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Shout out to Brian (BWRINGER)

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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
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
dgates1 said:
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.
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Good that worked out for you!
 
bwringer said:
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.
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Hi Brian, Christmas arrived for a second time for me today because the parcel arrived safely at my local post office today! After arriving at the airport in Johannesburg, South Africa on 20 November 2025 from USA via Switzerland in 5 days, it took our local postal services 2 months to transport the parcel 1 500 km to my local post office! However, they did inform me that the postal service was swamped with parcels during the festive season and to their credit, the parcel arrived safely!

Thank you again for your kind assistance and have a great 2026!

2BRacing
Ben
 
Great to know your goodies finally got there, Ben!

The tracking I could see sort of stopped when the package got to South Africa, so I'm glad they finally managed to get it to you.
 
And we b!+ch when Amazon takes 3 days to get us a package instead of 2. I think we're spoilt.
 
sprbi8999 said:
Es una iniciativa excelente para entrar en el mundo de las bodas y ganar experiencia real. Crear videos espontáneos y emotivos añade mucho valor para las parejas, tan útil y práctico como una c comisiones paypal al organizar el presupuesto.
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Joined today from Islamabad. I didn't realize they spoke Spanish in Pakistan. :chuncky:
 
Translation. Reported/flagged

It is an excellent initiative to enter the world of weddings and gain real experience. Creating spontaneous and emotional videos adds a lot of value for couples, as useful and practical as a paypal commission when organizing the budget.
 
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