Where do you buy your motorcycle gear? By cavenger (Read 579 times)

[cavenger]

I can't find any place local and I need hard to fit sizes.

[jct842]

2 choices, travel to bigger city or shop the internet. Motorcycle superstore, bike bandit, Dennis Kirk, jp motors, gosh there must be a thousand of them on the net. Some times it is hard to distinguish a real dealer from a fly by night but those I mentioned are real and big dealers and I have used all of them.

Edit.... Years ago before the net usually any one with a big ad in a motorcycle magazine would be OK, but today with the internet any one can put up a big nice looking web site and not have any stock or even a real business. I have checked a few bike dealers out that operate out of an apartment building and one did have a store and on Google Earth it appeared to be the size of a 2 car garage yet his web site indicated 20,000 items.

[cavenger]

Jul 10, 2015 13:47:30 GMT -6 jct842 said:

2 choices, travel to bigger city or shop the internet. Motorcycle superstore, bike bandit, Dennis Kirk, jp motors, gosh there must be a thousand of them on the net. Some times it is hard to distinguish a real dealer from a fly by night but those I mentioned are real and big dealers and I have used all of them.

Edit.... Years ago before the net usually any one with a big ad in a motorcycle magazine would be OK, but today with the internet any one can put up a big nice looking web site and not have any stock or even a real business. I have checked a few bike dealers out that operate out of an apartment building and one did have a store and on Google Earth it appeared to be the size of a 2 car garage yet his web site indicated 20,000 items.

I see the online places... The only problem is you can't try on anything. I was thinking there might be brick and mortar stores that actually have this stuff.

[richardv]

Join a web site that relates to your model of motorcycle and there will be advertisers and discussions.

[novaraptor]

Mostly I purchase riding gear at Cycle Gear, but I have two of them in my city. Fairly good prices and even their logo'd brand is generally pretty good quality.

[cyborg]

Jul 10, 2015 13:47:30 GMT -6 jct842 said:

2 choices, travel to bigger city or shop the internet. Motorcycle superstore, bike bandit, Dennis Kirk, jp motors, gosh there must be a thousand of them on the net. Some times it is hard to distinguish a real dealer from a fly by night but those I mentioned are real and big dealers and I have used all of them.

Edit.... Years ago before the net usually any one with a big ad in a motorcycle magazine would be OK, but today with the internet any one can put up a big nice looking web site and not have any stock or even a real business. I have checked a few bike dealers out that operate out of an apartment building and one did have a store and on Google Earth it appeared to be the size of a 2 car garage yet his web site indicated 20,000 items.

i've bought from cycle gear many a time,,,,and ebay as well,,as far as the guy with the 20,000 piece inventory in a 2 car garage thats 3 helmets and a sh!tload of washers,,,,still have room for the jag and 3 bikes

[cavenger]

Jul 10, 2015 15:24:32 GMT -6 cyborg said:

Jul 10, 2015 13:47:30 GMT -6 jct842 said:

2 choices, travel to bigger city or shop the internet. Motorcycle superstore, bike bandit, Dennis Kirk, jp motors, gosh there must be a thousand of them on the net. Some times it is hard to distinguish a real dealer from a fly by night but those I mentioned are real and big dealers and I have used all of them.

Edit.... Years ago before the net usually any one with a big ad in a motorcycle magazine would be OK, but today with the internet any one can put up a big nice looking web site and not have any stock or even a real business. I have checked a few bike dealers out that operate out of an apartment building and one did have a store and on Google Earth it appeared to be the size of a 2 car garage yet his web site indicated 20,000 items.

i've bought from cycle gear many a time,,,,and ebay as well,,as far as the guy with the 20,000 piece inventory in a 2 car garage thats 3 helmets and a sh!tload of washers,,,,still have room for the jag and 3 bikes

What a newbie I am! I just found out there is a Cycle Gear in my city....lol. Thanks!

[jct842]

When you stop at the cycle gear store you might talk with a few of their customers and ask if there is any where else you could shop as well.

Getting a helmet on the internet can be an if-y thing but is worth a lot to try it on locally, in fact try a few till you find one that fits as well is in your price range.

I like to help a local small dealer but if they don't have a decent inventory they are not helping me.

[cyborg]

It's the candy store for the two wheel set,,,,got an arai quantum helmet there in my size for $85,,, I couldn't believe it,,,,too bad they only had one in my size or I would have bought more,,,another time I went there and got a full set of leathers ( motoman) for $289,,,, with armor inserts,,,,not the best in the world but a real nice set for like no money,,,,I love that place