A Yamaha XT 600 suffers from disintegrating intakes. Every 2, 3 years you have to change them. No problem: Together 30 euros at ibäh, the next day there, a little work. With an Aprilia Pegaso Cube it took 15 years, but also only 7800 km, until the ASA were due. The carburetors popped out, cause: porous, false air. And you have to disassemble half the motorcycle to get the air filter box and the carburetors out. I call the part dealer of my trust and say: “2 times ASS for the Cube, please.” He says: “Piaggio has a business holiday, it can take weeks, and it costs 86 euros.” I say: “It costs what? We note that the change of the ASS at the friendly Aprilia dealer with wages costs around 400 euros. “Whoever buys an Italian woman, that punishes the spare parts supply so the words of the professional. I have -by kind permission of twinspark2000 – the following tip: You look for a part number and gugele. I found the ASS at a company in Florida and at one in California (Italo-Bikes) The Californians want 19 dollars per stut, plus 31 dollars shipping costs. So in total 69 dollars, around 60 euros were paid, via paypal. Original parts of Piaggio. After 9 days the stuts were there. The customs also wanted nothing from me. In the Saa In the case of goods which are subject to customs clearance, 120 euros are saved.