pglaves
#13338
After inquiring about parts availability at several Honda dealers, I decided to look for something else.
Bill
In 1970 I had a connecting rod break in a Yamaha 250 scrambler. Then I spent a year at a remote radar site in Alaska. Upon my return I tried to get the parts to fix the bike. A few were available. Most were not. So I traded that bike in on a new RD250 in 1973 and got a trade-in price for the motor in boxes and the rolling chassis equal to what I paid for the bike. The dealer needed it for parts he couldn't get from Yamaha.
This 50 year old example is just an anecdote. It hardly applies to 2021. But, I am willing to bet if I still had a 1973 Yamaha something, or Honda something, or Kawasaki whatever, if I sought a part like we might for a /5 BMW we would be laughed right out of the dealership. If I am wrong educate me.
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