Gravity still sucks

[Silage]

Last weekend I got the GS out of the shed, set it carefully on its stand and left it idling and went back to get the helmet. Then {dull thud} and it is on its side having fallen on the opposite side of the stand. Suspect the front wheel moved a bit and it was too upright

Brake lever end and mirror broken but nothing else {whew}. Suzuki got the parts from Auckland and $170 later its just like new.

Did a web search on the brake lever for comparison and {XYZ} Discounter in the US sells them for $42 which is about the same translated as what I paid here thru the dealer ($68). Have others found Suzuki NZs prices to be pretty sharp?

[Jantar]

Fortunately I haven't had to buy any parts for my GS1200 yet, but for my RE5 I just go straight to USA for any bits. Much cheaper than trying trying to get anything through Suzuki NZ.

I have had my GS1200 fall over once, on its left side. Fortunately there was no damage as it was a soft landing onto grass, and the Givi luggage took all the weight.

[Drew]

Zuki parts have always been pretty good methinks. I just did a top end rebuild on my mates GSX750, and the most costly bits were the rings, at $240 for all four sets. I thought that was pretty bloody good, considering the thing is twenty years old!
My Yamaha on the other hand..... cough f#*kin overpriced, anurism cough cough...

[nsrpaul]

wanna try honda parts , honda owners have the luxury of dealing thru the only distrbuter not owned by honda , and therefore get screwed for prices,
I'd never buy thru honda nz ever again , they don't want my bussiness anyway , why else would they tell me the parts don't exist the last 4 times I tried to order nsr bits , got them straight away elsewhere

ok , rant over

[Bonez]

Zuki parts have always been pretty good methinks. I just did a top end rebuild on my mates GSX750, and the most costly bits were the rings, at $240 for all four sets. I thought that was pretty bloody good, considering the thing is twenty years old!
My Yamaha on the other hand..... cough f#*kin overpriced, anurism cough cough...

How much was a top gasket set?

[geoffm]

Suzuki parts seem to be fairly consistant aound the world. on the RG500 mailing list, there was a thread on gearbox gear prices. Not parts that were used in other models, nor were a lot of the bikes made. The NZ price (through Colemans) was the same as Canada and elsewhere, allowing for the exchange rate.
BMW parts on the other hand are always higher in NZ than overseas. US BMW parts prices varied and depended on the item but were slightly less (10%) than NZ, but direct from Siebenrock.de in Germany, the prices were consistantly 30% less than NZ. Since BMW NZ doesn't actually care about bikes, and doesn't keep parts, you may as well save some money and order from overseas yourself as it will take the same amount of time to arrive.
Haven't seriously looked overseas for Yamaha parts, but RD parts used to be cheaper in the UK. I suspect this has changed, as the UK is mega expensive now.
Geoff

[Dafe]

Gravity ain't so bad!!! Have you ever tried riding your motorbike inside a vacuum?
Sure you can improve your fuel economy immensely just by gliding but at least you ain't gonna run the risk of missing the a corner and drifting into the atmosphere and fryin your ass on the way to orbit.
Sorry bout the bike, I always fear that'll happen to me someday! My other fear is parking on a sloped hill and the bike doesn't get much tilt toward the gearstand side (Frikkin hate that!) you walk off wondering if some anal windgust is gonna appear from nowhere!

[Big Dave]

Gravity ain't so bad!!! Have you ever tried riding your motorbike inside a vacuum?
Sure you can improve your fuel economy immensely just by gliding but at least you ain't gonna run the risk of missing the a corner and drifting into the atmosphere and fryin your ass on the way to orbit.

I take your point - However, there is still gravity in a vacuum. Newton said there is gravity everywhere in the universe - regardless of molecular density or composition.

[Dafe]

This is true, on earth the closest we can replicate to a true vacuum is 10N metres squared to an exponential -8. As commonly used in train braking systems.
But, a vacuum is not truely a vacuum if the space is not totally devoid of any matter. Thats what I said!

[Big Dave]

This is true, on earth the closest we can replicate to a true vacuum is 10N metres squared to an exponential -8. As commonly used in train braking systems.
But, a vacuum is not truely a vacuum if the space is not totally devoid of any matter. Thats what I said!

Now that sucks. cheers

[Eddieb]

wanna try honda parts , honda owners have the luxury of dealing thru the only distrbuter not owned by honda , and therefore get screwed for prices,
I'd never buy thru honda nz ever again , they don't want my bussiness anyway , why else would they tell me the parts don't exist the last 4 times I tried to order nsr bits , got them straight away elsewhere

ok , rant over

Try the Parts guys at Boyds in Hamilton. I've never bought there but people I know reckon they are always good for prices.

[vifferman]

wanna try honda parts , honda owners have the luxury of dealing thru the only distrbuter not owned by honda , and therefore get screwed for prices,
I'd never buy thru honda nz ever again , they don't want my bussiness anyway , why else would they tell me the parts don't exist the last 4 times I tried to order nsr bits , got them straight away elsewhere

True enough.
When I was after a throttle position sensor for my VTR, I asked a mate in Sydney to get a price for me. It was significantly cheaper than here (even allowing for GST and exchange rate), and Aus Honda said "2 weeks ex-Japan", whereas NZ Honda said "3+ weeks, ex-Japan." In the end, I bought a new one and two (new) camchain tensioners from a guy in the UK, for a total price of less than the TPS here, and had them in less than 2 weeks, even though I chose the cheapest freight option.

I have a friend with a CBX750. One dealer here was so useless he didn't even bother trying them (ordered parts still hadn't arrived after three months and numerous calls); the other said, "Oh - we don't bother with parts for Hondas more than 10 years old!".

[nsrpaul]

try this
$3000 + quote for an nsr crank from the local honda dealer

$1050 landed hear direct from shop in japan , also 3 yrs ago when $ was worth less

my local honda dealer is particulary bad tho , cause my local yamaha dealer gets me honda parts 10 - 20% less

and the honda dealer told me that honda don't make 2 stroke road bikes and that the only nsr they make was the gp bike , even when i rode there on one he still didnt belive me, fuckwit!!!!

[Silage]

my local honda dealer is particulary bad tho , cause my local yamaha dealer gets me honda parts 10 - 20% less

Mebe you should get your friendly Suzuki dealer to phone the Yamaha dealer to order your Honda parts (that are really relabeled Harley stuff made in China).