Honda is actually pretty good with older models. I think the infrastructure they have in place for car parts allows them to piggyback the bike stuff, bringing it in and sending it out the door easier and more efficiently than the other 3.
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Anyone know how to fix motorcycle parts retail in Canada?
- Thread starter Priller
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Honda Canada sucks at selling Honda/Montesa anything including new current models, I couldn't even order a new Montesa motorcycle in Canada.
There's 2 of them sitting on the floor at Sturgess.
No one cares about trials.
Mad Mike
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My Honda dealers has stupid prices. $12 each for a champion spark plug that costs $6.99/pair at CTC. Had to get a copper drain plug washer for my Honda gennie, $9.
I was stuck when I made those purchases, I needed the parts now, no other options so I was willing to pay the price. If parts were competitive, the other few thousand I’ve spent on Honda parts would have gone their way.
Trials
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Not 2021'sThere's 2 of them sitting on the floor at Sturgess.
No one cares about trials.
Honda Canada doesn't, lot's of riders do.
... are they still there? Somebody was looking to buy one yesterday.
and they do not show on their web site, I think you're pulling my leg.and I bet they can't sell you a spark plug for one.
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They got me on the O-rings, but the crush washers for my engine case drain plug and sump drain were $2.54 and $1.22 ea.
Y'all rich people with your generators. Must see ya coming.
13% H.S.T. on everything you buy.
Mad Mike
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In the old days trials bikes were regular or Mx motorcycles, modern trials bikes are more like motorized BMX bicycles.There's 2 of them sitting on the floor at Sturgess.
No one cares about trials.
I’m curious... do trials riders come from a bicycle or motorcycle background?
Bicycle trials didn't come around till the 80s. One of the OG bicycle trials riders was Ot Pi. His father was a technical designer at Montesa, and started building bikes for his son.
Mad Mike
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Those are reasonable prices, I don’t see that at Markham OutdoorPower.They got me on the O-rings, but the crush washers for my engine case drain plug and sump drain were $2.54 and $1.22 ea.
Y'all rich people with your generators. Must see ya coming.
Eh, DeWildt is alright. They actually have a lot of motorcycle floor space... as far as parts goes, they're your average dealer parts counter. They mounted some tires for me (wheels off) and charged me significantly more than they said they would, and took over a week to do it, so I'm not a fan of their service dept.
Wanted a Yuasa battery from them, the price was eye-watering. Got the exact same battery from Royal Distributing for nearly $100 less, but I figure that's a Honda problem and not DeWildt's problem.
Mad Mike
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I’m guessing that is a dealer thing. If that dealer put a Yuasa battery into your bike for you, rest assured it didn’t come from a Honda even though you pay the Honda price.
Sell it to you over the counter and you get the Honda box and they get $80 markup instead of $40 on the non Honda box.
Not everywhere, but many auto and power sports dealers do this.
Toronto warehouse shows 89 CRE6H-9 plugs in stock.
Trials
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Where can I buy them from?
Trials
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Can I become a Montesa dealer?
Back when Hamilton Audi/VW was in the same building and had the same service counter (VW on the left, Audi on the right) a 4l jug of G4 was $4 more from the right side than it was from the left side. Same VW/Audi branded jug.
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