brand new halogen bulbs for my bike were like 5.99 from dennis kirk, they are pretty generic and cheap to get. dealer is only to be used when you have to. Although beartooth.com is a good dealer to go through when you need to.kingedb said:DO NOT buy these from a dealer. this just adds to their mark up racket. i recently blew a bulb and was looking for a replacement. i noticed they were $35 each and just figured no big deal everything on bikes are expensive, but figured i would throw the model number on ebay and see what pops up. Volkswagon uses the same exact bulbs for their cars! i bought a pair for $8.99!! figured it was worth sharing.
If only we had more dealers here I think that might work, 'cept there really isn't much of an 'off-season' other than like 3 weeks during dec/jan. The only stuff I get from the dealer is OEM parts, its all they are good for here, only one dealership per make of bike. Most of them sell more boats than bikes too. Plus www.newenough.com is 10 minutes from here, so they keep all the gear market.Uncle Bob said:I think the best thing is to find a good dealer. A dealer with the customers interest at heart. They're not all stealers.
I've found that regularly visiting your dealer and buying stuff from him rather than shopping the net to save a few bucks costs you more in the long run.
Especially here in Canada when you go in the off season you can get some real good deals on stuff, much better than you can find on the net where they'll knock 10-15% off retail. Thing is you have to go and see whats available.
For example last winter I picked up three First Gear Vortex jackets retail price $199.95 US for $99 Can ( about $77US) and a Joe Rocket Santa Fe Retail price about $189Us for $99 Can.
