Chris, I suppose you don't want to hear about the hassle I had in getting a billet crank made (for my ZX12N Kawasaki). Because of the specs we set forth, nobody in this country wanted to make it - so we found Farndon, in the UK. They quoted 5-7 weeks, as I remember, with cash in advance, thank you very much. I sent the check (which I had made sure would work well overseas) and started waiting. Sure enough, their 5 - 7 weeks was almost, but not quite, correct.
It took sixteen (16!) months for the crank to arrive. Many phone calls and emails didn't do much - as far as we could tell, but then, who knows? We were at the point of having a friend, who was going visiting over there, stop by the plant (up in the Midlands, I think it was) to see and maybe touch the danged thing. He didn't go. We were about at the point of asking for consular help - thinking that maybe we had been scammed - when they finally announced that it had shipped. It was going for final polish (or was it heat-treating or nitriding?) for about 6 months.
May your adventure end much sooner. We look forward to seeing you at WoS.