offensive genuine parts prices

[Lou Girardin]

Consumers (us) demand quality and we're prepared to pay for it, the manufactures get bulk parts at discount prices for the lastest and greatest and sell you your brand new 20k bike... when it breaks the manufactures of the bike get their suppliers to send your new part to you... but because you only want one... your gonna pay , because a 20k bike with no lights is not much use.
This is only my opinion tho

This isn't quite correct. Spare parts incur various holding costs that the parts used to build the bike don't. Then add all the margins the various middlemen want between the manufacturer and our little retailers in NZ. Plus just a slight amount of sexual violation rather than out and out rape, and you've got current pricing.
Some NZ distributors are worse than others though.

[Mattyc]

yep.. people my age INVENTED email.. and road rage...and beating up skinny mouthy motherfuckers for thier pocket money

Haha, Nice work Sarge

[tracyprier]

For my Beemer. 2 sets of front brake disc bobbins; aftermarket Italian-made ones from the UK, with shipping just under $100NZ. Genuine ones sourced here... $270!!! Guess where I got mine from???

[Sniper]

TonyB imports good gear at fantastic prices PM him or his alias MotoEquip

[vifferman]

Its takes 6 to 7 days from Japan to NZ , and a couple of day to come from the warehouse ..
If you give me the Kawasaki frame number and if its listed I can give you a quote ..though Zadok tried and I couldnt find the number ,,and me mate is on holiday till next week and him being the man who knows frame numbers,,,,,,
But for all else I just ring up the bike shop ..* I have a good one ,,he runs the local MX park ,,so doesnt make a profit on spares ,,and I mean Doesnt !!!!*

Me ..I bought an Enfield ,,,the prices for spares on those are ,,,,Dirt cheap ,,,

Gearbox LAyshaft ,,,75 dollars in stock,,,,Whole clutch drum ...115 dollars in stock
Cylinder head gasket copper ,,,5 dollars ,,as in FIVE dollars ( and its reusable to )

Me ,,,If I cant get a satifactory service ,,from a NZ supplier ,,,( and to date ,,,the only 2 reliable ones I have delt with are F1 Enginering..and The Enfield dealer in Auckland ,,,,Very Very good Service ,,,)..I deal over the internet ,,,America ,,charges to much for shipping ,,,,

So with a bit of Shopping around ,,this 4 weeks wait and ,,,,what ever ,,,shouldnt be a prob ...BTW parts books are available over the net ...I buy them cheap on Japan yahoo ,,,Yamaha ones are a bit pricy ,,for some reason

Stephen

What about commas - how much do you pay for those?
I'm guessing you buy them by the truckload.
If you like, I can help you get rid of them faster by showing you how to eat them with the [Del] and [Backspace] keys?

[Monsterbishi]

$115 for a fuel pump cradle gasket for my YZF750R, rather unique in it's design, so no generic copies available, I don't really mind though, considering how much bang for your buck our bikes are.

[kerryg]

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Some NZ distributors are worse than others though.

Yeah.....like Triumph??

I know someone.... who knows someone..... who was the service manager at a certain large prestige car dealership and he said that parts are where the margins are. The cars don't have fat margins for the importers, so they gouge you on the parts. Sounds plausible.

[kerryg]

What about commas - how much do you pay for those?
I'm guessing you buy them by the truckload.
If you like, I can help you get rid of them faster by showing you how to eat them with the [Del] and [Backspace] keys?

You're a clever sarcastic bastard Vifferman. I think he's an English teacher too.......

[Lou Girardin]

I know someone.... who knows someone..... who was the service manager at a certain large prestige car dealership and he said that parts are where the margins are. The cars don't have fat margins for the importers, so they gouge you on the parts. Sounds plausible.

True. I've just heard what the margins are on our bikes. SFA!

[R1madness]

Its NOT the DEALERS (this time) at fault. MOST of them only charge list price on parts. Make a few price comparisums on genuine and see who is jacking up the price and dont deal with them.
Yes new bike margins are SFA its the trade in that can make the deal for a dealer...... if they can turn it over for a profit as well as move it before the 20th of the following month when they need to pay for the new one if they were lucky enough not to have had it in stock for long.

[R1madness]

However the IMPORTERS do have a decent margin in NEW BIKEs otherwise i could buy a NEW 2006 R1 for $18850including GST. Thats what i would have to pay list price (not discounted) if i purchased one in USA and added GST to that (yes that is converted into NZ dollars and uses todays exchange rate) so whats the extra $4000 for? Shipping???????

[Lou Girardin]

However the IMPORTERS do have a decent margin in NEW BIKEs otherwise i could buy a NEW 2006 R1 for $18850including GST. Thats what i would have to pay list price (not discounted) if i purchased one in USA and added GST to that (yes that is converted into NZ dollars and uses todays exchange rate) so whats the extra $4000 for? Shipping???????

Yeah yeah yeah, same old story. When our distributors can sell a gazillion bikes a year, they'll be able to buy and sell cheaper too.
Shit people, we live in a forgotten under-populated little island at the end of the world. Get used to it.

[Sniper]

In the end though, when there are no other places to go, we have to have our nuts squeezed in a vice and pay up. It sucks but the importers do control a shit load.

[Brian d marge]

What about commas - how much do you pay for those?
I'm guessing you buy them by the truckload.
If you like, I can help you get rid of them faster by showing you how to eat them with the [Del] and [Backspace] keys?

No the commas are free ! So are Full stops . The good thing about any language is you are free to with it what you want ,,,( theres a few more for your collection ,,,,)

Anyway Yes I am .... * Note changed to Full stops there * an English teacher. My Day Job is a Motorcycle Engineer. So that would make my complete lack quality control in the spelling grammer and the give a shit dept, quite an appaling crime against society .

To address the DEL and BackSpace issue, I would be Delighted as my computer is Japanese, therefore the keyboard being western the delete and backspace keys are not where they should be ...for example the @ mark it Shift 2 ,,,far removed from the single key it occupies on the left of said keyboard. So if you can Help me set up the keyboard I would in fact be delighted.

Finally. the point of your witty reposte was ??? ( well its mid week so why not use a few ? , I have a few Spare )
My post contained 3, yes 3 ! points
1 I would help anyone find out how much the spares were
2 I didnt buy Japanese and therefore save a bundle
3 Use the Internet and Shop around

Your post contained ( insert either commas or witty reply ) ?

Stephen

[kerryg]

Anyway Yes I am .... * Note changed to Full stops there * an English teacher.

Stephen

Mate, take a deep breath, I intended no offence, just taking the piss . Sorry if it got up your nose though...but perhaps you're being just a tad over-sensitive?

As for Vifferman giving you stick about your punctuation, he can speak for himself but I didn't see anything more than good-natured mickey-taking going on there...