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| Winter |
 Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2004 7:13 pm |
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I was quoted a price of $100 dollars by a kawasaki dealer for a shift
lever for a KZ440. Where can I go to do better than that? That's
ridiculous.
Thanks.
Dennis |
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| mjt |
| Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2004 7:13 pm |
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Winter wrote:
Quote: I was quoted a price of $100 dollars by a kawasaki dealer for a shift
lever for a KZ440. Where can I go to do better than that? That's
ridiculous.
.... "aftermarket shop". meaning an independent
that carries aftermarket parts.
example: i broke the ball off the clutch lever
a couple of weeks ago:
dealer: $43.50us
afterm: $22.00us (same product, wrapped differently
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| High Plains Thumper |
| Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2004 9:12 pm |
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downeaster1000@yahoo.com (Winter) wrote in
news:cf8cd3be.0409071555.68e5f6d5@posting.google.com:
Quote: I was quoted a price of $100 dollars by a kawasaki dealer
for a shift lever for a KZ440. Where can I go to do better
than that? That's ridiculous.
Depending on how it is broken, you might be able to get a welder
to fix for about 1/10 the cost. Also, I don't know if an
aftermarket dirtbike shift lever might work, but would be much
cheaper. If you got a salvage dealer nearby, take the broken
part to him and see if he can match you up.
- HPT |
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| Winter |
| Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 10:11 am |
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Chris et al.,
Thanks for all of the helpful replies. I just called a motorcycle
salvage place in Maine where I live and they have one for ten bucks.
This is of course better than 100 bucks, plus with an old bike I am
happy to make a connection with a repair place that also has a salvage
warehouse. This old kawasaki looks great and I am trying to keep it
running long enough to learn and not take too bad a beating while
trying to locate the best repair place.
I am going to pass it to my boy next year and maybe move up to a used
Shadow. One thing that I have discovered from just riding a few weeks
is that you can learn to hate the thought of winter coming, as if
there are not enough reasons already. Sometimes global warming sounds
like a good thing, even though that is not politically correct.
Thanks again.
Dennis
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"Winter" <downeaster1000@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I was quoted a price of $100 dollars by a kawasaki dealer for a shift
lever for a KZ440. Where can I go to do better than that? That's
ridiculous.
Try http://www.ajcyclesalvage.com
They're near me and if you need my assistance with eyeballing it or
shipping, it's no trouble at all.
Also, if you want to send it to me, I do some welding as do a few guys I
know. Maybe we could fix 'er up for you? |
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| Reassembler |
| Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 6:10 pm |
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Winter <downeaster1000@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:cf8cd3be.0409071555.68e5f6d5@posting.google.com...
Quote: I was quoted a price of $100 dollars by a kawasaki dealer for a shift
lever for a KZ440. Where can I go to do better than that? That's
ridiculous.
Thanks.
Dennis
You can go to ebay, you can go to a junkyard, or you can give a welder $10
to make you one.
Reassembler |
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| Nikita Synytskyy |
| Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 10:16 am |
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Winter wrote:
Quote: I was quoted a price of $100 dollars by a kawasaki dealer for a shift
lever for a KZ440. Where can I go to do better than that? That's
ridiculous.
Thanks.
Dennis
A local motorcycle salvage yard will sell you one for $30, probably.
Keep in mind that shift levers might be interchangeable between years
and even between models, so if they don't have a 440LDT shift lever, try
a different model from the same era; chances are it will work.
Nikita,
whose first bike was a 440LTD! |
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| Margaret M. |
| Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 10:14 pm |
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Nikita Synytskyy wrote:
WOW! Hey Nikita. We've missed you.
Nobody posts the monthly stats anymore. Where the heck have you been?
Mag |
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| Nikita Synytskyy |
| Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 10:25 pm |
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"Margaret M." <maggiemod@REMOVE.houston.rr.com> wrote in news:2V80d.8228
$nC5.2754@fe1.texas.rr.com:
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WOW! Hey Nikita. We've missed you.
Wow! Somebody remembers me around here!! That just warms my heart :)
Quote: Nobody posts the monthly stats anymore.
That's easy. Just get Agent and agt-find; the stats are easy to generate.
Quote: Where the heck have you been?
My bike died on me two years ago, and was sold; and I never got another
one, because I did not want another 20-year-old wreck, and could not afford
a new(ish) one. So the urge to hang around here was less; also, I tried
(and largely succeeded) to kick my Usenet addiction. It was taking too
large a chunk out of my life.
I miss having a bike, however, and now that the bike of my dreams--the
VStrom 650--actually exists and is reasonably priced, I might just get back
into it.
Nikita.
PS: Anybody around here have a VStrom 650? |
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| Margaret M. |
| Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 11:07 pm |
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Nikita Synytskyy wrote:
Quote: succeeded) to kick my Usenet addiction. It was taking too
large a chunk out of my life.
Better men have tried...
and failed. :-)
Quote: I miss having a bike, however, and now that the bike of my
dreams--the VStrom 650--actually exists and is reasonably
priced, I might just get back into it.
Nikita.
PS: Anybody around here have a VStrom 650?
Welcome back!
Mag |
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