Holy Crap !!! Parts prices.

[Manic]

Ordered two new front discs from KTM for the SMT.

R9400.
Thats excluding the pads, only discs.
 

[TheBear]

Ordered two new front discs from KTM for the SMT.

R9400.
Thats excluding the pads, only discs.
 

Eina!

Won't it be cheaper, in the long run, tor ride without brakes?   

[HeeBs]

Keep a stick and moer it into the front wheel when you need to stop 

That's what really worries me, I use a pretty small budget for my biking, now ordering parts for 10k will put my biking on hold for  a month or three !

[2wdrift]

I have a budget for food and housing and the rest goes to my motorcycle...

[Fudmucker]

Japanese motorcycle maufacturers price all their exports in US$,
irrespective of the export country.
So we don't pay R - Yen exchange, we pay Rand-dollar.
 

[DUSTRIDERS]

Ordered two new front discs from KTM for the SMT.

R9400.
Thats excluding the pads, only discs.
 

Wats fout met die oues?
Weet jou vrou hiervan?

[Manic]

Ordered two new front discs from KTM for the SMT.

R9400.
Thats excluding the pads, only discs.
 

Wats fout met die oues?
Weet jou vrou hiervan?

Ja sy weet en nee sy weet ook nie. Beter so 

Brieke voor het, wat voel soos discs wat gebuig is. Hy vat los vat los vat los kwaai, en dit word al hoe erger hoe stadiger jy ry.
Hy gee jou feedback deur die lever ook, lever hop in jou hand.

Nuwe tyres laat opsit, dis nie dit nie.
Discs laat toets, nie gebuig nie. Loop reguit soos nuwes.
Pads laat check dis nie dit nie.
Al die brake fluid laat vervang, ook nie dit nie.
Toe meet ons die dikte vd discs reg in die rondte. As ek reg kan onthou size hy 5.2mm, en dan eweskielik 4 vingers breed word hy 4.6mm. Altwee kante. So dis soos twee flatspots altwee kante, reg oormekaar op die discs 

Weet nou nog nie hoe dit gebeur nie, maar anyway.....

[katana]

Japanese motorcycle maufacturers price all their exports in US$,
irrespective of the export country.
So we don't pay R - Yen exchange, we pay Rand-dollar.
 

Whatever.  Just what I was told.

[Regis Laconi]

Presies dieselfde het met my 929 gebeer n klomp jare terug.  Ek het op gery Rhino Rally toe van Plett af.  Die jul pad geen probleme gehaad nie.  Oorgeslaap in Bloemfontein en die volgende oggend pulse my brieke laat dit kak.

Kan nie onthou wat die 2 discs met pads gekos het nie.  Maar dit was naby R 10 000 van Honda George.

[Tp007]

Ordered two new front discs from KTM for the SMT.

R9400.
Thats excluding the pads, only discs.
 

Wats fout met die oues?
Weet jou vrou hiervan?

Ja sy weet en nee sy weet ook nie. Beter so 

Brieke voor het, wat voel soos discs wat gebuig is. Hy vat los vat los vat los kwaai, en dit word al hoe erger hoe stadiger jy ry.
Hy gee jou feedback deur die lever ook, lever hop in jou hand.

Nuwe tyres laat opsit, dis nie dit nie.
Discs laat toets, nie gebuig nie. Loop reguit soos nuwes.
Pads laat check dis nie dit nie.
Al die brake fluid laat vervang, ook nie dit nie.
Toe meet ons die dikte vd discs reg in die rondte. As ek reg kan onthou size hy 5.2mm, en dan eweskielik 4 vingers breed word hy 4.6mm. Altwee kante. So dis soos twee flatspots altwee kante, reg oormekaar op die discs 

Weet nou nog nie hoe dit gebeur nie, maar anyway.....

Hotspots op die disk. Hy kry gedeeltes op die disk wat warm word en verhard en ander areas wat nie het nie, wat uneven wear op die disks veroorsaak. Selfs al laat jy die disks skim, sal hy net weer begin doen.  Enigste oplossing is vervang die disks... Wel dis my ervaring op kar remme, so neem aan dis maar selfde met fietse...

[Tiger8]

Hy vat los vat los vat los kwaai, en dit word al hoe erger hoe stadiger jy ry.
Hy gee jou feedback deur die lever ook, lever hop in jou hand.


Weet nou nog nie hoe dit gebeur nie, maar anyway.....

Manic, dit word ABS genoem....................................................................

[Manic]

Hy vat los vat los vat los kwaai, en dit word al hoe erger hoe stadiger jy ry.
Hy gee jou feedback deur die lever ook, lever hop in jou hand.


Weet nou nog nie hoe dit gebeur nie, maar anyway.....

Manic, dit word ABS genoem....................................................................

MWahahahahahah, skerp man 

Net jammer die SMT het nie ABS nie 

[Tiger8]

Hy vat los vat los vat los kwaai, en dit word al hoe erger hoe stadiger jy ry.
Hy gee jou feedback deur die lever ook, lever hop in jou hand.


Weet nou nog nie hoe dit gebeur nie, maar anyway.....

Manic, dit word ABS genoem....................................................................

MWahahahahahah, skerp man 

Net jammer die SMT het nie ABS nie 

  

[Bensien]

With the exchange rate as it is, the vehicle  industry has resorted to the razor and blade business model. To keep sales going, they sell the vehicle at close to cost and then recoup the money on after sales.

[Shaun500]

I needed two brushes for the KLE starter motor and the stealers quoted me about R 900.  Granted it comes on the plate but that's unnecessary.  I can get a complete rebuild kit on Wemoto with bushes, bearings, seals, plate, brushes etc shipped to SA for about GP 26.  I ended up buying two brushes on Ebay for R 250.  I understand the exchange rate has gone pear shaped but I feel the stealers are ripping us off big time.   

[TheBear]

With the exchange rate as it is, the vehicle  industry has resorted to the razor and blade business model. To keep sales going, they sell the vehicle at close to cost and then recoup the money on after sales.

Been doing that since my Oupa were selling Peugeots and Cirtroens for Clows in Vereeniging and he passed on in 1968.

I needed two brushes for the KLE starter motor and the stealers quoted me about R 900.  Granted it comes on the plate but that's unnecessary.  I can get a complete rebuild kit on Wemoto with bushes, bearings, seals, plate, brushes etc shipped to SA for about GP 26.  I ended up buying two brushes on Ebay for R 250.  I understand the exchange rate has gone pear shaped but I feel the stealers are ripping us off big time.   

It is called capitalism.  You charge what the market will bear.  We have gone to war to protect it.

[jaybiker]

We didn't go to war to protect rampant profiteering and price collusion, but rather to protect free competition to keep prices down.

True capitalism means selling at your keenest price to capture the market from your rivals.


.......he said, naively. 

[TheBear]

We didn't go to war to protect rampant profiteering and price collusion, but rather to protect free competition to keep prices down.

True capitalism means selling at your keenest price to capture the market from your rivals.


.......he said, naively. 

I have to agree 100% with your 

[Mr Zog]

Jeez....


If the Agent / Dealer / Stealer pays the Rand / US$ exchange rate import price, and stocks the part, then we say he is ripping us off.


If he decides fuggit, he's not going to pay R1000 for an air filter he may never sell, then we crucify him because he never has any stock and we wait months for a simple part.

eish.... I'm glad I'm not a dealer in these tough economic times.

[TheBear]

Jeez....


If the Agent / Dealer / Stealer pays the Rand / US$ exchange rate import price, and stocks the part, then we say he is ripping us off.


If he decides fuggit, he's not going to pay R1000 for an air filter he may never sell, then we crucify him because he never has any stock and we wait months for a simple part.

eish.... I'm glad I'm not a dealer in these tough economic times.

Exactly!  Human beings are very hard to please.