Mail order parts.

[car]

Anyone got any pro or con recommendations for mail-order spares and consumables? Just bought an old (new to me, woohoo) ZXR750H2 that needs a replacement front left disc, and I'm thinking four new pads and enough DOT4 to flush out front and rear brakes and clutch, plus an oil change. You know, new owner's fettle.

Cheers.

[degrom]

http://www.bikebandit.com/

Bikebandit is a good place to start... Just to get an idea of price...

Hope this could help.

[car]

http://www.bikebandit.com/

Bikebandit is a good place to start... Just to get an idea of price...

Hope this could help.

Cool. Nice site, nice to see schematics like that. Funnily enough, as I was inspecting the front discs it struck me as odd that they were exactly the same -- drilling pattern the same, so because they were fitted either side of the wheel, one set of holes spiralling in, the other out. Looking at these schematics, it appears that there are different left and right discs, as I'd expected, and they're directional.

I guess I'll be pulling part numbers before thinking about ordering, because I don't want two of the same again...

Cheers,

Chris.

[Dadpole]

Don't forget to check the shipping costs. I came close to buying from the US, then found the shipping cost was as much as the parts (Fedex I think)

[degrom]

Yes... It's a good idea add a few people's orders together. I wanted to buy spokes for my GN and the price was really good. But with shipping (was the same as the cost of the parts) it was $10 less than buying local.

[imdying]

Looking at these schematics, it appears that there are different left and right discs, as I'd expected, and they're directional.

Don't worry, it's a cosmetic thing, and it won't cause any trouble having two of one side on your bike.

[car]

Don't worry, it's a cosmetic thing, and it won't cause any trouble having two of one side on your bike.

Okay. I had figured that, at worst, it'd slightly reduce the speed at which water was cleared from a wet disc. Now that I come to type this, I find that I don't actually know why they're drilled, and have always assumed that it's for clearing surface water on the first turn through of a wet disc.

Currently, though, this is small potatoes compared to the slight warp in one of them. A noticeable judder at high speed, under heavy brakes, and it just about bounces the front end when braking low speed to halt. If I'm gonna buy a single OEM disc, I might as well buy the one I don't have, but looking at prices, I can get a couple of pattern EBCs for less than a single Kwak disc. I'm a bit superstitious about changing stuff like this in pairs.

None the less, the ride home (Christchurch to Wanaka) was fun, and my skills are so rusty that I was well within available stopping power at all times. The sun came out for the hour and a half this morning, and I was just getting into the groove through the Lindis Pass. Bliss.

Those chipseal roads don't half chew at the tyres, though.

[imdying]

It wouldn't give any trouble changing only one, they're bolted to the same wheel, and it won't 'pull' in one direction as it would on a car. But having said that, they're both the same age, and if a jobs worth doing....