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<blockquote data-quote="vibrac" data-source="post: 178694" data-attributes="member: 60"><p>When it comes to Japanese parts it always pays to double check I had a Yamaha Serrow trail bike it's a grey import i needed some finicky plastic gubbins I had snapped up some muddy lane. I had the part number but also went into shock when I found the cost.</p><p>I put the bit together photographed it did a google image search and bingo there it was with a different yamaha part number for a moped and a fraction of the cost.</p><p>I don't believe that its inefficiency more like maximising profit</p><p>My dad used to say back before decimalisation "buy a nut for a push bike its a penny, buy the same nut for a motorcycle its a shilling, buy it for a racing motorcycle its a £1" (He did not like me racing)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vibrac, post: 178694, member: 60"] When it comes to Japanese parts it always pays to double check I had a Yamaha Serrow trail bike it's a grey import i needed some finicky plastic gubbins I had snapped up some muddy lane. I had the part number but also went into shock when I found the cost. I put the bit together photographed it did a google image search and bingo there it was with a different yamaha part number for a moped and a fraction of the cost. I don't believe that its inefficiency more like maximising profit My dad used to say back before decimalisation "buy a nut for a push bike its a penny, buy the same nut for a motorcycle its a shilling, buy it for a racing motorcycle its a £1" (He did not like me racing) [/QUOTE]
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