Waiting for bike parts

[snuffles]

After my little run in with a pice of steel on the motorway. I put my girl into the shop with instructions to make her all shiny again.

Rang yesterday after 2 weeks,....................to be told that the parts are 3 and half weeks away in Japan???????

An d ithought I had bought a fairly standard bike??????

[Skunk]

After my little run in with a pice of steel on the motorway. I put my girl into the shop with instructions to make her all shiny again.

Rang yesterday after 2 weeks,....................to be told that the parts are 3 and half weeks away in Japan???????

An d ithought I had bought a fairly standard bike??????

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1. I do it on purpose
2. I dont give a shit
3. Tell some one who cares.

Tough.

Seriously, I would have thought Suzuki would hold that sort of late model parts here in NZ. What's parts are you waiting on?

[vifferman]

[insert many laughing things, pokey things and that sort of thing here]
So... you haven't bought bike parts before?
The standard reply (esp. for Honda parts) is "Sorry - that part's not in stock. That'll be three weeks, ex-Japan".

[C_A]

something that's in stock in japan should be to you in 8 days tops.

[vifferman]

something that's in stock in japan should be to you in 8 days tops.

[insert many laughing things, pokey things and that sort of thing here]

[robertydog]

I recently had some thing ex Japan in 5 days. Kool. Im glad they had the part sitting there.

[vifferman]

I recently had some thing ex Japan in 5 days. Kool. Im glad they had the part sitting there.

Didja order it yourself, or wait on a dealer to get it through normal channels?
I';ve had stuff from the US or UK in less than a week, and had stuff ordered ex-Japan by a dealer still not arrive after 7 months (subsequently obtained ex-USA in a matter of days, for about 25% of the price).

[supraman_nz]

From what I was told that was that the companies, suzuki , honda etc carry the most standard parts that are most likly to be broken with a crash that doesnt write the bike off. Other wise the will come ex - japan.
Dunno how much truth that holds

[cs363]

something that's in stock in japan should be to you in 8 days tops.

Yes, but distributors aren't going to order just one part - not cost effective. They will have order schedules, by the sound of it I'd say every two weeks or so.
Unfortunately we're a small market with a very diverse bike market, even with seemingly common models there are different colours and model updates etc.
You can certainly speed up the process by buying through EBay etc but you can run the risk of getting the wrong parts or misrepresented items.

With the way things are in the world at present I would expect distributors to be cutting a lot of non-essential stock lines back to keep costs down.

[ducatilover]

[insert many laughing things, pokey things and that sort of thing here]
So... you haven't bought bike parts before?
The standard reply (esp. for Honda parts) is "Sorry - that part's not in stock. That'll be three weeks, ex-Japan".

tell me about it...fuckin honda parts

[driftn]

An d ithought I had bought a fairly standard bike??????

Same here rang wgtn motor cycles for a price and availabilty on a clutch cover for my k3 thou and got told at least 3 weeks ex japan and the cost of about 350+. Ended up getting one from victorian motorcycle dismantlers for 190inc landed in 5 days.

I will never be buying new/genuine parts again.
thats my rant over thanks.

[C_A]

Yes, but distributors aren't going to order just one part - not cost effective. They will have order schedules, by the sound of it I'd say every two weeks or so.
Unfortunately we're a small market with a very diverse bike market, even with seemingly common models there are different colours and model updates etc.
You can certainly speed up the process by buying through EBay etc but you can run the risk of getting the wrong parts or misrepresented items.

With the way things are in the world at present I would expect distributors to be cutting a lot of non-essential stock lines back to keep costs down.

yeah they are i should imagine. they should offer a VOR service and DHL air freight parts though, as every car franchise offers. any lessis pathetic

[vifferman]

From what I was told that was that the companies, suzuki , honda etc carry the most standard parts that are most likly to be broken with a crash that doesnt write the bike off.

So, you'd also expect them to carry parts for common models, that are likely to need replacement as routine maintenance, eh? Things like brake caliper seals, clutch levers, screws, bulbs, etc.?
I have had to wait for VTR1000 brake caliper seals, VFR instrument bulbs (common to most Hondas, but of a wattage that's not stocked by ANY autoelectrical stores), fairing screws, clutch cover gaskets, yada yada yada...
I suspect that BlueWing Honda carry essentially NO parts at all, so they have no capital tied up in warehouse inventory. It's got so I usually don't bother - just wait till I need a couple of parts, then order those plus some fairing fasteners, bulbs, etc from an American bike store who DOES carry stock, and get them in less than a week at anything up to a quarter of the NZ price. (Although lately it's more likely to be only half the price).

[madbikeboy]

Yeah, I'm with Viff on this, I tend to order most of my parts from the US.

But... I got a bit pissed off with my traditional Suzuki dealer after getting monumentally fucked around, so I've been ordering bits from Haldanes. I needed some really obscure parts for my racebike - and despite the quirkiness of the guy behind the parts counter, he's been super efficient, and all parts have arrived in a timely manner. And the prices have been reasonable. And the quirky humour is actually kind of refreshing.

And - this is stunningly unbelievable - so far every part has been correct first time (well, except for a brake lever, but that's because I got the part and year wrong, not Haldanes fault).

Honda on the other hand - but I do have an old Honda...

[bull]

Hell thats not too bad - took 27 working days just to get a quote to fix my bike - something about Aprilia Parts people in NZ need to talk to Triumph Dealer who talks to Aprilia in Italy.

Ended up ordering parts from US 10 days was here at my door. Gotta love the internet.