Yamaha parts on Ebay in Malesia... are original?

[ditomagico]

Hi All

I saw a guy on ebay in Malesia selling RD500 / RZ500 OEM parts . Are they genuine or not ? Did anyone here buy from him? I doubt they are original because it seem there is a 30 days lead time to get them ... time to manufacture them?

Ditomagico

[silverstrom]

There are multiple sellers in Malaysia that have 30 day lead times because they order from Yamaha and resell to you, which is a good indication that you can still get it from your local Yamaha dealer.

[podman]

....also consider he regulary claims many of these items are NOS...when they are not! I bought a new trim for me seat lock direct from Yamaha a few years back for £3 something but he had them on sale at £30!

ALWAYS check your Yamaha dealer as 90% of the time parts claimed as NOS on eBay are not and are way over inflated price wise.

[silverstrom]

Most sellers claiming to have NOS parts are resellers buying directly from the dealer and jacking up the price. Many parts are still available new from the dealer if people bothered to check.

Not long ago I bought a new RG500 solo seat cowl set from my local Suzuki dealer. $300 Cdn. The same set on eBay was 3 times that price. Check first, or pay more.

[JonW]

Ive come to think the ebay sellers are just trying to get in the searches when people use the term 'NOS', its annoying tho. New is not NOS as we know.

Beware tho, just cos you could buy something a few years back for $3 doesnt make it a $3 part today. LC headlight buckets were $20 last year, now they are sold out at Yam and only the NOS suppliers have them... for $300 etc. Yam also messes with the prices as well and they rarely go down.

I have a mate with an LC who asks me what Ive bought recently and when i say something like 'Oh listen this, i got a NOS LC seatcover! Im stoked...!!!!' he says 'but ebay has loads of them for $20...'. I think he thinks aftermarket is the same as OEM and probably that NOS is Nitrous. Its takes all sorts...

Anyway, John is right. Always check the usual online parts books with a part number. If you dont you will likely overpay for parts. More work, but its your money...