TM motorcycles

[4stroke]

id have a tm, but they so bloody expensive, be 450 big bore tho, rode one down at berm buster, was bloody mean.

[telliman]

so is tm a good bike ? was the 1st time i had seen 1 at a ride it looked nice but it failed on going great wonder if he got a bad ride the dealer should sort it out esp if only 2 weeks old

iv ridden a 300 and and man it could boogie!

[CRF119]

I freind was telling me he used to race them, they went hard while they were going but it was always shitting gear boxes etc. Id prefer my jap honda anyday. But does depend who is riding and maintaining the bikes. I know 4 mates with CRF250 all 06 and newer that have lunched crankbearings. 3 where oil related the other got over heated doing a burnout and he just kept going. One of the ones that lunched its self lasted over 30min with no oil and all.

[honda_power]

so is tm a good bike ? was the 1st time i had seen 1 at a ride it looked nice but it failed on going great wonder if he got a bad ride the dealer should sort it out esp if only 2 weeks old

hell yes. id love one of those 144's... but the 125s are 12grand... So i dont even wanna know the price of a 144

[xr-rider]

i bet he wished he had a ktm or honda or yamaha after all the dramas he had.

i guess it would be better not to make it out the car park than have problems while riding

[flyingcr250]

id trade my crf for a tm any day lol... they are bad ass

anything that comes with ohlins shock as standard cant be too bad

[warewolf]

All unauthorised parallel imports have been ceased, TM Racing New Zealand is the single New Zealand source for all TM Racing products, technical information and warranty.

I thought under the parallel importing regime, that such action was impossible (illegal?) to enforce. Or were motor vehicles exempt??

[Paulus]

I thought under the parallel importing regime, that such action was impossible (illegal?) to enforce. Or were motor vehicles exempt??

So did I. I guess we're coming in at the 11th hour on something here though. Maybe he has sown up an exclusive distribution deal of some sort?

A friend once had trouble trying to resell a parallel import pushbike tyre (Vittoria) on Trademe. All sorts of legal threats were made by the distributor and Trademe pulled the auction!

I think I'll stick to looking for a KTM 300EXC.

[CookMySock]

I thought under the parallel importing regime, that such action was impossible (illegal?) to enforce. Or were motor vehicles exempt??

I dont know if its illegal or not. Thats just standard business practice. Basically they can say what they like to scare the general public into believing their bullshit story, and that is not against the law to do this. I think its disgusting behaviour - theres no need to stoop to it just to push someone else out of business.

Steve

[warewolf]

Maybe he has sown up an exclusive distribution deal of some sort?

Can't have, if parallel importing of motor vehicles is permitted. Well, I guess he can, but he can't take legal action against a parallel importer who doesn't adhere to that exclusive deal which has no backing in law. One of the justifications for parallel importing is stopping manufacturers from predatory pricing through monopoly distribution.

Note, I am not offering an opinion on the validity of parallel importing. I'm just trying to clarify if it is permitted for motor vehicles, which would mean that this "official" TM importer would know, and hence is bald-faced lying.

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Ok, maybe I am being too harsh. They could be quite correct in stating that they are the only source... at this point in time, if there is no known parallel importer. However the statement from TM in Italy implies that there won't be anyone else.

Parallel importing doesn't exempt you from the provisions of the Consumer Guarantees Act etc; warranties are not the exclusive domain of official distributors.
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[mattwood]

went and had a look at a few in the weekend, theres a place in Hamilton that sells them 'Supercross Cycles' its on T straight. They sure look alright aye, just dont know about the bright blue and the 13k+ price tag

[Taz]

Wait for a 2nd hand one. They're so hard to sell that they'll be half the price of a CR/CRF etc.

[CRF119]

I went into super x cycles they just sell copys of every thing lol.

Ill stick with boyds Best motor bike shop in hamz (In my oppinion)

[mattwood]

I went into super x cycles they just sell copys of every thing lol.

Ill stick with boyds Best motor bike shop in hamz (In my oppinion)

yeah boyds has the best selection of gear in hamilton aye! The new honda shop has heaps as well though. Boyds normally do a deal if your buying a few things which is good

[tri boy]

I went into super x cycles they just sell copys of every thing lol.

Ill stick with boyds Best motor bike shop in hamz (In my oppinion)

How do you copy excell rims, reikon gear, Quasimoto leathers, Repsol/Mobil/ oils etc
Jen seems to really know her stuff re parts and gear, (ex Boyds, their loss).
Just wondering.