Silicone coolant hose sets

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Age
65
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London
Bike
ST1100A
Does anyone have any experience with the inexpensive silicone coolant hose sets sold on eBay and Amazon? Good? Bad?
 
I've used two, both sourced at eBay, same vendor...

first kit fitted perfectly, servicing nicely in my '00 ST...
in second kit the LHS internal passage hose is aprox 12~15mm too short, couldn't get it to fit in the '94 ST, back to OEM it was...

so there is that... ;)
 
I have what appears to be cheap(ish) silicone hoses on a Kawasaki KX450 I acquired. They don't look bad, but they will be replaced by SamcoSport. It's one of those components I don't like having to worry about possible failure by a no name Chinese manufacturer. I've considered reaching out to Samco to see how many kits would be required before they considered making a kit for the ST. Until then, I will use OEM before an unproven (to me) brand.
 
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