Many of the sellers on TB don't use English, and even those that might, the communication back and forth, often ends up with cross-cultural miscommunication. What you think they are telling you is often vastly different to what the other party means or intends and vice-versa.

The better idea is settle on what you think you want or need from TB sellers, then use a company like Taobaofocus that MJH mentioned in post #5. They will deal with the TB seller/dealer on your behalf, ordering the items, receive the items and ship them to you, and take either a flat fee or a percentage depending on how much you are spending etc.

Most TB sellers are not in the business of shipping overseas, they often don't have the resources or contacts needed to facilitate that, and it's usually far too much work to do so. Plenty of business for most TB sellers domestically, so little incentive to offer international sales. That doesn't mean all TB sellers or dealers don't ship internationally, but in my experience only more substantive companies that have a presence on TB offer this. Any company that wants to sell to international markets, does so through Alibaba as opposed to using TB. Alibaba is B2B sales versus TB which is aimed at B2C sales. Those listed on Alibaba, are more interested in big volumes. If you wanted a container load of rear shocks, fenders/mud guards etc then, that would be your connection to do so.

At the end of the day looking at the items humanbeing provided links to in post #8, IMO the prices are not much money, so you are going to have suck it up, order/buy what YOU think is going to work for you and your situation, as given your overseas location, returning an item that is not right for the application is likely going to have to come back on you. As it stands not all TB sellers offer any return/refund policy.

Shipping overseas can be really expensive too, and this is something that you might need to organise yourself, since few TB sellers are interested etc. for the reasons already stated. That is where a company like TBfocus et al., come in. Search online, you will find other companies like TBfocus that offer the same service...