Aftermarket parts shopping?

[Grant`]

I seem to have this compulsive problem of buying bits and bobs to continue modifying my bike.

I have been shopping on E-Bay and also European websites for differing things for my bike almost to an excessive extent. Normally at least 1-2 new things each week as of late.

Do other people have this problem or is it just a woman thing and that is possibly what I am turning into?

[The Singing Chef]

If i had a nice bike...and the money..then i would...means you can "accessorize"

[Grant`]

If i had a nice bike...and the money..then i would...means you can "accessorize"

Well I have the money, although I could utilise it on other more important things I just don't and spend it on my bike.

[The Singing Chef]

Well I have the money, although I could utilise it on other more important things I just don't and spend it on my bike.

Yea i hear ya, i just spend more and more shit, kinda fun really, till you realise you don't really need it

[bogan]

I seem to have this compulsive problem of buying bits and bobs to continue modifying my bike.

I have been shopping on E-Bay and also European websites for differing things for my bike almost to an excessive extent. Normally at least 1-2 new things each week as of late.

Do other people have this problem or is it just a woman thing and that is possibly what I am turning into?

I have the same problem solution, currently got 500 bucks worth of stuff on the way What sort of bike/mods you got/doing?

[Grant`]

I have a Honda CB1000R Predator.

Current mods include.

Radiator Guard
2 bros black series exhaust
Carbon Fibre rear hugger
Tail Tidy
Pack Rack (if you can call it a mod)
Light Guard
De-Cat Pipe
Heated Handgrips

Arrived but yet to be installed.

Power Commander V

Ordered and waiting on delivery

Shorty Levers
Integrated rear indicator/tail light unit
Reservoir socks (Waste of fucking money but why not)
Frame Sliders

Thats just what I have brought for the bike off the top of my head, I have also brought gear for me as well.

2 Piece Leathers
Gore Tex Gloves
Rain Suit.

However in all this time spent trawling websites for bargains, I have managed to do13,000k on the bike since I got it mid December so it does a fair amount of travelling around also.

[bogan]

Nice bike that. Trying to think what else you could do, but looks as if you got it covered!

[Grant`]

Nice bike that. Trying to think what else you could do, but looks as if you got it covered!

3 other things I want and I am fairly well sorted. Bar End Mirrors, steering damper and adjustable rearsets.
However the steering damper and rearset have to come out of europe due to being a euro model bike and well the price is putting me off at the moment.

[bogan]

3 other things I want and I am fairly well sorted. Bar End Mirrors, steering damper and adjustable rearsets.
However the steering damper and rearset have to come out of europe due to being a euro model bike and well the price is putting me off at the moment.

There isn't more generic rearset options that will fit? We see many different ones put on RC31 on another forum, I think somebody did some ZX9 pillion pegs even.

[Grant`]

Can't say that I have looked at modifying another type of rearset at all. Could be an option if prices don't improve for euro one.

[Robert Taylor]

I seem to have this compulsive problem of buying bits and bobs to continue modifying my bike.

I have been shopping on E-Bay and also European websites for differing things for my bike almost to an excessive extent. Normally at least 1-2 new things each week as of late.

Do other people have this problem or is it just a woman thing and that is possibly what I am turning into?

Is the business that you are employed in adversely affected by people bypassing it and buying offshore? Thereby threatening its ability to employ staff or even its survival? Where do all these people go?
I believe that with nearly all consumer products ( not only motorcycle gear ) this has reached epidemic proportions, thats without anyone emotively chiming in that ''goods and services are too expensive in NZ'' The reasons are far more complex and I have no wish to get into a slanging match with any keyboard jockies with a belligerent mentality.
Id just like to hear if anyone actually cares about this negative by-product.

[jaffaonajappa]

Time to buy a 2nd bike Grant...and that van. Trackbike
Then you can spend as much as you want...and not worry about reaching the end of the 'must-have' list :P

[jaffaonajappa]

Is the business that you are employed in adversely affected by people bypassing it and buying offshore? Thereby threatening its ability to employ staff or even its survival? Where do all these people go?
I believe that with nearly all consumer products ( not only motorcycle gear ) this has reached epidemic proportions, thats without anyone emotively chiming in that ''goods and services are too expensive in NZ'' The reasons are far more complex and I have no wish to get into a slanging match with any keyboard jockies with a belligerent mentality.
Id just like to hear if anyone actually cares about this negative by-product.

Hi Robert,
Yeah, suspect 90% of us would be concerned about it....and most of us (I think) are aware of it to some extent.
But the current environment - kiwis (like almost all nationalities) think short-term, and think 'me me now now'. I am one of them. I am not willing to take a hit financially in the short and medium term, in order to help sustain the local retailers, unless they offer me something 'extra'. By extra, I mean the shopping experience really...the chance to go in and Look at their gears, hold them, touch them, compare them, and only then will I purchase from them.
Am afraid I would purchase from a US or UK internet supplier, before a kiwi internet supplier, every time the overseas guy offers it cheaper.

Edit. The only option other than local retailers offering something 'extra', would be for some form of government protection to the local industry. Even in industries that export and make money....all recent govt have headed in the opposite direction - kiwis are encouraged to embrace the Free Market philosophy with open arms......stuff the short term consequences. Yeah....sometimes it strikes me as a new age socialism PC Greenie thing. Do you have a solution or recommendation?

[2wheeldrifter]

Do other people have this problem or is it just a woman thing and that is possibly what I am turning into?

Well not sure as you are turning into a woman, more like a man who cross dresses... which does seem to fit the criteria of owing a Honda..




Anyway post a pic.................. of the bike!

[Gremlin]

Is the business that you are employed in adversely affected by people bypassing it and buying offshore?

For me... no. We're service based, so we're selling our skills to fix problems... IT.

Yes Grant, you're perfectly normal. Try buying the bike, and before you've collected it, you've sent the dealer a care package (gear removed from your last bike) that takes them 8 hours of labour to fit. Then you continue buying more stuff.

First couple of months was like that for me. The accessories weigh in around 5-10kg, but all useful.

And for Robert, the stuff available here, GPS, Baehr etc, has been bought locally, as I sure need the support for wiring and fitting plus extra parts. Numerous accessories courtesy of Touratech, Twisted Throttle and AdvDesigns simply aren't available here.