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What happened to the price of OEM plastics?

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#1 ·
Just checked the price for a replacement left side infill panel for my Sprint GT left side pannier. Just about lost my bottom jaw when my dealer told me it would be over $440 CDN :surprise:. I told him I only wanted the color cover and he said that was the price and he double checked it. I just about had a heart attack! I am sure when I checked a year ago it was only about $150 bucks.

So much for replacing my cover. I could hire an auto body shop to do all the work and repaint it for less money. Is this happening everywhere? I also noticed that BikeBandit in the US seems to have dropped Triumph for OEM parts.
 
#2 ·
Perhaps that's actually for both sides? I had to replace both fairing lowers on my 1050 ST and they came as a set.
Triumph no longer supplies BikeBandit and yes, their parts prices are from an alternative universe.
If they'd drop their parts prices their dealers would sell an awful lot more parts and maybe they'd actually stock some.
Everyone would be happier.
 
#3 ·
Yes, you might be right. I noticed the infill pannels for the Sprint ST and Tiger come as a set, not individual sides. That would definitely make more sense price wise. It would be nice if someone could clarify that for me. My dealer seemed to think it was only for one side. I know the top box color infill was only about $180 CDN so it really doesn't make sense that a single pannier panel should be so much more, as they are about the same size.
 
#5 ·
your dealer's parts guy must have been high when he quoted you that price.I just ordered one from International Motorsports in Langley, BC, and it was $90 CDN. The part description is "triumph-lid-assy-pannier-rh". Check out http://www.2wheelpros.com/ for the actual part number, then call a dealer near you for a proper price (http://www.2wheelpros.com/ has very lousy shipping to CDA, do NOT order from them).
 
#6 · (Edited)
There is a much larger story here. Triumph entering into a new model for dealerships and taking control of the parts.

Just last week they decided to not supply OEM parts to Bike Bandit.

Now the price on all the parts going through the roof. Don't know if that increase with the dealerships or the company itself.

They have also increase the price of the bikes by a large margin with the new line of bikes.

You can find anything for these bikes on E bay and would suggest people use that avenue and stay away from the company prices.

E BAY THE ONLY WAY
 
#7 ·
International Motorsports, where I just ordered the same art that he was quoted is a Triumph dealer. One of the largest in North America.I was quoted the price from the dealers parts system, which is Triumph NA's software. Sooo, I think the dealer in the OP's case got the wrong part. Sounds like he quoted for the whole clamshell part, and not just the painted lid assembly.
 
#8 ·
For the fun of it, I checked with Hermy's and could not find any of the plastic bits for the fairings or the panniers. Another dealer had the same parts list with no fairing panels. I planned to keep my Sprint GT for a while, but if Triumph makes it hard to get parts, or is not bothering to sell them anymore, I may be forced to jump ship to another marque. As long as parts were reasonably easy to get by mail, I had no problem, do most of my own work, but will have to reconsider if the bike gets sidelined periodically waiting for parts. I'm too old to waste time. Too bad, I have been riding Sprints since 1998.
 
#10 · (Edited)
There is also the possibility that due to releasing a new line of bikes with new parts that Triumph has stopped producing Sprint parts in favor of newer parts. It is not uncommon for manufacturers to stop producing parts for discontinued models, and in all cases the prices jump way up. Supply and demand and all that.

Just a theory though. Your dealer also could have had the wrong part.
 
#12 ·
FWIW, Bike Bandit appears to still be selling Triumph parts, but you can only see them if you navigate their site certain ways and not others.

AFAICT, all of the actual Triumph dealers with online parts fiche have had their sites destroyed by a botched Triumph update that left out lots of parts. (Example: looking under 2004 Sprint, it shows both the '00-'01 RS >139276 and the '02-up RS 139277>, but no STs at all. When looking for a new chain for my '04 RS, I noticed that there is a fiche for the front wheel, but not the rear.)

It may well be that Triumph's pooch screwing is the reason Bike Bandit has removed some of the links to their Triumph parts.

Cheers,
-Kit
 
#26 ·
I tried to order parts for my TT and the ONLY parts diagram/numbers were from England and the numbers are not the same as here.
The diagrams I could find here were incomplete and had no part numbers.

Messed up part is, I ordered parts for my Sprint (fork seals) and a couple things for the TT w weeks ago and had no problem finding or ordering them.
 
#16 ·
Triumph has always only sold their parts through dealerships. One of the reasons it took longer to get Triumph parts through BB was that they had to order through a dealership themselves.

Cheers,
-Kit
 
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#17 ·
I had the same issue and the price did not go up in Canada it was quoted to me 3 years ago over $400. It is a pricing screw up in the triumph parts system. My dealer even tried calling head office to get them to correct it but no dice.

I ended up ordering from World Of Triumph in England they were 67pounds so that is aboutm $110 canadian
 
#22 ·
I remember someone posting a few years ago about this, at first, they only charged for the one, but sent 2, apparently that didn't last.
 
#23 ·
To Dave and the others here. I have loved my 955i for every day I owned it. It rescued me from many stupid riding mistakes, I will miss it.

The biggest Triumph dealers are my local shop who has electric bikes and a scooter dealership over 10 years. The other was a world class race bike winning dealer, who has a Harley dealership also, both have been dropped by triumph. They both said that triumph now has such high requirements for dealers, solo brand, $$ parts and service exclusivity, like HD does, that they both have been forced to exit Triumph in my area. That means no service, parts, or helpful DIY words within over 200 miles. Sorry, I just can't do that.

With the possibility that our pres. will require overseas companies to pay a huuge tax on imported vehicles !! The other option floating is that all foreign motorcycle Co. will be required to have a US factory for part of the production. like Toyota and others do now. One dealer said it is possible that the new tariff on bikes will be ( too high to believe ) make it difficult to survive. That from A Ducatti , Vespa, etc. dealer.

Sounds to me like this is just starting, import duty, parts cost, shipping, all just made me look at who might have a problem with the increase in costs. Don't like it, that's for sure, but at my age I have to figure what riding time I have, the costs ( like an oil and filter, lube job is $175. from a local dealer) are getting high. The great old names take a hit on this, way out of line to do this to brands we love.

Bottom line, between Triumph reshufflings, and the govt. decrees, I couldn't see how to hang in there, with the time I see left for riding. I will now be found on the Yamaha Majesty web site. Best wishes to all riders.

I will always wave to, & remember, my Beloved Sprint 955i, thanks to all, ---- Cal
 
#24 ·
I might add, I have ridden over 50 years, loved many bikes, but at 78 this year I think my observations are not frivolous. I have posted with a different handle (that I lost ) when"Tashas Daddy" sent me so much personal and helpful assistance for a new Triumph owner 3 or so years ago.

Best Wishes to all, Cal
 
#25 ·
Let us hope the trade wars and tariffs do not occur.
Their parts are already stupidly expensive and I lost my "local" dealership last year. I wrote to Triumph and they gave me the party line about consolidating the brand into premium dealership or some such nonsense.

I would like to add that this site has been a tremendous help as I get up to speed on owning and working on the Triumph triples. I would like to support the dealerships but Triumph really needs to take a good look at their parts prices. I read that their profits are up 80% which is good for them BUT not so hot for us.
 
#27 · (Edited)
Well, I called International Motorsports today and found out an interesting detail. Seems that the pannier cover model is split between 2 different groups of VIN numbers on the GT. With one group the cover costs over $400 CDN (which was my original quote) and the other group costs $84 CDN. The only difference I know of between the covers on a Sprint GT is the original has Triumph decals on the cover and the newer ones have a chromed Triumph badge on the cover (same as the Trophy). My original one has the decal, but there is no way that I am paying over $300 difference to get the decal instead of the badge. It is cheaper to order both covers if I can't order just the badge to make the other side match. I ordered the $84 one will let you know what I find out about it when it arrives.
 
#30 · (Edited)
Mike, which side and what year?

Edit... nevermind. Left side, yes? I have spares off both sides from my 06 ST, but the left is pretty scored from the previous owner's low- speed lowside.
 
#29 ·
Well just as I thought, the new cover I received from International Motorsports fits perfect and the only difference is the badge instead of the decal. So, if you have an early VIN Sprint GT with the decal on your pannier cover instead of the Triumph chrome badge, you are better off ordering both the left and right covers from the newer VIN GTs than trying to buy the "correct one" for your VIN number. I have a 2011 Sprint GT and I saved over $320 Canadian, and the only difference is the badge instead of the decal.
 
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