Bugger/phew moment while not riding

[Horney1]

KTM Australia have one in stock ($10 approx), it will be here Tuesday afternoon, I,ll bring it over and we can organize to meet up.

Cheers circuit1. I'll definitely take that please. I've got Thursday arvo off work now & I've PM'd you.

[dino3310]

well done lads

[jafar]

Cheers circuit1. I'll definitely take that please. I've got Thursday arvo off work now & I've PM'd you.

Strange how KTM in NZ couldn't source one but Aussie had it in stock all along, seems that someone in KTM's parts department is in need of a swift kick in the slats for not finding the one in Aussie.

[circuit1]

Strange how KTM in NZ couldn't source one but Aussie had it in stock all along, seems that someone in KTM's parts department is in need of a swift kick in the slats for not finding the one in Aussie.

Funny you should say that, as I ordered it this morning at 8:30am, KTM call me back at 9:30 and tell me the one they thought they had wasn't in stock anymore (wtf), fortunately after a bit of investigative work and a few phone calls one was found on a dealer shelf in Sydney, so this bolt is on the way now.

Alls well that ends well ah

[Horney1]

Strange how KTM in NZ couldn't source one but Aussie had it in stock all along, seems that someone in KTM's parts department is in need of a swift kick in the slats for not finding the one in Aussie.

See your point jafar but, nah, it's probably better the way it worked out. If KTM got it in it would probably be in a container all weekend instead of me being in one on Saturday night .

circuit1 had to do a bit of work to find one over there to. I seems like these bolts are few and far between. Hmmm, I wonder why? Has anyone heard of any others breaking?

[Eddieb]

See your point jafar but, nah, it's probably better the way it worked out. If KTM got it in it would probably be in a container all weekend instead of me being in one on Saturday night .

circuit1 had to do a bit of work to find one over there to. I seems like these bolts are few and far between. Hmmm, I wonder why? Has anyone heard of any others breaking?

Probably not, KTM's LC8 parts supply is shit, they never have any bolts in stock for anything unless it also fits on a RFS motor.

[jafar]

Funny you should say that, as I ordered it this morning at 8:30am, KTM call me back at 9:30 and tell me the one they thought they had wasn't in stock anymore (wtf), fortunately after a bit of investigative work and a few phone calls one was found on a dealer shelf in Sydney, so this bolt is on the way now.

Alls well that ends well ah

See your point jafar but, nah, it's probably better the way it worked out. If KTM got it in it would probably be in a container all weekend instead of me being in one on Saturday night .

circuit1 had to do a bit of work to find one over there to. I seems like these bolts are few and far between. Hmmm, I wonder why? Has anyone heard of any others breaking?

Probably not, KTM's LC8 parts supply is shit, they never have any bolts in stock for anything unless it also fits on a RFS motor.

You guys are doing a lot for comsumer confidence in KTM. Crap bolts, inept parts departments on both sides of the ditch & a willingness to supply only fast moving products that get damaged on racing machines. OH I SO WANT ONE

[Horney1]

You guys are doing a lot for comsumer confidence in KTM. ........

Haha. The reality is that KTM probably would have had the part here in time but being like any business to business scenario there are many more people involved and paperwork and computers at all points giving many more opportunities for a delay (or multiple delays) or for someone to drop the ball. I've opted for what I think is a more definite transaction. Besides, I don't work for KTM, I've just owned the same one for 6 years now and had many astonishingly good times on it, clocked many many kilometers on it, some of which probably would have broken other bikes and spent many hours looking at it in the garage. It is what it is. Hopefully, I'll be out there again enjoying it this weekend.

I don't really care if anyone else does or does not want to buy a KTM as I do not need other KTMs around me to make me feel good. (actually, probably the fewer the better )

[clint640]

You guys are doing a lot for comsumer confidence in KTM. Crap bolts, inept parts departments on both sides of the ditch & a willingness to supply only fast moving products that get damaged on racing machines. OH I SO WANT ONE

Don't forget overpriced That actually applies to pretty much all bikes though. Check out the price & availablilty for the same bit on your bike & get back to us

Since my bike shares a carb with the DR650 I priced out a bunch of the same carb parts from both Suzuki & KTM a while back. There's 1000's of DR's in NZ right? Neither of them had any parts in NZ, KTM were slightly cheaper & Suzuki wouldn't sell the wear prone slide guide separately (sorry you need a whole new carb...) whereas KTM would. This is a Japanese carb too!

Cheers
Clint

[circuit1]

Don't forget overpriced That actually applies to pretty much all bikes though. Check out the price & availablilty for the same bit on your bike & get back to us

Since my bike shares a carb with the DR650 I priced out a bunch of the same carb parts from both Suzuki & KTM a while back. There's 1000's of DR's in NZ right? Neither of them had any parts in NZ, KTM were slightly cheaper & Suzuki wouldn't sell the wear prone slide guide separately (sorry you need a whole new carb...) whereas KTM would. This is a Japanese carb too!

Cheers
Clint

Sounds like a good excuse to install an fcr to me, alternately I just so happen to have a spare stock carb if you are interested ?

[jafar]

Haha. The reality is that KTM probably would have had the part here in time but being like any business to business scenario there are many more people involved and paperwork and computers at all points giving many more opportunities for a delay (or multiple delays) or for someone to drop the ball. I've opted for what I think is a more definite transaction. Besides, I don't work for KTM, I've just owned the same one for 6 years now and had many astonishingly good times on it, clocked many many kilometers on it, some of which probably would have broken other bikes and spent many hours looking at it in the garage. It is what it is. Hopefully, I'll be out there again enjoying it this weekend.

I don't really care if anyone else does or does not want to buy a KTM as I do not need other KTMs around me to make me feel good. (actually, probably the fewer the better )

The point I was making was that KTM said there was no stock this side of Austria, then you found one in their own Australian network.

Don't forget overpriced That actually applies to pretty much all bikes though. Check out the price & availablilty for the same bit on your bike & get back to us

Since my bike shares a carb with the DR650 I priced out a bunch of the same carb parts from both Suzuki & KTM a while back. There's 1000's of DR's in NZ right? Neither of them had any parts in NZ, KTM were slightly cheaper & Suzuki wouldn't sell the wear prone slide guide separately (sorry you need a whole new carb...) whereas KTM would. This is a Japanese carb too!

Cheers
Clint

I agree with you on the price of bikes, in fact the price of most road going items (cars, bikes , vans trucks , etc) . We have been paying through the nose for all these items for so long it seems normal.

I'll go one better. I broke a throttle cable on my CB1300 a while ago, the dealer contacted Blue Wing & they didn't have one, within 5 minutes Blue Wing had called back to say Aussie didn't have the part in stock either & they would have to order it in from Japan. They had the part into the country, out to the dealer & fitted within 5 working days. I didn't get billed for the airfreight, in fact I got my 15% Honda club discount.

[Horney1]

The point I was making was that KTM said there was no stock this side of Austria, then you found one in their own Australian network.

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Ah, I see the confusion, I meant NZ distributor and assumed they would get it in from Austria if I ordered it.


Anyway, bolt arrived (thank you so much circuit1), job done, feels goooood. A few other bits and pieces are also now done on the bike. As someone on the MMMMM thread mentioned, I might have a glass of wine now. Then get back into some other jobs on the bike....


hows that fcr going circuit1?

[dino3310]

this is what i love about KB
good on ya Circuit1
hope you fellas have a great ride this weekend