Wed Sep 10 08:29:56 1997 - Message No. 1411
From: Pfleger Kurt

Subject: Re: used parts?


Arnd Rüskamp wrote:
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> with increasing interest I read your messages since several months. Now
> the time has come to ask for help.
> 
> Last winter, when the temperature went down to minus 20 I tried to take
> down the right plastic-cover of my @ because the battery needed a
> fresh-up. Ofcourse the plastic-part was as rough and rigid, that it
> broke immediately into two parts.
> Not a real problem, only an optical one. But as you all know those parts
> are quite expensive.
> 
> Does anyone know if some company does sell used parts for @s. Mine is a
> RD04 in red/black/white.
> 
> Tanks a lot
> 
> Arnd from Essen
> 
> always remember the boy-scout rule: "a good ride everyday"
> 
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Hi Arnd !

As I had to replace several parts after a crash, I've got some
experience in getting used parts. In Germany the parts cost about 1/3 of
new ones (in Austria about 1/2).

Some adresses were published in july on this list. The 'Endurokeller' in
munich even sends the parts per mail.

If you have cracks in plastic parts, you can try to weld them together
using a soldering iron (Lötkolben) from both sides an then grind and
paint the part. This worked fine and saved me a lot of money. But if you
want te restore the original look, you will have to buy the stickers,
which are extremely expensive (my @ drives as well without them). In
Vienna there is a firm, which produces stickers especially for
motorbikes from any template, but there are only several plain colors
available (not exaclty the original).


good luck
kurt


 
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D.I. Kurt PFLEGER
Amt der OOE. Landesregierung,    DORIS - Systemgruppe
Tel.:0732 6584 2604              Fax.:0732 6584 2726


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