Re: fast rear brake pad wear
On a tangent, there's always discussion about whether to buy online versus at the local brick & mortar shop. I'll be at nearly 20,000 miles in 5 weeks so wanted to have a set of pads on hand for our June trip. My dealer's initial quote for a full set of OEM pads was a bit over $140 (2 sets front and one set rear). The Stadium Yamaha price was $109 shipped.
Most dealers any more are so aware of internet prices that they are willing to at least discuss what they can do on their parts prices for you. While they obviously have overhead that means they seldom can beat online pricing, I don't mind keeping my local dealer around if the price is close. PLUS they usually get my parts faster than delivery.
Having the individual part numbers and prices in hand, the local dealer (Battley Harley/BMW/Ducati/Yamaha of Rockville, MD) was willing to come down from full retail to $114.59. Obviously, your dealer WILL vary, but for the $5 difference and 3 day delivery, I'm supporting my local shop.
Heck, I'll get that much back in their free donuts.
On a tangent, there's always discussion about whether to buy online versus at the local brick & mortar shop. I'll be at nearly 20,000 miles in 5 weeks so wanted to have a set of pads on hand for our June trip. My dealer's initial quote for a full set of OEM pads was a bit over $140 (2 sets front and one set rear). The Stadium Yamaha price was $109 shipped.
Most dealers any more are so aware of internet prices that they are willing to at least discuss what they can do on their parts prices for you. While they obviously have overhead that means they seldom can beat online pricing, I don't mind keeping my local dealer around if the price is close. PLUS they usually get my parts faster than delivery.
Having the individual part numbers and prices in hand, the local dealer (Battley Harley/BMW/Ducati/Yamaha of Rockville, MD) was willing to come down from full retail to $114.59. Obviously, your dealer WILL vary, but for the $5 difference and 3 day delivery, I'm supporting my local shop.
Heck, I'll get that much back in their free donuts.