Try and buy local and and then get shot in the foot

[jellywrestler]

Yup. It's one of them "I'm with stupid" hats and an arrow pointing down

and ya hats on backwards, is that why they call ya Dumbass?

[Pseudonym]

I get most of my parts from the US, not bike bandit though… they’ll screw you on tax and shipping.
But when the parts a third of the price and here in a week as apposed to three then why would anyone get it from the local?
And the silly thing is it’s not the shop, it’s the bloody importers that fabricate the prices!
I can get a set of ASV levers for less than I can get the factory ones!
If I need gear I’ll get it here as fitting can be tricky when the pants are 20,000+km away.
Tyres, oil and things like a battery I’ll get from the local shop as I’ve been going to him for years and he’ll look after me.
And Drury is just down the road… (Sneaky plug for a mate)
I wouldn’t want to have to balance the books in a motorcycle retail shop, the workshop would be carrying a big part of the load and the rest is probably getting down to impulse purchases when you book in or pick up your bike from its service.

[Mad-V2]

It's not only new parts that are ridiculously over priced in N.Z.
I got a near new rear calliper from a wrecker in OZ, for under half the price i was quoted from all the most popular wreckers here in N.Z. (shipping included)

I worked out over the last two years I have saved almost $3500 by purchasing new and used parts offshore.
How is that possible?!

I don't see why there isn't a bike "warehouse" in a largely populated city who stocks all the most common parts (do your research) who can supply all the bike shops in N.Z.
I'm sure it would be cheaper to bring in a container load of full Yoshi systems than it would be to bring in 100 sets individually, and then share the cost somehow.
But I don't know anything about running any type of shop or importing business so can only speculate.
Would this work?

[Pseudonym]

On another site where I spend way too much time, you can set up a group buy where 10+ people who want new rear sets/end cans/levers/gloves/whatever all who want one sign up and get a bulk discount.
Why not do that here?
Gloves, boots etc would be ok but some may be bike specific but with things like levers there will be many crossovers.

I worked out over the last two years I have saved almost $3500 by purchasing new and used parts offshore.
How is that possible?!

Yea I would have spent maybe 2k offshore this year due to availability or price, or more often than not both.
Would have been closer to 5 grand over here.
In other words, I would have been walking as I don’t have the money to pay for the dreams of the Motorcycle Importer Co owner.

Reg-rec and the stator also complete with the crank angle sensor was NZ$420 shipped.
The last reg-rec I brought over here was $350, no stator, no crank angle sensor and that was maybe seven years ago!