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Bike Bandit out of Business

They had nasty high prices coupled with no cheap shipping options. Though I've not looked at the site for years due to the initial bad experience.
I imagine a forward look at rising shipping costs plus inflation eroding sales volume was key.
when they started Amazon was not the juggernaut it is now and I buy a lot of generic MC related things there.
 
Cipher said:
They had nasty high prices coupled with no cheap shipping options. Though I've not looked at the site for years due to the initial bad experience.
I imagine a forward look at rising shipping costs plus inflation eroding sales volume was key.
when they started Amazon was not the juggernaut it is now and I buy a lot of generic MC related things there.
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Not at all.
read the article, financial chicanery of the highest order, including accepting over $600k in orders after they went bankrupt.

Just a bunch of thieves
 
I bought tons of parts though Bike Bandit. I could order OEM Suzuki parts and get them the same week. It sucks that they stole from so many people. Things must have changed there towards the end.
 
I'd been wondering why everything was listed as backorder. I have at least been using them to look up parts numbers, still will until their site goes down I guess.
 
Yep, they were located in CA, so folks in CA could get stuff pretty quickly.

I only ordered from them a few times, years and years ago. Not the greatest experience or service, and their doofy system of obfuscating part numbers was maddening, so I stopped using them long ago.

Overall, not surprising. They never really updated and kept up with the competition. Although what appears to be outright fraud is a little surprising.
 
I might have been one of the last happy customers Bike Bandit had...
About two years ago I had ordered something and a faceshield. I received the something, but the faceshield was on backorder. After awhile I finally got refunded for the faceshield...Then, out of the blue I received the faceshild!

For tires been been going through Rocky Mountain. Other things Revzilla. For riding gear, Piston Ported Vintage Scooter Parts. Yeah it's a scooter store, but they sell riding gear too. ;)
 
Wow, just realized I ordered something from them last July and got it in September. I understood the delay as just a normal delay due to covid so I didn't worry about it. The part was listed back order everywhere as well (triumph link lead harness for rectifier/regulator).
 
For OEM parts, I’ve been very happy with partshark.com for the last couple of years.
 
Rich82GS750TZ said:
For OEM parts, I’ve been very happy with partshark.com for the last couple of years.
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Yep, I've ordered from them a few times. Partshark is a real, live motorsports dealer here in Indianapolis called Flatout. Partshark is their online parts sales division. The building doesn't say Partshark on it anywhere, and they run the businesses separately, but I can still choose to go pick up my goodies in person. It's a nice chance to wander around and slobber on some bikes and stuff.

I order most parts from another dealer that's slightly closer; OnlineCycleParts.com is the online arm of Westfield Powersports, located just north of Indy. Again, a large, very reliable local dealership and their service has been outstanding.
 
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