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General => In General... => Topic started by: Rider1958 on February 02, 2011, 02:09:07 AM

Title: Best place to buy parts?
Post by: Rider1958 on February 02, 2011, 02:09:07 AM: Need to order some stock items for my KX500 - who is the best place to get 'em from?
Did some online searching, and found best prices (so far) at MetricPartsOutlet.com

Never heard of them before, do not want to order and find out they won't ship or something.

Anyone use a trusted online site with good prices?
Title: Re: Best place to buy parts?
Post by: 1989kawasaki on February 02, 2011, 02:11:26 AM: oem-cycle is the best. http://myworld.ebay.ca/oem-cycle/

and cheapcycleparts.com fast shipping, 4 days to canada
Title: Re: Best place to buy parts?
Post by: Rider1958 on February 02, 2011, 03:03:54 AM: Thanks, but I'm in the U.S.

Also:
MetricPartsOutlet.com KX500 exhaust gasket = $4.09
CheapCycleParts.com KX500 exhaust gasket = $7.88

Big difference in cost.....
Title: Re: Best place to buy parts?
Post by: 1989kawasaki on February 02, 2011, 03:06:47 AM: MetricPartsOutlet.com kx250 kick starter = $124.13
CheapCycleParts.com kx250 kick starter = $103

Big difference in cost....
Title: Re: Best place to buy parts?
Post by: Rider1958 on February 02, 2011, 03:29:27 AM: You're right '89!
Good point.
Title: Re: Best place to buy parts?
Post by: 1989kawasaki on February 02, 2011, 03:49:35 AM: yeah. the dealer wanted $180 plus tax for the same thing!!
Title: Re: Best place to buy parts?
Post by: Rider1958 on February 02, 2011, 04:02:50 AM: So I just now called and ordered from MetricPartsOutlet.com, and the guy on the phone seemed pretty cool, knew that '04 was the last year of the KX500, and knew they were
beasts.

So, initially it appears they may be a good place to do business with.....
Title: Re: Best place to buy parts?
Post by: Goat on February 02, 2011, 03:02:03 PM: I've had issues with cheapcycleparts.com Took 3 months to get everything straightened out. I'll never deal with them again. bikebandit.com seems to have decent prices on most of the stuff I've looked at. Much cheaper than my local dealer that 80% of this county wont go to for anything. Let me know how metricpartsoutlet.com works out for ya.
Title: Re: Best place to buy parts?
Post by: 1989kawasaki on February 02, 2011, 03:04:49 PM: Quote from: Goat on February 02, 2011, 03:02:03 PM
I've had issues with cheapcycleparts.com Took 3 months to get everything straightened out. I'll never deal with them again. bikebandit.com seems to have decent prices on most of the stuff I've looked at. Much cheaper than my local dealer that 80% of this county wont go to for anything. Let me know how metricpartsoutlet.com works out for ya.

what????!!!! what was the problem? i ordered from them twice with good luck, zero problems
Title: Re: Best place to buy parts?
Post by: Goat on February 02, 2011, 03:16:02 PM: Ordered a clutch fiber kit, clutch springs and cover gasket. Wasn't told the clutch fiber kit was on back order for 2 weeks. I told them to send me one that they had in stock even if I had to pay more for it and they said I would have to pay a 20% restocking fee if I didn't wait 30 days from my purchase date for them to make sure they couldn't get the part. Same thing happened the second time around. I even had the guy go get the part and tell me he had it in his hand. I think he was BS'n me. Finally after the second 30 day period I told them to just give me my money back and I would find it elsewhere. After I said that they magically had a kit in stock and shipped it out. Still took 2 and a half weeks to get here. I'm in Michigan. That was 3 months I could have been riding my Ninja before the weather got stupid cold and snow everywhere.