Obtaining parts for classic Honda Magna Motorcycles

Parts is Parts

Parts, Parts, Parts! I needed parts! Since eBay seemed to be the place that had most everything I was looking for, I decided I would get over my online-buying phobia and sign up. Got a PayPal account and everything. Of course, the first thing I bid on was sniped from me, literally at the last second! It really pissed me off! I had the high bid for days, then some last minute moron 'steals' it from me.

At least at a real auction you have a last chance to bid. Not eBay! Live and learn. I figured if that type of behavior was possible and acceptable, why shouldn't I do it too? I've lost track of how many parts auctions I've sniped, but have come to find the reputable sellers usually have an eBay store with many of the commonly needed parts. I look for the buy it now prices that aren't too outrageous and compare to new parts. Just seems silly to wait a week for the auction to end just to see someone try to snipe you at the last minute.

I don't think most people realize how much time is spent searching for, ordering and tracking parts. Even trying to find suppliers, either on-line or storefront, took a long time. Maybe not all at once, but rather the span of time between looking for and finding a reliable supplier. From the time I found the first on-line supplier, Bike Bandit, and the time I found the last one, Service Honda, was probably at least half a year.

I say the last one because I stopped looking after Service Honda. I haven't found a better one. And once I found them, I spent hours, if not days, agonizing over my orders. Comparing prices, making sure I had everything, only to forget something and have to order it the next day. Beyond that, some parts get discontinued, some parts go on back-order. I waited and waited for a Bike Bandit order only to have it cancelled. It was a pretty important part too, the front disk rotor for the 700.

I have maintained, or at least tried to maintain, a parts spreadsheet of everything I put into these classics.

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Commonplace parts: (BEWARE OF BROKEN LINKS - AS IN MOST OF THESE ARE BROKEN!)
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Last Updated: 12 Jan 2018