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Parts Website Info

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GMSKEE

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Im sure alot of us GS riders already know about the website:
BIKEBANDIT.com

But for those of you who dont know where to buy parts OEM & AMP that site is great. Ive bought a bunch of stuff for my bike there. They have full schematics as well.

Good luck
 
Bike Bandit is OK. Their parts cost a little more, but shipping is usually pretty quick. The schematics (fiche) are about the same on any of the vendor sites. One major complaint against Bike Bandit is that they are the only one that does not use Suzuki part numbers, like everyone else. Makes no difference when you are just buying some parts, but makes it hard to compare with other bikes to check compatibility. Get the part number from Alpha, plug it into the reverse lookup feature at Babbitts and see what other bikes use that same part.

If you have gotten BassCliff's official welcome, you should have seen his suggested vendors. That list is good, but even it is not complete.

As an example, I just sent an order last night for a bunch of parts to start getting my "freebie" 850 back on the road. The list included several cables, gas tank mounts, fork seals, caliper seals, and some other stuff. I started a spreadsheet to compare all the prices to see which vendor had the overall lowest price. The list below is just the list of those that had ALL the parts I was looking for.

Here is how they compared:
Alpha Sports $194.61
Babbitts $139.15
Bike Bandit $158.10
Carolina Cycle $133.44
Full Throttle $139.39
Moto Grid $134.38
PartShark $128.64

This time, I ordered from PartShark, but I have placed several orders with Carolina Cycle with great satisfaction.

Interesting to note that five of the seven were all grouped around $128 to $139, then Bike Bandit at $158 and Alpha at $194, a whopping 50% more than the lowest. Seems that the best thing that Alpha has going for it is the very easy to use part finder interface.

Others that are on my vendor list include:
Cycle Re-Cycle 2
MR Cycles
Parts-n-More
Ron Ayres
Z1 Enterprises

Depending on what you are looking for, a different vendor might have a better price, so it pays to shop around.

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I've never figured out who the heck buys anything from Alpha-Sports. Their parts prices are insane.

They do have an online fiche system that works differently and a little better sometimes, so whoever you rich idiots are, please keep supporting them. :D I'm too poor to pay 50% more for the exact same Suzuki parts.
 
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