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Rad hoses - Samco or Alternative
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 9:54 am
by vic-vtrvfr
Morning folks
Was having a plunder online looking for hoses to go with my new curved Chinese rads.
Obviously Samco option popped up but so did cheaper alternatives such as GPI.
Anyone had experience with these?
Obviously quality won't be as good as Samco, but wondering if they're worth a shot?
Re: Rad hoses - Samco or Alternative
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 9:58 am
by scotjell
The guys at Swansea college are running on both their NCs the GPI rads and Hoses and they feel they are spot on for the money.
Re: Rad hoses - Samco or Alternative
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 10:31 am
by vic-vtrvfr
scotjell wrote:The guys at Swansea college are running on both their NCs the GPI rads and Hoses and they feel they are spot on for the money.
Spot on! Thanks for that. Good enough for them, then good enough for me espec seeing the bike realistically won't be out very much.
Re: Rad hoses - Samco or Alternative
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 1:58 pm
by Tossi
The GPI hoses are decent for the money!
Re: Rad hoses - Samco or Alternative
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 3:15 pm
by speedy231278
How long have they been around? They are certainly very tempting at the price, but I'd be a little concerned about finding out that they suddenly turn into mush in three or five years with inevitable consequences.....
Re: Rad hoses - Samco or Alternative
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 3:37 pm
by marcus57
Personally those cheep hoses are not cheep enough to take a punt on , thing is with a trusted brand such as samco or roose you know you can just fit them and forget.
Re: Rad hoses - Samco or Alternative
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 5:32 pm
by Dynamohum
marcus57 wrote:Personally those cheep hoses are not cheep enough to take a punt on , thing is with a trusted brand such as samco or roose you know you can just fit them and forget.
Agree and you run the risk of being charged vat and parcelforce ransom charges on top of the £50 not much of bargain after all.
Re: Rad hoses - Samco or Alternative
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 6:05 pm
by webby16
roose hoses are really good pretty much exactly like samco but cheaper!
Re: Rad hoses - Samco or Alternative
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 6:52 pm
by scotjell
Personally if they are made from the same product ie silicon and the same standard I'm sure a bit of white print saying "samco" won't make them any stronger? But hey everyone is entitled to an opinion and have unlimited funds

Re: Rad hoses - Samco or Alternative
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 11:36 pm
by CMSMJ1
I don't see what is wrong with Honda ones... Samco = chavvy IMO.. label slags!