It's a Cracker!!

[Tony Nitrous]

have you seen the price for an OEM one ? nearly a grand    crazy money 

Assumed Suzuki's exit from the MotoGP was due to financial issues. They clearly need money! So they massively increased prices of stuff they have lying around! Can't justify due to increased production costs.

Suzuki's prices are all over the place. I've been buying a few bits recently.

Short bolts with a bit of an odd shoulder for a 2022 model... AU$3.75 each.

The same bolt but slightly longer (they swap between models) for a 2011 model... AU$45 each. 

That's nuts for a bolt!  Guess that's what ya gotta pay to buy 'genuine' bolts for a 12 year old bike.  Probably because they've had to hold that bolt for so many years, still nuts for a bolt though.  Think I'd be buying a couple of the $4 ones & cutting & welding a bit more thread onto it.

What a surprise !!!

I just looked and the very expensive bolts "Luggage Hook Set" are now part of the Gen-3's "Touring Package".



The black and gold folding clutch and brake levers that replace the standard ones (they work and feel identical) are $463 EACH from Suzuki.

[Will14]

Well that didn't turn out to badly, £20 for a bit of brazing & £10 for primer & satin black paint, job done refitted this morning & all good, let the bike idle until the cooling fan kicked in & no sign of any leaks

Thats come out really well. Good job.

I smashed a radiator back in 2008 with a rock and made a real mess of it. $1000 and a wait for a new one. Local rad shop said they'd have a look at it. When I got it back I couldn't even see the damaged area. $75 and still fine 15 years later.

Thanks, to be fair the rad had already had a repair when I got the bike back in 2018, it didn't look the prettiest but it did its job

Although I am a bit anal with my bikes and cars it strange how I have changed over the years and prefer to fix things rather than replace with new these days, especially if I'm told it can't be done! If it does another 12 months I have done OK

Cheers

[hard road]

Although I am a bit anal with my bikes and cars it strange how I have changed over the years and prefer to fix things rather than replace with new these days, especially if I'm told it can't be done! If it does another 12 months I have done OK

thats the way ive always been    could never afford new so used bits fixed up 

[GSXKING]

Quite a few years ago I crashed my bike and the radiator took a hit.
My local dealer whom I've known for 45 years, said I think I have a spare one off another bike. $100 would you believe it ? It has never missed a beat.