[Closed] OE forks?

No. mostly just the same as retail. some of the bog basic models get made a bit more bog basic but generally things like Fox and top end Rockshox are just the same minus the fancy packaging and a pump.

You might find that they have the same name as a higher spec fork but come with fewer adjustments. You may find different travel lengths from the aftermarket product but you'll pretty much get the same quality and performance. Just check what functions you're getting.

Warranty might be an issue in that you may be a long winded route back through the reseller rather than knowing they're going back to the UK service centre. Depends on the brand and route into the country.

Fox OE forks dont come with Kashima coating on the stanchions IIRC. I was also shocked(!) to find that their aftermarket forks don't come with a pump either for 2011. Proper stingy given the price.

Mojo won't warranty OE Fox forks which were sold as a single component (ie not on a bike/frameset).

Some OE forks have more simplistic damping due to the cheaper nature of the internals.

They may also weigh a bit more as cheaper alloys are sometimes used in CS units.

Unless you really want the adjustments though there's no real reason not to do it. I've had a set of OE Zocchi drop-offs and they were fine.

A mate has an old Orange which had OE Manitous. The workshop manual says there's a damper in there. There isn't in the OE forks!

So it can be a fair old difference. Personally, I'd ring and check - if they say it has XYZ then you can refuse it if it arrives without those features.

My new retail F120's didn't come with a shock anyway!

Three_Fish - Member

Mojo won't warranty OE Fox forks which were sold as a single component (ie not on a bike/frameset).

Doesn't matter unless you bought them from overseas. Any UK retailer has to abide by the sale of goods act which gives you as much protection

Doesn't matter unless you bought them from overseas. Any UK retailer has to abide by the sale of goods act which gives you as much protection

Mojo won't warranty OE forks. Perhaps the contract is actually with a distributor or manufacturer, who must, in turn, submit the item for warranty repair. The issue is, I would imagine, one of the rights of a manufacturer/distributor to be selling the OE fork/product (as new) in the first place.

I recently bought a set of Fox 32 Talas 150 RL fit forks with taper steerer brand new for half the price of normal set, and they came with a pump and a clip on sag adjuster, I must of been luck to get the extra bits, they did how ever come in a brown box. 🙂 and they ride great, I like the lock out.

Three fish - irrelevant what mojo will or will not do.

Sale of goods act is your protection. Your contract is with the [b]retailer [/b]who in the event of a fault must replace / repair / refund YOUR choice.

You do not have to submit them to anyone for warranty repair. Your rights under the sale of gods act is a completely separate thing.

It's entirely relevant what Mojo will/won't do. Send them an OE fork for warranty repair in the same way one would with an aftermarket fork and they won't touch it. OE Fox should only enter the marketplace in limited scenarios, and the manufacturer's is not transferable outside of those scenarios. Yes, a buyer can return a broken OE fork/shock (not bought legitimately as part of a bike/frameset) to the trader for return/replacement, and they may be able to wangle a warranty repair through that trader; but they are highly unlikely to be able to make use of Fox's warranty themselves.

Selling/buying an OE fork/shock by itself is basically selling/buying a used item; a take-off. It's not in any way a straightforward situation and is something that anyone thinking of buying OE Fox should consider.

I'm afraid that that more or less sums up my understanding, and, although I'm interested in a more concise understanding, I don't consider you to be honest enough to discuss this with to a point of reaching a legal understanding; and so I'll leave it there with yourself and go and edumacate myself.

Your rights under the sale of gods act...

I tried numerous search engines, but couldn't find a copy of that.

Three fish.

You continue to confuse warranty with sale of goods act rights.

An OE fork is not secondhand unless it is sold as such.

I suggest you do go and educate yourself.

Anoyingly I agree with TJ

If the fork fails within a year the retail will have to get it fixed or replaced or refunded. Whether they send it to MOJO who have the magical FOX pixie dust that means their prices are higher, or to TF, or to LoCo or to Stentech, or they fix it themselves is irelavent, you'l;l still be in the same position.

And knowing MOJO's reputation for customer service, I think I'd take my changes on the OE ones!

TJ is right.

Again 🙂

Yes, he is.

Whether MOJO warranty it or not doesn't matter to you; only the retailer who may suddenly find themselves £80 out of pocket, as due to the Sale of Goods Act he has to get it fixed at his expense if it's faulty or offer a refund (though you can choose what you want). In which case it might be cheaper for them just to offer a full refund. Either way it makes no real difference to you.

The sale of Goods Act is between the SELLER and the BUYER, not Fox/MOJO (i.e. the SUPPLIER) and the buyer.