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XR200 Hop up kits...suspension, plastics, etc...
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[QUOTE="DualSportr, post: 138131, member: 19592"] Unfortunately, this isn't left up to your individual dealer. The dealer is on an OEM Parts Network. The parts your dealer orders come from one of 4 (maybe 3 now) warehouses here in the US. If the parts aren't in those warehouses - then your dealer, and any other dealer out there - are out of luck (yes, they can do a critical parts search of other dealers, but it's not usually successful). Honda determines what they will continue to carry. After Mr. Honda died in 198?, Honda slowly began discontinuing parts for the earlier models. They used to carry it all. In my relatively educated opinion, Honda and the other OEM's are working towards a system where the year after they discontinue a model, they make one more batch of parts for that model and that's it. When those parts are gone, they're discontinued. I'm not saying this is right - obviously I don't believe that, since we own more than 30 vintage bikes - it's just the facts. Yes, the 79-82 models were popular. We sold more parts for them than the RFVC version which came out in 83. But in the last year, the demand for aftermarket on this and other '80's thumpers has really dropped. We sold 30 or 40 bore kits for the 500 (XR,XL, FT) in 1999, and only 4 in 2000. It's not cost effective to stock something for more than a year, so we had to drop the product line. Even though it's nice to be able to offer product for the older models, if you're running a business, you've got to make a little profit to stay alive. This is the reason it gets difficult to find product for early models. Yes, there are many out there still running. Yes, they're great bikes. Yes, there are a few people who want to spend $$ to hop them up (or rebuild them), but that number is very small - not enough to keep the aftermarket industry alive. It has to come down to $$. No matter how "nice" a shop wants to be, if they can't make a profit, they're out of business. [/QUOTE]
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