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Im looking at changing the front end of my SV for a gixer front end and i was wonder what is the best place to find a front end other than flea bay
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A breaker or someone breaking a race bike. Keep your eye out on GSXR forums and racing forums.
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Got all mine from Ebay, no problem with any of it. You could have a look on there but then only buy from the breakers if you don't want to buy privately off there?
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I'm on my 3rd one
![]() eBay sometimes has bargains, however a lot of them are a similar price. The best deals I have found have been at breakers and you have more chance of getting all the bits you need in one go. Gixerjunkies maybe, but motoforum.net also has them up sometimes. |
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Can you recommend a breakers? |
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TBH - I thought the same thing, however I'd been mainly looking at stuff from breakers on ebay and then by chance, phoned one up asking about a Gixer front wheel I think it was and although it had already been sold, he said he had another bike he was breaking and he had all the bits I wanted (forks, yokes, mudguard, wheel, discs, calipers, m/c etc etc).
I asked him what he wanted all in and it was very, very, very reasonable ![]() If you looked at the bits they were selling on ebay though, you'd have been put off straight away i.e. £95 for calipers (no lines). Have noticed this with other breakers that advertise on ebay too, if you give them a ring asking for all the bits you need, they do tend to be cheaper. One guy in Birmingham I tried is still waiting for a Gixer front end to be released from the Police compound, his name is Buzz and you can reach him on 07748211097. He is on ebay too. |
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You could use this free service to find the parts you need. I'd been looking for one fork leg and couldn't find one on evilbay at the right price. Many were too much money, or it was a pair.
I posted up my request on here, and was offered one the next day. The price was good too, better than Ebay http://www.bike-breakers.info/
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