Thumper Club Forum
Club House => Chatter => Topic started by: Richard on April 14, 2014, 01:14:58 PM
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I can buy dampers for my Landrover from as cheaply as £20 each (Armstrong). Seperate springs are cheap. Stop sniggering Jethro.
Yet dampers/springs for my twin shock BMW are about £70 each.
Why ?
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Bike kit is always more expensive due to lower production volumes, but have you compared the Landrover costs to say, a BMW X5?
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I can buy dampers for my Landrover from as cheaply as £20 each (Armstrong). Seperate springs are cheap. Stop sniggering Jethro.
Yet dampers/springs for my twin shock BMW are about £70 each.
Why ?
Dont know what you mean !?
Mine have seperate Springs....admittedly they are Proper Springs for a Landy !
Jethro
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Horse and cart springs more like !
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No one ever said they wouldn't buy a bike because the parts were expensive. It's the same sale as Russian fish eggs, Italian Sunglasses and walls grafitied on in a certain style; fashion.
Landrovers used to be bought as working vehicles by people who might work out the whole vehicle cost of that and the competitor.
There is also the aftermarket pricing factor: you won't scrap the bike over seventy quid. I can point you in the direction of a certain Landrover part that they bought for a tenner, sold themselves for three hundred and Halfords sold for seven hundred. When your Discovery failed the MOT for bad brakes you'd buy one and because it was a safety item few people would buy the Turkish copy for a hundred.
Car volumes reduce costs but prices cease to be related once there is a margin. In thirteen years in the industry I never took much notice of costs. On the OE side you get the sale even at a loss so that the AM side can bring in the big money.
Andy
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I've not bought bikes because of the cost of spares !
Thats why I have a shed load of MZs !!
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A few years ago I was considering buying a Jaguar XKR as they can be picked up relatively cheaply these days. I changed my mind when I found out the dampers were £800 each :o
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Horse and cart springs more like !
Parabolic....I'll have you know !
Jethro
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Posh barsteward ;D
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A few years ago I was considering buying a Jaguar XKR as they can be picked up relatively cheaply these days. I changed my mind when I found out the dampers were £800 each :o
Do your research with this sort of stuff. The likes of brake pads and dampers don't have that many variations, so the same bit in a Ford box or Federal Mogul bag or Wun Hung Lo newspaper and tape will move the decimal point.
Andy
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A few years ago I was considering buying a Jaguar XKR as they can be picked up relatively cheaply these days. I changed my mind when I found out the dampers were £800 each :o
Do your research with this sort of stuff. The likes of brake pads and dampers don't have that many variations, so the same bit in a Ford box or Federal Mogul bag or Wun Hung Lo newspaper and tape will move the decimal point.
Andy
Its the active ride that pushes up the price.