Waiting for bike parts

[snuffles]

After my little run in with a pice of steel on the motorway. I put my girl into the shop with instructions to make her all shiny again.

Rang yesterday after 2 weeks,....................to be told that the parts are 3 and half weeks away in Japan???????

An d ithought I had bought a fairly standard bike??????

[Skunk]

After my little run in with a pice of steel on the motorway. I put my girl into the shop with instructions to make her all shiny again.

Rang yesterday after 2 weeks,....................to be told that the parts are 3 and half weeks away in Japan???????

An d ithought I had bought a fairly standard bike??????

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1. I do it on purpose
2. I dont give a shit
3. Tell some one who cares.Tough.

Seriously, I would have thought Suzuki would hold that sort of late model parts here in NZ. What's parts are you waiting on?

[vifferman]

[insert many laughing things, pokey things and that sort of thing here]
So... you haven't bought bike parts before?
The standard reply (esp. for Honda parts) is "Sorry - that part's not in stock. That'll be three weeks, ex-Japan".

[C_A]

something that's in stock in japan should be to you in 8 days tops.

[vifferman]

something that's in stock in japan should be to you in 8 days tops.
[insert many laughing things, pokey things and that sort of thing here] :clap:

[robertydog]

I recently had some thing ex Japan in 5 days. Kool. Im glad they had the part sitting there.

[vifferman]

I recently had some thing ex Japan in 5 days. Kool. Im glad they had the part sitting there.
Didja order it yourself, or wait on a dealer to get it through normal channels?
I';ve had stuff from the US or UK in less than a week, and had stuff ordered ex-Japan by a dealer still not arrive after 7 months (subsequently obtained ex-USA in a matter of days, for about 25% of the price).

[supraman_nz]

From what I was told that was that the companies, suzuki , honda etc carry the most standard parts that are most likly to be broken with a crash that doesnt write the bike off. Other wise the will come ex - japan.
Dunno how much truth that holds

[cs363]

something that's in stock in japan should be to you in 8 days tops.


Yes, but distributors aren't going to order just one part - not cost effective. They will have order schedules, by the sound of it I'd say every two weeks or so.
Unfortunately we're a small market with a very diverse bike market, even with seemingly common models there are different colours and model updates etc.
You can certainly speed up the process by buying through EBay etc but you can run the risk of getting the wrong parts or misrepresented items.

With the way things are in the world at present I would expect distributors to be cutting a lot of non-essential stock lines back to keep costs down.

[ducatilover]

[insert many laughing things, pokey things and that sort of thing here]
So... you haven't bought bike parts before?
The standard reply (esp. for Honda parts) is "Sorry - that part's not in stock. That'll be three weeks, ex-Japan".

tell me about it...fuckin honda parts:(

[driftn]

An d ithought I had bought a fairly standard bike??????


Same here rang wgtn motor cycles for a price and availabilty on a clutch cover for my k3 thou and got told at least 3 weeks ex japan and the cost of about 350+. Ended up getting one from victorian motorcycle dismantlers for 190inc landed in 5 days.

I will never be buying new/genuine parts again.
thats my rant over thanks.

[C_A]

Yes, but distributors aren't going to order just one part - not cost effective. They will have order schedules, by the sound of it I'd say every two weeks or so.
Unfortunately we're a small market with a very diverse bike market, even with seemingly common models there are different colours and model updates etc.
You can certainly speed up the process by buying through EBay etc but you can run the risk of getting the wrong parts or misrepresented items.

With the way things are in the world at present I would expect distributors to be cutting a lot of non-essential stock lines back to keep costs down.

yeah they are i should imagine. they should offer a VOR service and DHL air freight parts though, as every car franchise offers. any lessis pathetic

[vifferman]

From what I was told that was that the companies, suzuki , honda etc carry the most standard parts that are most likly to be broken with a crash that doesnt write the bike off.
So, you'd also expect them to carry parts for common models, that are likely to need replacement as routine maintenance, eh? Things like brake caliper seals, clutch levers, screws, bulbs, etc.?
I have had to wait for VTR1000 brake caliper seals, VFR instrument bulbs (common to most Hondas, but of a wattage that's not stocked by ANY autoelectrical stores), fairing screws, clutch cover gaskets, yada yada yada...
I suspect that BlueWing Honda carry essentially NO parts at all, so they have no capital tied up in warehouse inventory. It's got so I usually don't bother - just wait till I need a couple of parts, then order those plus some fairing fasteners, bulbs, etc from an American bike store who DOES carry stock, and get them in less than a week at anything up to a quarter of the NZ price. (Although lately it's more likely to be only half the price).

[madbikeboy]

Yeah, I'm with Viff on this, I tend to order most of my parts from the US.

But... I got a bit pissed off with my traditional Suzuki dealer after getting monumentally fucked around, so I've been ordering bits from Haldanes. I needed some really obscure parts for my racebike - and despite the quirkiness of the guy behind the parts counter, he's been super efficient, and all parts have arrived in a timely manner. And the prices have been reasonable. And the quirky humour is actually kind of refreshing.

And - this is stunningly unbelievable - so far every part has been correct first time (well, except for a brake lever, but that's because I got the part and year wrong, not Haldanes fault).

Honda on the other hand - but I do have an old Honda...

[bull]

Hell thats not too bad - took 27 working days just to get a quote to fix my bike - something about Aprilia Parts people in NZ need to talk to Triumph Dealer who talks to Aprilia in Italy.

Ended up ordering parts from US 10 days was here at my door. Gotta love the internet.

[robertydog]

Didja order it yourself, or wait on a dealer to get it through normal channels?
I';ve had stuff from the US or UK in less than a week, and had stuff ordered ex-Japan by a dealer still not arrive after 7 months (subsequently obtained ex-USA in a matter of days, for about 25% of the price).

That was thru a dealer. (Yamaha) I ordered other parts myself ex USA (good old ebay) and they arrived a couple of days later.

[hang0ver]

Sounds like you are dealing with Motorad... Took a week of reminding them before they actually ordered the required part, 2.5 weeks shipping after that...

[Grizzo]

After my little run in with a pice of steel on the motorway. I put my girl into the shop with instructions to make her all shiny again.

Rang yesterday after 2 weeks,....................to be told that the parts are 3 and half weeks away in Japan???????

An d ithought I had bought a fairly standard bike??????
It took a certain bike shop here in Masterton nearly a month to get a speedo cable for my old bandit. Talk about frustrating:mad:

[vifferman]

I ordered some cush rubbers once. They checked online and said not only were there none in stock, but there were none available ex-Japan either, so they were indent only (they'd make some once they had sufficient orders). As it was a non-critical part, I decided I'd wait, and paid up front (only way they'd place an order). I was told it could be up to six months. Okaayyyyy...
So, I rang back a couple of times to check if there'd been any progress. Finally, after about 7 months, I phoned again, told them the 6 months were up. They did some checking and discovered they'd never placed the blardy order! So, they offered me the choice of waiting while they placed an order, or having a refund of my $85.
I bought them online for NZ$23, from Arizona. Got them in a few days.
And that was the last time I bought genuine Honda parts from a dealer. I will probably try buying parts again, especially if they're heavy parts, but as soon as they give me the "Sorry- not in stock, 3 weeks ex-Japan" line, I'll be on the Interdweeb.

[vgcspares]

we've a customer who will have been waiting two years come next week for some Aprilia parts ....

[cs363]

yeah they are i should imagine. they should offer a VOR service and DHL air freight parts though, as every car franchise offers. any lessis pathetic


Only problem with that is the cost, parts are mostly damn expensive now and I bet you wouldn't want to pay DHL charges on top (even if they're split up between a few different customers orders) - those bastards charge like a very wounded bull!
And one thing's for sure, no distributor is going to soak up freight charges, again one of the problems with living on a little group of islands miles from anywhere. :(

[cs363]

Yeah, I'm with Viff on this, I tend to order most of my parts from the US.

But... I got a bit pissed off with my traditional Suzuki dealer after getting monumentally fucked around, so I've been ordering bits from Haldanes. I needed some really obscure parts for my racebike - and despite the quirkiness of the guy behind the parts counter, he's been super efficient, and all parts have arrived in a timely manner. And the prices have been reasonable. And the quirky humour is actually kind of refreshing.

And - this is stunningly unbelievable - so far every part has been correct first time (well, except for a brake lever, but that's because I got the part and year wrong, not Haldanes fault).

Honda on the other hand - but I do have an old Honda...

Lol, sounds like we're in the same boat! I'm well used to ordering CBX parts off EBay or contacts in the US as I'm sure you are. However for a 29 year old bike that's to be expected.
What has amazed me is how few parts Suzuki carry for RF900's, considering they must have sold a fair swag of them over the years, not to mention the privately imported ones and this is a bike that has fairly good parts interchangeability between years.

However I must say the parts that I do order (through Scott at MR Motorcycles) have been obtained very quickly, and well within the quoted delivery times. Again, I've bought the odd bargain off EBay as well for this bike, some have been good - some not quite what I was expecting, though as I said earlier that is a risk that you take with EBay.

I believe some of the more switched on dealers have some close arrangements with overseas dealers to help obtain parts when things get difficult with normal channels.

[madbikeboy]

Lol, sounds like we're in the same boat! I'm well used to ordering CBX parts off EBay or contacts in the US as I'm sure you are. However for a 29 year old bike that's to be expected.
What has amazed me is how few parts Suzuki carry for RF900's, considering they must have sold a fair swag of them over the years, not to mention the privately imported ones and this is a bike that has fairly good parts interchangeability between years.

However I must say the parts that I do order (through Scott at MR Motorcycles) have been obtained very quickly, and well within the quoted delivery times. Again, I've bought the odd bargain off EBay as well for this bike, some have been good - some not quite what I was expecting, though as I said earlier that is a risk that you take with EBay.

I believe some of the more switched on dealers have some close arrangements with overseas dealers to help obtain parts when things get difficult with normal channels.


To be honest, I was really lucky with my CBX, it has a heap of parts in boxes with Honda labels. I haven't actually needed much for it. Most of the important parts I have spares. I'd love to find another motor and frame - the magic I could weave with that...

I still have the stock pipes and headers... And the factory repair manual...

I'll send you photos if you send me some...