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So yesterday I decided to get my one allocated bike drop out of the way. I was leaving my carport and the dirt/gravel driveway combo took the bike right out from under me. Buggered up the left crankcase cover pretty good and I decided to go ahead and buy a replacement now even if I don't install it. Coming from the vintage Honda world, I know that once a part is dropped from production, NOS or nice used parts can get hella-expensive. I'm looking at the hondapartshouse fiche and they have the metal cover for $94.63 (not bad, considering), but then I notice that the plastic sprocket cover is $136.89. In what universe does it make sense that a piece of plastic would cost $40 more than a comparably-sized metal part? I guess I just don't understand
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I'm sorry about your drop. Check Partzilla -- their price might be better.
I think Honda parts are cheap by comparison to BMW parts!
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Samurider sells sprocket covers as well, in metal, to replace the plastic, if I recall. Sorry about the drop.
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some guys have replaced the plastic cover with metal ones so they may have their old ones laying around you can pick up at a substantial discount. CB4ME and Chip Beck come to mind.
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Thanks, my plastic cover is just fine though. It's the metal crankcase cover that took the fall. I only mentioned the sprocket cover because I don't understand why it is more expensive than the metal crankcase cover which I assume is more complex/expensive to manufacture.
(07-12-2016, 04:33 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: some guys have replaced the plastic cover with metal ones so they may have their old ones laying around you can pick up at a substantial discount. CB4ME and Chip Beck come to mind.
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Shinchan,
Even if you don't need it the metal cover looks a ton better. Just sayin'.
Chip
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(07-12-2016, 10:38 AM)ChipBeck_imp Wrote: Shinchan,
Even if you don't need it the metal cover looks a ton better. Just sayin'.
Chip
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You get the added benefit of no cost conversion from 5 speed to 6 speed transmission, says so right on the metal cover.
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The tooling for those covers (both cast aluminum and injection molded plastic) are both expensive. The material cost is pennies while the tooling is $50,000 or more. The price of the part is determined more by how many parts you run at a time than what the material it is made out of.
My guess on those two covers is that Honda has a larger minimum order on the aluminum cover that brings the price down a little.
