Winge

[JATZ]

that sort of thing rips my nighty, especially when you are hanging out for a ride

Y'aint got any spares have ya ? 690's use the same pads too

[Night Falcon]

Y'aint got any spares have ya ? 690's use the same pads too

I'm too poor to own spares of anything

[GSers]

There seems to be a bit of a theme going on here for all you home handy men who are working on there bikes all the time especially with consumables. When you use the last one you have sitting in the shed its time to replace it.
When you have to buy things now, beggers cant be choosers.
So most of you know that you are going to need tires filters chains sprockets in X amount of kilometers start looking for the bargains in time.
Night Falcon come on poor.
GSers

[JATZ]

There seems to be a bit of a theme going on here for all you home handy men who are working on there bikes all the time especially with consumables. When you use the last one you have sitting in the shed its time to replace it.
When you have to buy things now, beggers cant be choosers.
So most of you know that you are going to need tires filters chains sprockets in X amount of kilometers start looking for the bargains in time.
Night Falcon come on poor.
GSers

this is the "winge" thread, not the "sensible suggestions" thread

But yes... I will be getting in a spare set

[Night Falcon]

There seems to be a bit of a theme going on here for all you home handy men who are working on there bikes all the time especially with consumables. When you use the last one you have sitting in the shed its time to replace it.
When you have to buy things now, beggers cant be choosers.
So most of you know that you are going to need tires filters chains sprockets in X amount of kilometers start looking for the bargains in time.
Night Falcon come on poor.
GSers

speaking of poor...hows that poor shoulder of yours gettin on bro?

[GSers]

Still mostly broken, put it this way they haven't done anything to it yet. Finally get to see the head man at the hospital in a couple of weeks, but I had to start ratling my cage down there on Tuesday. The break looks like a Z. Ribs are alot better and the bruising is nearly all gone. I will wait and see what happens before I post photo's. Been back at work for 3 weeks now. Going OK. Bike Regos are on hold for 6 months so the tin top is it. Ride safe everyone and thanks for asking.
GSers

[Gremlin]

...we can getem ex Germany in about 14/15 days and they'll be $181+gst per side and FFS they're a consumable item like oil filters/air filters and tyres. Why is there no stock ?
FWIW after market ones are about $45 per side

All pads replaced in the GSA at 40k. BMW pads all round cost about $650, I told the workshop, standing order, I'm never buying BMW pads again. Aftermarket are max of $150 all up. Don't care if they last half as long, I'll still be up.

[Eddieb]

I hope this is a general winge thread Pete ?

I ordered some front brake pads for the 800 on Tuesday, thinking they'll be here Wednesday for me to put in so I can make sure all is good on Thursday before going for a ride on Friday (clever aye?)
Thursday night and my brake pads are in Timaru !!! WTF ? after being sent from Hamilton I knew at lunch time they wouldn't be here so rang the BMW dealer in a major South Island city to see if they had any, "Errrrr....No" they said but we can getem ex Germany in about 14/15 days and they'll be $181+gst per side and FFS they're a consumable item like oil filters/air filters and tyres. Why is there no stock ?
FWIW after market ones are about $45 per side
I could've rung the local KTM dealer as the 01=06 950's use the same pads, aswell as a few other makes including some Hondas

End of rant

So did you get a Honda or KTM OEM price quote, was there a difference?

[warewolf]

we can getem ex Germany in about 14/15 days and they'll be $181+gst per side and FFS they're a consumable item like oil filters/air filters and tyres. Why is there no stock ?
FWIW after market ones are about $45 per side

There is no stock because nobody buys OEM when they can get aftermarket for one quarter the price

To be fair to KTM, their pads are pricey but possibly the best value because they last a lot longer. The 640 rears lasted 40,000 km and I haven't worn out the fronts yet after 50,000km. The after-market pads in the 200 don't last very long, in fact the rears lost 70-80% of the material in one wet muddy 3 hour cross-country race in the 640 (I love having multiple bikes sharing common parts!!) and ended up nearly metal-to-metal. Yep, bought a set of expensive OEM pads for each bike after that episode. I'm not talking about cheap shitty pads either, but SBS sintered. OEM pads are made by Toshiba or Brembo.

$180/pair was about what I was quoted locally a couple of years ago.

[BMWST?]

I hope this is a general winge thread Pete ?

I ordered some front brake pads for the 800 on Tuesday, thinking they'll be here Wednesday for me to put in so I can make sure all is good on Thursday before going for a ride on Friday (clever aye?)
Thursday night and my brake pads are in Timaru !!! WTF ? after being sent from Hamilton I knew at lunch time they wouldn't be here so rang the BMW dealer in a major South Island city to see if they had any, "Errrrr....No" they said but we can getem ex Germany in about 14/15 days and they'll be $181+gst per side and FFS they're a consumable item like oil filters/air filters and tyres. Why is there no stock ?
FWIW after market ones are about $45 per side
I could've rung the local KTM dealer as the 01=06 950's use the same pads, aswell as a few other makes including some Hondas

End of rant

i hope you gave the dealer a tune up!No brake pads in stock for a current model?Not even at national level??

[thommo77]

I'm just gutted that Blenheim has no 'real' bike retailers. A handful of bikes for sale, hardly any gear and all about the size of your average lounge!

[JATZ]

So did you get a Honda or KTM OEM price quote, was there a difference?

No, I've been a little busy, I may look into it at some stage though

All pads replaced in the GSA at 40k. BMW pads all round cost about $650, I told the workshop, standing order, I'm never buying BMW pads again. Aftermarket are max of $150 all up. Don't care if they last half as long, I'll still be up.

My thoughts exactly now. Even if the cheaper ones last 25% of the originals it's still a no brainer, at least they have them in N.Z.

There is no stock because nobody buys OEM when they can get aftermarket for one quarter the price

To be fair to KTM, their pads are pricey but possibly the best value because they last a lot longer. The 640 rears lasted 40,000 km and I haven't worn out the fronts yet after 50,000km. The after-market pads in the 200 don't last very long, in fact the rears lost 70-80% of the material in one wet muddy 3 hour cross-country race in the 640 (I love having multiple bikes sharing common parts!!) and ended up nearly metal-to-metal. Yep, bought a set of expensive OEM pads for each bike after that episode. I'm not talking about cheap shitty pads either, but SBS sintered. OEM pads are made by Toshiba or Brembo.

$180/pair was about what I was quoted locally a couple of years ago.

Always sensible Werewolf the old ones are originals, in Travis's expert tradesmans language they'd be "hard as fuck" and he only used a wee hammer to get them out

i hope you gave the dealer a tune up!No brake pads in stock for a current model?Not even at national level??

I asked why there was none and the answer wasn't satisfactory

[umopom]

Anyone know of any overseas crowds willing to ship tyres to NZ ?

http://www.bikebandit.com/michelin-t63-motorcycle-tire

Main NZ tyre retailer has T63 for double the price

Why worry about supporting retailers wearing transparent balaclava's ?

At 800 km on T63 rear - worn real quick - be lucky get 1000 km out of it

Have a look at - www.tremx.com - have used them a couple of times and been cheap reliable and they don't care what they ship or where.
Cheers
JC

[brp]

"Nice action" Cheers - rare find finding someone willing to ship here - full stop !

But does not look like worth doing these days - T63's a US hundie and pirelli scorp $60.

Be good find someone with the buying power of the bandit willing to ship.

Put bulk kiwibiker group order in

[clint640]

Have a look at - www.tremx.com - have used them a couple of times and been cheap reliable and they don't care what they ship or where.
Cheers
JC

That looks good, I've been thinking of getting in some D606 rears for a while as they don't sell the 130/18 in NZ, looks like they'd land a couple here for around NZ$120ea which is cheaper than cheap for that size.

Cheers
Clint