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Post by w650 on Jan 26, 2017 11:44:35 GMT -5
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Post by spandi on Jan 27, 2017 16:56:37 GMT -5
What's the old saying? Win races on Sunday, sell cars (or motorcycles) on Monday.
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Post by pistonguy on Jan 27, 2017 19:31:07 GMT -5
I think the most exciting thing is the entrance of Indian m/c with Jammin Jared Mees at the controls. 
Two of the original Indian Wrecking Crew, Bill Tuman right and Bobby Hill  Yamaha's DT-07  |
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Post by pistonguy on Jan 27, 2017 19:35:42 GMT -5
The Crew in action.  |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Feb 3, 2017 0:14:25 GMT -5
Very cool!
Love those Kymco scoots, AND those Indian bikes!
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Post by cyborg55 on Feb 3, 2017 9:54:29 GMT -5
It's going to be an interesting year all around,,,hd's new 750 looks good ,,,just checked it out,,,getting back to the original thread the only problem I see/saw with kymco and sym as well was dealers and service and parts,,,that's one of the reasons I went genuine,,,even then their parts counter is just miserable,,,at least at the local dealer,,,I went in for a few parts and the counter queen started looking up what I needed online,,,I said "geez lady I can do that at home ,,,what am I here for again I forget",,,so I went home and ordered what I needed
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Post by w650 on Feb 3, 2017 12:13:34 GMT -5
I buy all my parts for the brand name bikes online too. Way less aggravation. It's almost as fast as buying parts online for the Chinese bikes.
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Post by rockynv on Feb 5, 2017 8:05:08 GMT -5
The local Piaggio dealers to compete don't charge shipping if you pick the parts up at the counter so that ends up costing quite a bit less than purchasing on-line.
One item I needed cost over $100 from the on-line resources and then there was shipping added to that however the local dealer got the same part number directly from Piaggio's warehouse in Georgia for quite a bit less than $100 with no additional charge for shipping.
You have to vet out your local dealers and you may be surprised at how many are now competing aggressively with the on-line sources to get you into the dealerships.
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Post by w650 on Feb 5, 2017 21:19:58 GMT -5
I originally ordered a Honda starter motor for the Nighthawk from online at $335. Out of curiosity I went to ebay and found a Chinese clone starter for $56. Works fine so far and returning the Honda starter put a bunch of bucks back in my pocket.
I was thinking of putting a real Helix starter on my CF Moto when it gave up. How about $425? Parts for Scooters sold me one at around $60 or so.
Recently my daughter's Rebel needed a crank seal. I dislike my local Honda dealer so I took it to my local Kawasaki dealer to fix. So guess what? They sourced the seal from a Honda dealer. It only took a month to come. Just for laughs I ordered the seal online. It came in a week.
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Post by rockynv on Feb 6, 2017 4:59:06 GMT -5
On starters I first check out a local starter and alternator re-builder who most times will sell me the parts to repair the starters for around $25 and it usually will be waiting at the counter for me on the same day or within 24 hours while having them take care of it for me is usually less than $100 and they actually guarantee their work for three years compared to the 0 to 9O days you get from most online vendors. When I lived in the Boston Area I would forgo the dealerships and head straight for the industrial supply (Atlantic Tracy?) which was in walking distance of where I lived and after a minute verifying the seals number and dimensions with a set of calipers would walk out with a better seal for a fraction of the cost of one from a dealership. Only a few seals or bearing are really custom to one particular brand of bike or even just to bikes and come from the general catalog of standard seals and bearings. Thankfully there are many choices that can be found to support the local economy that won't cost MegaBucks. BTW: Why does the forum software substitute a Yuk or other Emoticon when you use a number such as  (9O) forcing you to use a capital letter to approximate the zero? |
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Post by w650 on Feb 6, 2017 8:02:49 GMT -5
If lived in NYC again that might be the case but when lived in Deposit, you were in the boonies. In NYC there was everything and I had a British gas furnace blower motor rebuilt for the Condo we lived in. Everything was easy-peasy there. Not so easy in the sticks. I lived and died on what I could get online.
It was why I bought a Chinese scooter originally. Binghamton was 40 miles away and there was only a Harley and Honda dealer. To put it in perspective the nearest dealers with Chinese scooters that I could locate was either in Buffalo or New Haven, CT.
A year after I bought the Bashan the Honda dealer took on Kymco but by then I didn't need it. The Bashan and I were sympatico by then.
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Post by rockynv on Feb 6, 2017 12:54:46 GMT -5
I maintained a string of woodworking factories most of which were built before the Civil War so every repair was an adventure with the WayBack Machine. Online didn't work out as well as pounding the pavement visiting the GoodOl'Boys to find parts that were close enough. I did a number of conversions to electric of the old water and steam powered equipment. Was still firing up the Dillon 40 foot steam engine to heat one plant that encompased about 4 city blocks.
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Post by w650 on Feb 6, 2017 13:30:38 GMT -5
If I the resources nearby like I did in "the City" anything is possible. Out in the Sticks the knowledge and available parts is severely limited.
That furnace blower motor rebuilder was an absolute Gem. Each Co-Op in the building had it's own hot water/heat furnace and we kept it going through tenacity and available craftsmen. When we moved out we had the only original system in the entire Co-Op. everyone else had replaced it with something more modern and parts available.
And BTW, I bought a starter motor and stator for the Kymco online. The local dealer was useless. It also got/needed a new 72cc barrel and piston from being run dry of Two stroke oil. It came from Ebay.
Again. If I was still in NYC those parts may have been available. Not in upstate NY.
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Post by rockynv on Feb 6, 2017 21:29:18 GMT -5
That's too bad. Even out in the boondocks near Alabama's Grand Canyon or the rurals outside Cuseta Georgia I didn't find it that bad. All had a local mom and pop electric motor/starter re-builder along with their sources for bearings and seals. I once got stuck having to camp out on an abandoned airfield and the good ol boys came through with every odd ball part needed to get me going in short time and for cheap too be it for the bikes, F53 Bus or anything else.
Guess I have led a charmed life or scared folks so bad they'd do anything to get me on my way out of there.
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(9O) forcing you to use a capital letter to approximate the zero?