Best online place to buy MDI shocks...

[Steve]

That's one reason Bike Bandit is still on my list of vendors.

Whenever I have to do any shopping for parts, I start a spreadsheet to see who is going to have the lowest total. It is rather amusing to see how it changes, based on what is ordered. Sometimes the total favors one vendor, other times it's another vendor. One vendor has a minimum price of $2.97 for small parts. I happened to need a BUNCH of them on one order. Even though that vendor was cheaper on some of the larger stuff, I was getting enough small parts to offset that by a sizeable margin. Yep, you have to shop the bottom line.

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[philosopheriam]

Don"t waste your time with the bushings !!! Get the suzuki bushings !!!!!!

pn 09319-10008 5.36 @ at BikeBandit

Lynn,

I'm not mad, just adding this info to the site so people know in the future - the part # you supplied WILL NOT work on a 1982 GS650G. The inner diameter of the bushing is too small to fit over the shock stud.

 

[SqDancerLynn1]

I used that # on my 850G So sorry they do not fit Apparently the 650G is different SO sorry..

 

[philosopheriam]

Here's the plan..

The rubber on the MDI bushings doesn't strike me as that bad - it's the plastic sleeves that are $hit.

The shock stud appears to be 12mm, the inside dia of the busnings appear to be just over 14mm, and the length of the bushings is 19mm...

I'm going to buy some 12mmx15mmx19mm bronze bushings from mcmaster carr and use them as the shock stud sleeves. I'll let everyone know how it works out!