What is the rocking horse part for your bike?

[TheSmiler]

If your bike is over 10 years old its likely to have a part that is hard to find or extremely expensive due to rarity. So just curious what is it for your bike?

For example on mine it's the fairings and front indicator lenses. I know on old cb125's it's the manifolds between the carb and the engine.
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[bacon]

Zx7r

Easy, exhaust system, the stock mild steel unit inevitably rusts and you are left needing a replacement.

Unfortunately zx7r carbs are very difficult to tune for anything except stock systems, with the exception of Akrapovic and Hindle. Any kind of jet kit or exhaust system other than the stock setup with the aforementioned systems will run like dog shit somewhere in the rev range. The favourite problem spot is 5k rpm....

[Howling Terror]

Lower farside fairing panel Ducati ST2/ST4s. By design they fit too close to the downpipe from the front cylinder which causes it to crack. That, and it's lower fairing means they're pretty hard to come by in good nick.

Heat-treated mine.
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[Old Git Racing]

Been looking for a good condition right side middle fairing panel for my YPVS for ages. Ebay ones are all crap and must be made of kryptonite judging by the prices.

OGR
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[Polarbear]

Not quite how Smiler meant it but...

My bike is modern and still made but there have been so few sold any second hand parts that come onto the market go for not much short of Triumph parts prices.

So, nothing impossible, just will just cost you a kidney.
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[redeem ouzzer]

GSXR1100L nose cones (full stop) and seat panels with any of the lugs left.

GSXR400 radiators that either don’t leak or aren’t minutes away from leaking.

The two stroke stuff is easy unless it’s an X5 seat base or the cover off the seat unit.
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[pepperami]

My “old” bike is a crappy old Honda Superdream.
However, between Dave Silver Spares and Wemoto, I can get almost anything for it.
Original exhausts don’t exist anymore.
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[andyscooter]

headlight relays

took ages to find one and when I did it was off another bike so ordered it just in case and it was the same as mine
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[fireyphoenix1...]

On my bike, almost everything needs to be ordered from aprillia as there are not many on the market in the hands of breakers.
IE £450 for a small side fairing... ugh.

The rocking horse shit item until recently was piggyback fuel modules to sort the piss poor FI settings out.Reflashed stock ones were selling for up to £800 !!.
Thankfully Rapidbike make one for them now.

Thankfully most parts on the new 900 fit my 750 so im still good for a fair few years yet.
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[ThatDippyTwat]

Exhaust.

It's not rocking horse, there are none. At all, hence the epic bodge-jobs on it.
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[Courier265]

[Nobby the Bastard]

FZ750 - Throttle cable. Discontinued some time ago.
The oil drinking eggcup - single seat hump.
Strumpet - Front wheel...
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[chickenstrip]

FZS1000. Grab handles. You can get them, but last time I checked, they were something like £90 each, and that was a few years ago. At that time, clutch cables were about £70. I think Yamaha want people to buy their new bikes.
Good condition fairing inner panels are getting rarer if you don't want to buy new parts, as they crack very easily if you over-tighten the screws even a little. If you buy one of these bikes, but get someone else to do your servicing, I would suggest removing them beforehand, as shop mechanics always manage to crack them.
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[Itchy]

[ADSrox0r]

FPR for the VFR, Honda made it a non purchasable part meaning you have to buy a whole new fuel rail (granted it can be obtained aftermarket though). Same goes for the TPS, cheers Honda.

Oh and just about anything whatsoever for the Aprilia.
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[Petemate]

My LA has a few parts which would be impossible to replace, but not impossible to use from another model. (Big Up to Honda for raiding the parts bins when producing my JDM bike!)

Wheels - only the LA250 Custom has these in that particular style. Unavailable, but could probably use the spoked rear from CM125C and front from a CD250U which has the same caliper. (I know the 125 Superdream also has the same caliper and tubeless wheel but its rear, whiule also tubeless,is the wrong rim size.

Instruments, but I've sorted that out now with used clocks from a CM250T; the speedo ratio is the same happily and in any case the original speedo had the 50KPH warning circuit for the (now redundant) red warning light on the binnacle. I can use that later for a side stand system if I CBA.

Pretty much everything else is interchangeable with many other models, including CM125C, various Rebels, CD250U, CB250 Nighthawk and other 250 bikes with the 233cc lump. So I can keep it going for a while yet.
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[kramdra]

None, just about every part is available. New pattern front fairing under 50 quid delivered, fairing brackets for 10.
Only annoyance is side stand and RH switchgear are 20-30 quid, it would be nice to replace but sod it, for that price mine will do. Spare wheels, callipers, discs etc all cheap.

[Freddyfruitba...]

[TheSmiler]

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YZF750R - fuel pump assembly was discontinued ages ago. The only option is to retrofit a similar pump, available from Poland to the assembly. Needs a bit of wiring.

TZR250 2MA/1KT - The little plastic panel at the back of the seat unit, on top of the tailpiece. Also, getting hold of a 1KT rear light unit with the built in indicators took me a year or so of looking.
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[Courier265]

[stinkwheel]

Main stand for 3rd gen VFR750. Fabricated using very high grade unobtanium.
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[stevo as b4]

It was KIPS valves and linkage parts for the 200cc KMX's until BDK stepped in to make them.

Second gear pinions are NLA new, and KMX 200 engine parts are getting more scarce or more often silly expensive.

Still it's a far better situation than Honda MTX 200 owners are in. I'd like an MTX project too, but unless I find a complete cheap bike it's unviable now.

[ThatDippyTwat]