload on his side. His actions reinforce the friendship and shared Suzuki passion across the global GSResources Forum community.

Thank you Brian!

Ben
2BRacing

[GS1150Pilot]

I love the camaraderie here.

[dgates1]

Awesome collaboration. I've found that on this site as well. Found a hard to get little piece for my choke rail that was provided here by Tom (oldGSfan) with the help of Chuck Hahn.

[storm 64]

Yep Brian is a great guy!

[bwringer]

Dang! Didn't expect to find a public shout-out when I logged in tonight.

You're very welcome, Ben. It'll be interesting to see how long it takes for the goodies to make it to your end of the planet.

[Rob S.]

When I mentioned that the passenger seat strap on my Suzi had broken, two replacements were sent to me by two different members, no charge. When I was working on my instrument panel, a member across the country sent me a box containing almost all the parts, again, no charge. I've tried to pay it forward.

[rustybronco]

I shipped some parts to south africa. The got pilfered by what I suspect was the postal service. I has happen to me just once out of four times but enough to be cautious.

[oldGSfan]

Awesome collaboration. I've found that on this site as well. Found a hard to get little piece for my choke rail that was provided here by Tom (oldGSfan) with the help of Chuck Hahn.

Good that worked out for you!

[salty_monk]

Yeah... he alright that BWringer bloke...