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    Questionable parts website.........

    So I placed an order for some front signals on www.cyclewareables.com. The company is just over in West Virginia, I'm in D.C., I thought I'd keep somewhat local. Never done any business with them before, and I found the site a bit confusing. But I found what I needed, ordered it, and the only response I got from them was an email saying my order is being processed. No number, no reciept. About a week went by, and I sent an email inquiring on the order status, got nothing. I called the # on the website, and it just rings and rings and rings. Seems shady to me..... Should have gone to bikebandit in the first place.

    #2
    I don't know about you, but the whole site just screams "one dude in his Mom's basement with a stack of catalogs". Mom must be at work so she can't come down to the basement and answer the phone.

    To be fair, despite the primitive nature of the site, there are far easier ways to scam people than generating pages full of obscure motorcycle parts. I would bet that they are probably honest, but slow and not all that motivated. You'll get your parts -- eventually.

    Very interesting "rules" page here:
    http://www.cyclewareables.com./pages...us/aboutus.htm

    I'd be very surprised if this is anything more than an occasional hobby -- "Hatch" likely has a day job somewhere and checks in on the site a few times a week to see if there are any orders. At least he's honest about not having inventory, and needing to order the items.

    Some of these sites also wait until they have a certain volume of orders before placing orders with their suppliers. Ever been to a dealer that only orders parts on Wednesday evenings or something silly like that?
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      #3
      Hope it turns out OK. If you didn't know of these sources, all of whom I've used without problems, I thought I'd list 'em for you to check out.

      Alpha Sports http://www.alpha-sports.com/suzuki_parts.htm

      Anderson Vintage Parts http://www.andersonvintageparts.com/

      Old Bike Barn http://www.oldbikebarn.com/index.php

      Vintage and Classic Motorcycle Parts http://members.tripod.com/~flashyboyz/

      Old Kaw Man http://www.oldkawman.com/

      And I haven't used this one, but learned of it today.

      Paul Miller Motorcycle http://www.reproductiondecals.com/paulmiller.html

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        #4
        Cool, thanks for the sites, D Angel. I'm fairly new to riding, about a year or so, and don't yet have a good grip on where to go to get decent service for bike parts (haven't really had to do a damn thing to this bike since I've had it!). But, as soon as winter hits I'm going to spend some good time getting my baby cabk to where she was 25 years ago, so I'll check these places out. Thanks.

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          #5
          angel, very cool, thanks for the sites. norm

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            #6
            parts ordered

            Just curious, did you ever get the parts you ordered

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              #7
              Be careful with Anderson. A few of us have had problems with them.

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                #8
                I ordered parts from Cyclewearables once and got the parts in about 3 weeks. Same thing...just an email idicating the parts were ordered. I had ordered a replacement canister and baffle for my V&H supersport exhaust.
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                  #9
                  I would stay away from oldbikebarn. They seem to be up to their old tricks again.
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                    #10
                    Originally posted by dpep
                    I would stay away from oldbikebarn. They seem to be up to their old tricks again.
                    Yes, but the important thing is they still have a girl of the month page. :-D

                    http://www.oldbikebarn.com/obb_girls.php

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                      #11
                      Very Nice DA Thanks!!\\/

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by MichaelHoward
                        Very Nice DA Thanks!!\\/
                        You looked?! :shock:

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                          #13
                          Just like DA to look only for the good in a bad situation.:-D

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