My front rotors are warped, so I went online to replace them. The first place I found was official BMW parts and assuming I read their stuff correctly, they want 370 bucks for rotors! to make it worse, that's PER rotor. So to replace 2 it would be 740. My initial reaction to this was something like "are they out of the @#$%ing minds??". This part literally just being a hunk of steel (but an important hunk), I looked elsewhere and can find 2 rotors for 80 bucks total or some that looked a little better for 200. Are the BMW parts just that incredibly overpriced? Are they better quality? Any thoughts on a solid non-BMW part company?
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Official BMW parts costs for a 2001 R1150 GS
- Thread starter eric1150
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Welcome to the forum!
It would help to have the year and model so others could offer help. Once you post what your bike is, one of the moderators will move this thread to the appropriate forum section.
And yeah, be it a car or bike, BMW factory parts are frequently expensive. Suitable aftermarket parts are available and the experienced group here can help you- once they know what bike you have.
OM
It would help to have the year and model so others could offer help. Once you post what your bike is, one of the moderators will move this thread to the appropriate forum section.
And yeah, be it a car or bike, BMW factory parts are frequently expensive. Suitable aftermarket parts are available and the experienced group here can help you- once they know what bike you have.
OM
Is a $740 BMW part any better than an $80 aftermarket part? Maybe, but if the $740 part warped how good was it to begin with anyway? We don’t know where BMW sources parts, but lots of good quality stuff comes from China these days, including the entire engine BMW puts in some of their bikes.
FWIW, I’ve had very good experience with aftermarket parts on my BMWs. Starters, fuel pumps, diode boards, driveshaft u-joints, brake parts, transmission bearings, and the like have all worked out fine, often better than OEM BMW quality, and always at considerably less cost.
cajunrider
Member
Two good places for sourcing good parts, factory and aftermarket, for quite a bit less than your dealer or direct from BMW...
Beemer Boneyard and Euro Moto Electronics
Beemer Boneyard and Euro Moto Electronics
Visian
look out!!!
You don't mention the model of bike, but since your username contains "1150" I am going to assume that you have an 1150 of some sort.
A few years ago, I had the opportunity to pick up a near-new front wheel for my R1150 GS, it had no rotors, though.
Looking through the parts fiche at MAX BMW, and RealOEM, it became clear that there was a lot of weird variation in wheels, rotors, floating "buttons" and fasteners between the VINS for these bikes throughout their model life. This variation is not well-documented and my impression is that you really need to know your BMW stuff in order to obtain the right parts.
Since you only need rotors, this may not be as much of a problem as I had getting what (I hope) is the right combination of lightly-used rotors plus buttons and fasteners for my wheel.
So, order carefully.
If anyone knows the details of what-fits-when, that would be useful for the OP.
Ian
A few years ago, I had the opportunity to pick up a near-new front wheel for my R1150 GS, it had no rotors, though.
Looking through the parts fiche at MAX BMW, and RealOEM, it became clear that there was a lot of weird variation in wheels, rotors, floating "buttons" and fasteners between the VINS for these bikes throughout their model life. This variation is not well-documented and my impression is that you really need to know your BMW stuff in order to obtain the right parts.
Since you only need rotors, this may not be as much of a problem as I had getting what (I hope) is the right combination of lightly-used rotors plus buttons and fasteners for my wheel.
So, order carefully.
If anyone knows the details of what-fits-when, that would be useful for the OP.
Ian
Is that the name of the company or are you just indicating they are a niche (lower case) company that supplies parts?
exgman
Active member
Try this URL Kurt: https://nicheindustries.com/
Thanks. As far as I can tell, this company has not been referenced on the forum to date. Also, can't seem to find any reference on ADV.
exgman
Active member
Looks like they have a presence on Amazon too: https://www.amazon.com/stores/NICHE...ies/page/75840CAE-BE29-4376-8C35-273BFECB616F
I read some of the positive and negative "Trustpilot" reviews. Some happy and some unhappy people as expected. They say they have a 2-year warranty policy.
I read some of the positive and negative "Trustpilot" reviews. Some happy and some unhappy people as expected. They say they have a 2-year warranty policy.
