Are tyres/bikes getting cheaper

[Fatjim]

When the exchange rate fell in the toilet at the beginning of the year bike and tyre prices (amongst others) seems to go through the roof.

Have they started coming back down yet?

[James Deuce]

The only people who have done the honourable thing are Harley. Honda, Yamaha, et al have all left their jacked prices intact. The Italians are distributed by people with no Customer Service ethic so their pricing is arbitrary.

[vifferman]

To be fair, wouldn't almost all the current stock have been purchased when the UnZud shekeldollar was in the doldrums?

It's a great time to buy parts and accessories via the Interdweeb though!

[James Deuce]

To be fair, wouldn't almost all the current stock have been purchased when the UnZud shekeldollar was in the doldrums?


Swings and roundabouts are something the automotive industry has never understood. The motorcycle industry less so.

[Gremlin]

It appears my Pirelli Scorpion Syncs are the same price now, as they were late last year...

[Quasievil]

It depends on when they brought there stock and indeed when and at what rate they brought their dollars, some are still buying against the dollar that was brought when it was a cross rate of 0.49 usd/nzd some still have these dollars to use up...........at the time when it was 0.40 alot of commentators suggested the dollar would get even worse, hence they brought lots of usd at a bad rate.

Then their is the recession which has without doubt affected the trading figures for many companies, the last thing they can afford to do is drop pricing, if anything they want to take the cream off the top (cream being advantage of the higher dollar) to offset the hard hit they have had throughout the year.

So no, dont hold your breath and expect anything to drop, particulary in low turn over products like bikes, gear and tyres etc, refer to the second paragraph.

Remember Margin is your friend, its what pays people wages

[Mishy]

Yes, there is a lot of stock that was purchased by wholesalers early this year which is very expensive due to the unfavourable exchange rate at the time.
Stock that is payed for in Jan (for example) arrives some months later.
It normally takes a few months for exchange rate changes to move through to retail prices, and you are seeing that now.
I know for a fact that Conti tyre prices dropped in a huge way about a month ago, and that was due to a "better priced" shipment arriving.

It's swings and roundabouts really :)