Broken Aprilia/Rant about parts prices...

[NSR125-Kid-UK]

...Bloody b*stard throttle cable (that aprilia seem to make from processed cheddar) has gone and snapped, so I've spent 2 hours stuck by the side of the road, in which about 20 bikes passed, about 3 waved, and 1 (greenmeanie) stopped .

So meh at snapped throttle cable, meh at unpaid day off work.
Meh at 19 bikes that decided not to bother stopping because of course, anyone with a bike as beautiful as mine would certainly park it up by the side of the road in the pissing rain to show it off, and would certainly not have broken down .

I went to aprilia and said "how much" they said...



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£26.40

For a 60cm throttle cable.

WTF ROBBING B*STARDS

They also said 5 working days for delivery

GRRRRRR not a good day.

(Big upz to da greenmeanie d00d 4 stoppin 2 see if I was ok)



EDIT - just phoned CMC and said "can you get one" and he basically said "you're having a laugh - but here's the number of someone who should be able to help", got through to an 01596 (or something) number, spoke to a weird dude,
"I need the top part of the throttle cable"
"yew cen only buy a complete cable mayte, what bike is it"
"It's a 96 RS250 so the throttle cable does actually come in 2 bits "
"Okaaay *hums* "twenty warne six-tie mayte inclewding Vee Aye Tay"

So i'll give 'em a ring back and get it from them .
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[colin1]

a bit cheaper on ebay but from america so probably not 5 working days

https://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Suzuki-NOS-Throttle-Cable-RM250-400-RS250_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ35581QQitemZ4587920548QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWD2V
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[colin1]

found another one now much cheaper and in uk

£5 +£1.75 postage

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RGV250-RGV-VJ22-THROTTLE-CABLE_W0QQitemZ7998038810QQcategoryZ10534QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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[killa]

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[Kickstart]

Hi

Probably about the same cost as for most other bikes for a genuine cable.

If you want a cheaper one try someone like Venhill.

Fun bit will be fitting it. Probably the same as the RGV250 in which case it goes into a splitter box that you have to take to pieces with limited space.

All the best

Keith
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[mchaggis]

Another one in the unpaid day off work camp then. I discovered a screw embedded in my rear tyre when I got back yesterday. Finding anyone with a 110/90 16 tube tyre in stock is a bit of a challenge it seems. I'll end up having to miss tomorrow too at this rate.
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[froggy128]

can jeff halls not order you bits in?

[fazed]

We all told you, but you never listened so stop moaning .
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[Wave2k]

Welcome to the world of aprilia uber unreliability
the best is still to come
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[iCraig]

Andy, we did warn you about parts prices and availibility for Aprilia parts before you got the RS250!

So in the words of Nelson, "Ha ha!!"

https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/ehlee/Images/Pictures/nelson.gif

[iCraig]

[Wave2k]

[NSR125-Kid-UK]

[Kickstart]

[NSR125-Kid-UK]

There's this place down south that all the local shops get their parts from - get Aprilia parts at trade prices (without dealer markup) and same day delivery .

Still, I managed to muster the jollity to crack a joke at the AA man.
Looking at my bike being loaded onto that big car/bike lift thing on his truck, "my mates always told me I'd end up deccorating the back end of a truck"
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[palmer]

I waited for this kind of thread from you Andy

[Andy C]

yea if anything goes wrong with the RS i think how much itr would cost, then times this figure i have in my head but about 3-4 times and relise that how much aprilia are probably charging for it!

good luck with it mate
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[iCraig]

Stupid me didn't read the thread properly!

[Andy C]

[colin1]

an rs250 is basically an rgv250 that has been tuned and fitted with prettier panles so i reckon the cheap rgv250 throttle cable i mentioned earlier will be fine.
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[Kickstart]

[G]

I most probably have a spare throttle cable amoungst my bikes of rs spares for sale, somewhere, though don't know if I'd get a chance to post it tomorrow.

Is it just the cable you need?

[NSR125-Kid-UK]