local or online?

all relevant for 1200s...

standard ngk jr9b plugs sourced locally $16.... EACH. 
exact same but on line $7.30 each delivered

starter clutch cover
new $150
secondhand scratched and gouged but no holes or cracks $90 + postage
new repro / pattern part $50 delivered

gear shift lever
new $89
second hand $70
repro $22

would you go local?

Go to the local and ask how close they can get to the online price, then decide

just be careful as there are fake NGK plugs sold online,I found this out the hard way

I always try to support local , but not if the same article is ridiculously cheaper on line .

Ive heard horror stories of fake plugs. I get a mate in the trade to buy them at his discount rate.
But just in case you go the eBay route.

paul wrote:I always try to support local , but not if the same article is ridiculously cheaper on line .

Same, but when i was looking for a replacement toe slider the local dealer worked out slightly cheaper but took 4 weeks to get it, and then it was the wrong one another 2 weeks to get the right one.
Buying from the states would have taken 2 weeks but the pictures told me I would have been ordering the right part.

I said out loud $64 for 4 standard type plugs? really?!?!? f me.

yeah, they are a expensive plug, I went with these from Holeshot USA , around $48 a set plus postage. Being Iridium you wont be changing them for a while
  

Why not buy plugs from supershit etc?

madmax wrote:

paul wrote:I always try to support local , but not if the same article is ridiculously cheaper on line .

Same, but when i was looking for a replacement toe slider the local dealer worked out slightly cheaper but took 4 weeks to get it, and then it was the wrong one another 2 weeks to get the right one.
Buying from the states would have taken 2 weeks but the pictures told me I would have been ordering the right part.

Murphy's law 

Supershit only sell plugs for v6 commodores, and will sell you "racing" plugs - but only if you have a chev badge on it.

On a serious note, the NGK's turned up today. They are as genuine as Japan can manufacture.

reddog wrote:Why not buy plugs from supershit etc?

Still $15-16 from supershit 
I got all 4 plugs for around $40 from ???? 
Never reveal your sources lol

You have to consider delivery time  . You may save money but I normally want it that day ,not in 2 weeks .Some Chinese stuff I have bought has been Terrible .
Like a starter relay that over heated and put the bike in permanent cranking mode . Turn key to off ,keeps cranking , trip Kill switch ,keeps cranking , grab the earth lead and rip it off the battery . It stops .

A choice of buying local or on-line? You have that?