www.fastbikegear.co.nz. Anyone used them?

[Pumba]

As per the thread title www.fastbikegear.co.nz anyone used them before.

Looking at getting some Pazzo lever for the Speed Triple.

Alternativly anyone got a good place (read cheap) to get some from?

[Kendog]

As per the thread title www.fastbikegear.co.nz anyone used them before.

Looking at getting some Pazzo lever for the Speed Triple.

Alternativly anyone got a good place (read cheap) to get some from?

We got ours from Motomummy, couldn't find a set for the FXR.

[Pumba]

Cheers Kendog. Christ at the rate I brake levers putting them on the FXR would be the last thing I would want to do.

Hmmm, bit surprised there havent been any more responses. Doesnt bode well for there business if they are practicaly unkown on the biggest biker forum in NZ

[Owl]

Didn't know they existed Pumba, but their Pazzo's are a great price at $264.

[p.dath]

The domain was first registered 12/2/2010, so they have only been around 3 months.

[Pumba]

Didn't know they existed Pumba, but their Pazzo's are a great price at $264.

No neither did I till I stumbled accros their site. I thought the price was pretty good as well.

The domain was first registered 12/2/2010, so they have only been around 3 months.

Thanks, good info.

[Robert Taylor]

Note that they are NOT an authorised Ohlins distributor, nor have they any expertise in this field and will be incapable of providing the backup service that such a high quality product should come with. Dont be fooled, they are just piggybacking onto a big US dealer. And their prices are actually more expensive.

[Pumba]

A fair and good point to make Robert. I personally had already put two and two togeather based on your comments in the suspension part of this site a month or so back

[YellowDog]

As per the thread title www.fastbikegear.co.nz anyone used them before.

Looking at getting some Pazzo lever for the Speed Triple.

Alternativly anyone got a good place (read cheap) to get some from?

I wouldn't buy from such a new outfit without a recommendation.

Pazzos are a commodity item and cheap is good. I got mine on ebay and rate them highly.

If you are looking at Ohlins stuff, best to go somewhere with expertise.

[PeeJay]

Note that they are NOT an authorised Ohlins distributor, nor have they any expertise in this field and will be incapable of providing the backup service that such a high quality product should come with. Dont be fooled, they are just piggybacking onto a big US dealer. And their prices are actually more expensive.

I take it from your comments you have first hand knowledge of their expertise and capabilities ?
Or do you just "know" because if they're not "authorised" then they cant be competent.

The only "fact" in your post is they arent an authorised Ohlins distributor, not that they claim to be, evrything else is just sour grapes and having a dig at someone elses business.

As for "Dont be fooled, they are just piggybacking onto a big US dealer" is there something underhanded about this? are they trying to fool the NZ motorcyclist? if so how?
I think 99.9% of NZ motorcyclists realise that 99.9% of the mc products they buy are sourced overseas, including Ohlins and Race tech

If you have such a problem with these "parasites" as you like to call them, who bring in Ohlins, instead of whinging about them maybe you should get stuck into Ohlins. And dont carry on about the pricing that US dealers get compared to yourself because we have heard it all before. If Ohlins cant look after you then maybe you should "piggyback" off a big US dealer if they can give you a better deal.
No doubt loyalty integrity ethics etc will come into it, but loyalty etc is a 2 way street and business is business. Why you feel you should display these admirable attributes whilst bent over is beyond me.

[OutForADuck]

Got my track bike levers from here Carl SportbikeTrackGear. The're good levers and a damn site cheaper than Pazzo's.

The ones I have on the Streetfighter are ASV's and they are awsome.... But more expensive than Pazzo's

[Robert Taylor]

I take it from your comments you have first hand knowledge of their expertise and capabilities ?
Or do you just "know" because if they're not "authorised" then they cant be competent.

The only "fact" in your post is they arent an authorised Ohlins distributor, not that they claim to be, evrything else is just sour grapes and having a dig at someone elses business.

As for "Dont be fooled, they are just piggybacking onto a big US dealer" is there something underhanded about this? are they trying to fool the NZ motorcyclist? if so how?
I think 99.9% of NZ motorcyclists realise that 99.9% of the mc products they buy are sourced overseas, including Ohlins and Race tech

If you have such a problem with these "parasites" as you like to call them, who bring in Ohlins, instead of whinging about them maybe you should get stuck into Ohlins. And dont carry on about the pricing that US dealers get compared to yourself because we have heard it all before. If Ohlins cant look after you then maybe you should "piggyback" off a big US dealer if they can give you a better deal.
No doubt loyalty integrity ethics etc will come into it, but loyalty etc is a 2 way street and business is business. Why you feel you should display these admirable attributes whilst bent over is beyond me.

1) In other posts I have stated that we have recently negotiated better pricing with Ohlins, that cuts out these parasites. No apologies for that word, that is exactly what they are.

2) They will not have competency in the product because they dont attend training schools at the factory in Sweden, nor could they as they are not an authorised distributor. Nor are they privy to continual updates, nor are they privy to a distributor access only website with a whole plethora of privileged technical info. It should never be underestimated how vital such information is to do specific work to the standards expected.

If you have never been in the wholesale side of this industry with direct links straight to the manufacturer then I guess you will have a little trouble understanding what I have said above. I dont take it lightly that I spend tens of thousands setting everything up right to be shafted by parasites that just pick the eyes out of everything, just to make money, without having proper support.

Loyalty is indeed a two way street, my business is loyal to its customers in providing excellent backup service for a highly technical product. Its a little bit different to selling fine crystal or fancy levers.

[Quasievil]

I take it from your comments you have first hand knowledge of their expertise and capabilities ?

Liam Venter from fastbiketrackgear isnt a Suspension technician at all, at least thats how I remember it when he told me about the site.

Each to there own, but for me I prefer to buy from who I know will be able to apply the correct product for the correct application along with the correct backup and service whoever that might be for the product concerned.
But thats just me.

[FastBikeGear]

Hmmm good thread....

FastBikeGear is a new business. We have been operating for just on 12 months now and only went live with our web store earlier this year. The business has very pleasingly grown faster than expected.

I am an experienced business owner. I founded and ran a multi-million dollar IT import and distribution business supporting over 500 resellers for 13 years, which I sold in 2005. A number of past customers of this business are avid motorcyclists and members of this forum and now customers of FastBikeGear.

Everybody knows that New Zealand is a small place and you only get one chance with your reputation!

While FastBikeGear does some marketing and we are providing some limited sponsorship to a couple of racers, most of our business is coming from word of mouth. A surprisingly large amount of business is already repeat business from customers.

Our target is to provide fast delivery and competitive pricing. We achieve this by running a professional business with very few unnecessary overheads and selling direct to customers (Although recently we have also started supply a subset of our product range to a few bike shops).

FastBikeGear purchases products directly from manufacturers in Italy, China, America, UK, etc ...and we also purchase some equipment from distributors in New Zealand and overseas where it makes sense to do so. We even manufacture one of our products here in New Zealand.

We make no false or misleading claims on the level of expertise or after sales expertise that we can provide.

It's not what we say or claim that will sway customers, what matters is what our customers experience and what they say about us.

Once a customer has purchased a product from us they can publish their feed back directly on our web site for anyone else to read.

If you want to know what our customers think of our service then visit www.fastbikegear.co.nz and check out what they have to say.

Many thanks to all of our customers for the great feedback so far.

I fully recognise that our business success will be determined by our customers and we know that we need to keep listening to you to improve our business and keep working hard to secure your support and win your business.

Many thanks
Liam Venter

[Bounce001]

We have bought stuff from Liam via Trademe and from his website fastbikegear. Only have good things to say! Response time was quick and items were received the next day. Awesome service and really friendly and helpful.

Keep it up Liam. Will very happily trade with you again.