Now I'm very pissed off

[cambridgedan]

ok i know its not the motorbike shops fault but I binned on ma bike 16 weeks ago and the insurance looked at it and said yes they will cover it, so far so good, and then the bike shop started getting the parts in and replacing fixing etc, allgood there, so after 5 weeks i rang the bike shop to see how they were getting on, i was really starting to miss my bike by then, and they said they were just waiting on my swing arm it was on factory back order, so i waited and waited and then i rang them after another 5 weeks and they said that it had just arrived but the curier and droped it on its end between auckland and hamilton, so they had to get another one but it was going to be flown out, so angry but accepting i waited and waited and just rang again to find out where the new swing arm is and ohh what do you know its on fricken factory back order again and could be another 5 weeks, arrrrrrggggg so i have no bike at the moment which means no transport as its my main form of transport, so i am getting really annoyed and as far as i know there is crap all that i can do, except maybe ring kawasaki and complain and get no where.

[PirateJafa]

Think of it as an incentive not to crash.

[nodrog:Me]

bummer

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[cambridgedan]

Think of it as an incentive not to crash.

you say that as if i got to choose to crash, i hit some oil that i didnt see on a corner

[Finn]

Welcome to Aotearoa. We may not be the cheapest country to live in, but boy are we slow.

[marty]

considering it takes 4 days to post something from USA to NZ you're getting ripped. I'd be talking to my insurance co.

[pritch]

As someone just said to me on another matter, "The squeaky wheel gets the oil."

Be polite but start ringing everybody and don't wait five weeks between calls.

The quoted delivery times are hard to understand, I've just been quoted forty days and other stuff I get from Europe is here in a week. Mind you airfreight on a swing arm might up the price a bit.

[Ixion]

"on factory back order" means the factory haven't got any either. And are waiting for enough orders to build up to manufacture a batch .

[NordieBoy]

The bike shop orders it from the importer and the importer tells them how long it'll take...

[cambridgedan]

yea which stinks because as far as i know there is nothing that i can do but wait, or maybe try and get a temporary bike out of the curriers that damaged the swing arm, and boy if the new swing arm thats meant to be coming gets damaged in transport i wouldn't like to be living with me haha

[Mschvs]

ok i know its not the motorbike shops fault but I binned on ma bike 16 weeks ago and the insurance looked at it and said yes they will cover it, so far so good, and then the bike shop started getting the parts in and replacing fixing etc, allgood there, so after 5 weeks i rang the bike shop to see how they were getting on, i was really starting to miss my bike by then, and they said they were just waiting on my swing arm it was on factory back order, so i waited and waited and then i rang them after another 5 weeks and they said that it had just arrived but the curier and droped it on its end between auckland and hamilton, so they had to get another one but it was going to be flown out, so angry but accepting i waited and waited and just rang again to find out where the new swing arm is and ohh what do you know its on fricken factory back order again and could be another 5 weeks, arrrrrrggggg so i have no bike at the moment which means no transport as its my main form of transport, so i am getting really annoyed and as far as i know there is crap all that i can do, except maybe ring kawasaki and complain and get no where.

When a car is in for repair you get a courtesy car! Don't they have courtesy bikes?? Or at least a car to use ... if you have a car license that is!!

[sidecar bob]

Youre lucky its not an Aprilia. If you could actually find a dealership, it would be 16 weeks before they decided to see if the parts would be avaliable within 6 months.

[cambridgedan]

When a car is in for repair you get a courtesy car! Don't they have courtesy bikes?? Or at least a car to use ... if you have a car license that is!!

i wish they did but so far no luck on one of them, i am soooo glad its not an aprilla altho going at the same rate 6 months might go past quite fast,

[cambridgedan]

"on factory back order" means the factory haven't got any either. And are waiting for enough orders to build up to manufacture a batch .

i was just thinking about that and wouldn't it be smart on Kawasaki new zealand if they also got some or at least one spare swing arm in the country.

[nodrog:Me]

...wouldn't it be smart on Kawasaki new zealand if they also got some or at least one spare swing arm in the country.

why? they still get their money, no matter how long it takes.

wouldnt it be smart for you to buy 2 and keep 1 as a spare?