The fournales are a great shock but dont deal with the Australian Distributor he is a very arrogent frenchman that resides in Tasmania and has the utmost disrespect for Australians.i recommend to you riders out there that if you are thinking of buying a set of Fournales then buy them from the U.S.A distributor A R Harley,they are a great bunch of guys and cheaper too.

I thouht they made in tassie ???

 

No they are made 100% in France

My apologies Humongos,it looked and sounded like an insult..

Thanks motorhead

France ay' well I'll be frogged.

wow....an arrogant frenchman.....who would have ever thought......

Ha Ha i like that

Thanks to all your responses guys you have all had me in fits of laughter

Had a set of Fournales on my Shovel for bloody years. Bloody brilliant bit of gear.
Wish I could afford to get a set for the Evo. (not that I can ride at the moment, but I can still tinker )
Didn't buy them of Le Frog.At the time he was in Victoria. He did service the shocks for me once,
was reasonable (Pricewise)and did a good job. Then he went to Tassie and I heard he had gotten very uppity.
Got the shits with people buying them overseas and put a complaint with the Factory.
They then banned the Brit dealers from shipping them here.
But there's more than one way to skin a cat. I'm sure if you can get them shipped to a local address in the UK or USA
and resent you can get them cheaper.

Yeah i bought a pair of Fournales a while ago too but, when i tried to buy them from the Australian distributor, my e mail was never responded to so i found the U.S.A distributor and he was great.He responded to my e mail immeadietly and was a pleasure to do business with so, i had no hesitation in purchaseing them from the states.Dont get me wrong i think the Fournales are a great product too, its just a shame that the Aussie distributor is such an arrogant asshole from france.I could understand his attitude if the shocks were made in Australia but they arent they are made in france.

Id rather support and line the pockets of a great American team of guys, with the profit margin, that they make on these shocks,than some arrogent frenchman.After all America is the land and birth of the finest motorcycle ever made Harley Davidson.

I just dont get Fournales actions in telling us where we can buy them from, they are still  being manufactured in France and the money still goes to them.The only reason that makes sense is they want their fellow frenchman in Tasmania to profit from them and no one else.

Well im an Aussie and i try to support  Australian companies and if anyone, tries telling me where or when i can buy anything then Resistance Becomes Duty my only mistake was buying french to begin with but, i went on reputation and availability.Well ive learnt my lesson, and since then i found out about IKON

 IKON shocks are made in Sydney,Australia and are a fantastic company so, i know where i will buy my next pair of shocks from.

I'd be uptight too if I lived in Tassie

My Fournales shocks have just packed it in after a 25 years and need to be serviced. Is there anyone in Oz that can service them other than the Frenchman in Tasy? Don't feel like paying $700 for a sevice! Even if it does come with a 2 year warrenty. Any help would be appreciated.

hi has anyone got any spare valves for their fournales shocks,I've broken the top half off one ,I've tried the Frenchman for parts

Bertrand died recently. Business being run by his daughter although how well, no one knows. They continue to trade so keep trying. Based on the poor experiences of members in trying to get repairs I would suggest you try local machine shops or other shocker manufacturers. Now you are a forum member, use the search function. Many threads on those shockers and recent issues

Friend have only you snapped the valve?

Try SOS Suspension @ Penrith (NSW) - Sean 0412 245 176 as he may be able to assist with Fournales shocks.