I saw this product at the SSSS last September and liked it. I finally decided last week to buy 3 Clickwhips for my trip to Dumont last weekend.

I contacted Clickwhip via email asking where they were located so I could pick them up on my drive out. Don Bauman, the owner responded that he was in Redlands and could meet me at Ontario Mills mall on my way out. The timing wasn't working for us. He went out of his way and found a place he could leave the whips for me. He then changed the place to another so that it was easier for me to get in and out with my RV & trailer. I was really impressed with this type of customer service.

We showed up at the pickup location and my whips were there as promise.

I installed one on my bike and one on Bill's (bcubed) bike. Riding at Dumont, the whips performed as advertised and were very nice. On Saturday, Bill, rolled his bike at a slow speed breaking the whip. We went to put it back on and discovered that it broke the fitting as opposed to the whip shaft. Went back to camp, swapped out whips and took digital pictures of the damaged whip.

I sent Don an email on Monday with the pictures. Below are his responses (posted with permission).

why pay 26 bucks... i paid ummm NOTHING... and mine is just as good as any... basically chopped the threads off the male coupler welded the compression nut right to the male end... and then bolted the female portion of the couple to my bike... and walla...

I made 2 mounts and 5 flags out of air compressor fittings at Dixieline for less than $15...plus whatever I originally paid for the broken whips that were sitting around my garage. Great idea though, I was going to start making/selling my cheapies myself...glad to hear about someone who stands by their product and provides the customer service you should be able to expect out of any business. Wish every business handled their clients this way...

Good to hear positive stories about vendors..

Glad to see another guy found Don. I had a pretty good thread going in here a couple months ago on my experiences, all good. Don is a great guy, in business and in person.

i shoulda bought one of his whips instead of getting raped by clifford mfg. next time i know where to go, clickwhip

Got home from work today and the parts were already here. That is service. I expected them to arrive tomorrow or Monday.

Don is awesome to deal with.

I'll let you know how the lights look on Monday. running out to El Mirage in 4 hours for my nephew's bday.

Perry

neither do i... just fiddlin with some couplers and realized that hey this one fits here and this one will fit here... HOLY CRAP... i got a click whip and it cost me spare change...

Nick, your coupler, while the same principle, is a different design. You may run into problems with sand packing into yours and gumming up the works and after several months use, it will start to weaken. Don has machined a stronger design for the clickwhip on his CNC machine. I'll show you mine and we can compare next time we see each other.

While it seems Perry broke his in a very rare issue, Don has started making stronger pieces out of I believe carbon steel to address the issue. I will be picking up some for my clickwhips in the future even though I haven't had any problems. Don knew I was an aggressive rider and emailed me about the new pieces and will supply them for free.

I made some out of air fittings and they didn't last very long. My bro has the click whip and they are more sturdy.