Mastercross – Works parts and factory bike reseller in Italy – Beware!

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Tokyo_Tiddler 6/21/2024 9:36pm
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SeanHamblin wrote:
I know it doesn't help any but in the future for any HRC style parts give Steve Denton a try SpD Factory Developments - Shop Specialist...

I know it doesn't help any but in the future for any HRC style parts give Steve Denton a try SpD Factory Developments - Shop Specialist Parts & Services For Bikes . Just got a new set of clamps for my 23 CRF that are spitting images and quality you should expect, also makes a ton of parts for the EVO bikes.

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Thanks Sean, I know Stevie Denton well and have done lots of business with him. He doesn't sell original factory parts though, but is great at...

Thanks Sean, I know Stevie Denton well and have done lots of business with him. He doesn't sell original factory parts though, but is great at fabricating lots of HRC replica hardware and has the full specs on a lot of HRC hardware to be able to create them in titanium or stainless. He also sells some really nice, trick replacement parts for vintage bikes. Stevie is a great talent at designing parts and a true fan of the sport/ hobby, himself. I highly recommend, Stevie. His new company is called "SpD".. a play on his initials and the word speed.  Dylan Ferrandis is now running triple clamps designed and machined by Stevie on his Yamaha. 

caviar&cigarettes338 wrote:
Have you dealt with bonamigoteam on instagram? He’s from Italy also and seems to have bunch of HRC stuff . Thanks for heads up on mastercross...

Have you dealt with bonamigoteam on instagram? He’s from Italy also and seems to have bunch of HRC stuff . Thanks for heads up on mastercross been looking at purchasing some stuff from him for some time now .

I know Guiseppe Bonamigo well and have bought lots from him. He is great to deal with and a master craftsman. He is always honest regarding whether an HRC part is genuine or replica. I highly recommend.

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I posted a similar message on my Instagram site and was surprised at how many angry people came out of the woodwork to share similar experiences...

I posted a similar message on my Instagram site and was surprised at how many angry people came out of the woodwork to share similar experiences with Mastercross.  He joined that Instagram conversation, but did not handle it well.  He should have been more careful with a customer base that is such a small tight-knit community that buys these rare parts.  We appreciate his connections with the works teams in Europe and the rare parts he finds to sell, but he needs us more than we need him.  He was ruining his own reputation. Maybe this will cause him to clean up his act, as well as keep those who may be unaware from losing their hard-earned money.

SeanHamblin wrote:
I know it doesn't help any but in the future for any HRC style parts give Steve Denton a try SpD Factory Developments - Shop Specialist...

I know it doesn't help any but in the future for any HRC style parts give Steve Denton a try SpD Factory Developments - Shop Specialist Parts & Services For Bikes . Just got a new set of clamps for my 23 CRF that are spitting images and quality you should expect, also makes a ton of parts for the EVO bikes.

Glad I found this thread about SpD. I had never heard of that company and am looking to possibly getting a 25 WE. The clamps look great !

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Tokyo_Tiddler 6/21/2024 10:01pm
6/21/2024 10:01pm Edited Date/Time 6/21/2024 10:05pm

Here is the instagram link, where you can see a number of people chiming in that they got scammed by Claudio Venezian in a similar way. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/C8UxheNOwQy/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

You sometimes get the part you ordered, but there are many times he sends you something different than what you paid for and then makes up a story on why he isn't going to return your money.

In my case he sent me clamps that dont fit my bike, not what I ordered, not HRC that he promised they were, and missing the steering stem. I received the clamps from him with 2 small marks on them, which he then conjures up a claim that I tried to install them (hard to do without a stem or a bike that fits them) which makes them ruined so he is going to keep 100% of my money.  He also said that if I wanted the correct clamps that I had ordered, I had to send him more money.  I dont think he even had the clamps I paid for anymore.  In reality I sent the clamps that he wrongly sent back in exactly the same condition I received them.  If you read many of the complaints on the instagram thread, Claudio has used the same ploy on a number of very angry customers.  He calls all of them liars.

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H4L 6/22/2024 9:46am
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Thanks for posting. Sorry to hear about that you got scammed by this D-bag..

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Tokyo_Tiddler 6/22/2024 12:59pm
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Tokyo_Tiddler wrote:
You are probably right, but has anyone called him out before? I know trying to rationalize or state facts with him is futile. He was at...

You are probably right, but has anyone called him out before? I know trying to rationalize or state facts with him is futile. He was at it again, today, in the instagram thread calling his victims all liars. Sometimes his wife, Tiziana, tries to intervene to get him to do the right thing, but I imagine she can only influence so much.

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He has been called out on Facebook many times, one thing that comes to mind were when he sold fake HRC coke bottle swing arms that...

He has been called out on Facebook many times, one thing that comes to mind were when he sold fake HRC coke bottle swing arms that ended up bending while riding. 
 

It was the same thing then, calling people liars etc. 

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You beat me to it, the Mugen swingarms that he sell from the early 80s as well as the Vrp ones, not believing they are original...

You beat me to it, the Mugen swingarms that he sell from the early 80s as well as the Vrp ones, not believing they are original made from that time period. Again, I was going to buy a bit of stuff but ended up not doing it.

Good thing you didn't. Here is the outcome of a fake VRP swingarm sold by Mastercross.  He swears they are original and charges top dollar for them. And no, VRP didn't make banana swingarms Smile Smile

There is no problem selling reproduction parts. Doc Wob, Bonamigo and SpD sell high quality reproduction parts at very good prices. They are all reputable sellers and I have only heard about happy customers. There is a problem when you sell a reproduction part, claim it is original and charge original parts prices and then refuse to refund any money when the seller discovers that the part is not the genuine item as claimed.

 

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Tumic wrote:
He has been called out on Facebook many times, one thing that comes to mind were when he sold fake HRC coke bottle swing arms that...

He has been called out on Facebook many times, one thing that comes to mind were when he sold fake HRC coke bottle swing arms that ended up bending while riding. 
 

It was the same thing then, calling people liars etc. 

Redrcr34 wrote:
You beat me to it, the Mugen swingarms that he sell from the early 80s as well as the Vrp ones, not believing they are original...

You beat me to it, the Mugen swingarms that he sell from the early 80s as well as the Vrp ones, not believing they are original made from that time period. Again, I was going to buy a bit of stuff but ended up not doing it.

Tokyo_Tiddler wrote:
Good thing you didn't. Here is the outcome of a fake VRP swingarm sold by Mastercross.  He swears they are original and charges top dollar for...

Good thing you didn't. Here is the outcome of a fake VRP swingarm sold by Mastercross.  He swears they are original and charges top dollar for them. And no, VRP didn't make banana swingarms Smile Smile

There is no problem selling reproduction parts. Doc Wob, Bonamigo and SpD sell high quality reproduction parts at very good prices. They are all reputable sellers and I have only heard about happy customers. There is a problem when you sell a reproduction part, claim it is original and charge original parts prices and then refuse to refund any money when the seller discovers that the part is not the genuine item as claimed.

 

Well, I guess you could always weld some mounting tabs on top of it and use it on a 1980 CR250 once it got "banana-ed".

Seriously though, that's called "theft", regardless of where it occurs or who's doing it. And being in Italy you'd think he'd be afraid of crossing the wrong person and ending up "sleeping with the fishes". Hope you (and the others) get some justice.

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Tumic wrote:
He has been called out on Facebook many times, one thing that comes to mind were when he sold fake HRC coke bottle swing arms that...

He has been called out on Facebook many times, one thing that comes to mind were when he sold fake HRC coke bottle swing arms that ended up bending while riding. 
 

It was the same thing then, calling people liars etc. 

Redrcr34 wrote:
You beat me to it, the Mugen swingarms that he sell from the early 80s as well as the Vrp ones, not believing they are original...

You beat me to it, the Mugen swingarms that he sell from the early 80s as well as the Vrp ones, not believing they are original made from that time period. Again, I was going to buy a bit of stuff but ended up not doing it.

Tokyo_Tiddler wrote:
Good thing you didn't. Here is the outcome of a fake VRP swingarm sold by Mastercross.  He swears they are original and charges top dollar for...

Good thing you didn't. Here is the outcome of a fake VRP swingarm sold by Mastercross.  He swears they are original and charges top dollar for them. And no, VRP didn't make banana swingarms Smile Smile

There is no problem selling reproduction parts. Doc Wob, Bonamigo and SpD sell high quality reproduction parts at very good prices. They are all reputable sellers and I have only heard about happy customers. There is a problem when you sell a reproduction part, claim it is original and charge original parts prices and then refuse to refund any money when the seller discovers that the part is not the genuine item as claimed.

 

Yikes! Downright scary. 

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joleary127 6/23/2024 2:04am
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I bought a "hrc" pipe from him for my 96 cr 250...it was just a Fresno cone pipe.

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Thanks for starting this thread, I've often browsed his site and been very tempted by various parts.... glad I didn't pull the trigger.

Threads like this are invaluable 

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Hi Tokyo

I just wanted to leave you this bit of information. There is a European small claims court procedure to help with cases like this. You can file claims with relative ease and it gets transferred to a local court if they deem your case worthy. It goes up to 5000€. I hope this helps. I am planning on using it myself for an issue I have with a seller from Poland.

Best of luck!

https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/consumers-dispute-resolution/formal-legal-actions/index_en.htm

Here is some info on it.

https://e-justice.europa.eu/fileDownload.do?id=e3ac5fdb-1f3b-4994-b0b0-…

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Tokyo_Tiddler 7/20/2024 9:50am
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Jabe wrote:
Hi TokyoI just wanted to leave you this bit of information. There is a European small claims court procedure to help with cases like this. You...

Hi Tokyo

I just wanted to leave you this bit of information. There is a European small claims court procedure to help with cases like this. You can file claims with relative ease and it gets transferred to a local court if they deem your case worthy. It goes up to 5000€. I hope this helps. I am planning on using it myself for an issue I have with a seller from Poland.

Best of luck!

https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/consumers-dispute-resolution/formal-legal-actions/index_en.htm

Here is some info on it.

https://e-justice.europa.eu/fileDownload.do?id=e3ac5fdb-1f3b-4994-b0b0-…

Many thanks for sharing this info, Jabe.

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walent215 wrote:
And this is the reason I won’t use goods/services thru PayPal….  years back I sold a set of radiators on eBay to an international customer and...

And this is the reason I won’t use goods/services thru PayPal…. 
years back I sold a set of radiators on eBay to an international customer and low and behold out of the blue I get a notification from PayPal that funds had been put on hold in my account because the customer reported he had not received the parts . Ok , easy enough ,I jump through some hoops and  I provide tracking details to PayPal and voila , funds released back to my account ! After a rather small inconvenience I thought ok no worries , that was easy , but I surely wont do international selling again . 
 

Well , I don’t know , maybe a few days or a week later I get another notification for funds being locked up again from the same transaction . Now this time it’s for not selling parts as described . Wow !

After jumping through some more hoops , I had to provide PayPal with my eBay ad listing the description and pics etc to have funds released back to my account . Although I wasn’t really out any money in the end , this guy tried everything he could to scam me under the “ protection “ of PayPal goods/services ! He was delivered exactly what was described and what he paid for as clearly shown in the eBay ad , yet he fabricated stories attempting to scam me …. Unreal . 
Obviously in this case the scammer didn’t get over because I was easily able to prove I sold and delivered exactly what was advertised/described . For me it’s just not worth the headache of dealing with this type of behavior so I will not use goods/services any longer  . It’s really too bad because lots of folks on here have even missed out on some great parts at great pricing because of it . I’m sure some may argue “ if you sell and deliver what you describe then you have nothing to worry about “  LOL  … Well even when you do sell/deliver exactly what you describe your still on the hook and may have to “ prove “ your side simply because someone may want to scam under the “ protection “ of goods/services . Not worth it imo..
Anyway , sorry for the long rant but it’s a terrible thing to see people doing these types of things to honest , hard working people . 
Tokyo Tiddler , and others , im very sorry to hear about this and hope you are able to recover any or all of your losses . 
 

 

Same exact thing. The seller is not protected under goods and services. Its a double edged sword. I sold some A kit forks. The dickhead used the scratched them up sent them back within 30'days and PayPal took my money.. if people would just do business right. Non of this would happen..

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retrofun 2/28/2025 7:17pm
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We have a nick name for him, Clownio. I had to ban and block him on one of the Honda CR groups on FB. He was selling cracked rims claiming they were mint lol

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