http://www.kickstartmoto.com.au/blog.html Motorcycle Parts - the distinction between OEM, after-market and second hand Basic guideline: don’t mix up after-market parts with second hand parts, and don’t jumble Ebay-stores with used vendors as well!

1. MOTORCYCLE PARTS
Motorcycle Parts - the distinction between
OEM, after-market and 2nd hand
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2. Basic guideline: don’t mistake after-market parts with previously owned parts, and don’t confuse Ebay-stores
with 2nd hand dealers ! Ebay is just another marketplace with an online shop and, even though private sales will
most likely be used motorcycle parts or brand new parts that are no longer in its original product packaging, Ebay
supplies brick and mortar as well as other online merchants a podium for supplying their products. Due to its
auction structure, many individuals are going directly to Ebay to get an item when searching for a good deal.
OEM is short for Original Equipment Manufacturer - though this does not automatically guarantee that the
original manufacturer produced them. Companies can actually give the job of developing as well as
manufacturing parts to independent companies and either fit them into their motorcycles or package these parts
as their own OEM motorcycle parts. Although if the original manufacturer is able to stake their good name upon
an outsourced producer by marketing them as their own, they certainly depend upon the third party
manufacturer to create high quality parts.
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3. Wherein manufacturers begin contracts with the outsourced manufacturers, there can be a time frame put in
place. After a certain length of time, an outsourced producer might no longer be tied up exclusively within their
contract and will start providing selected motorcycle parts under their unique label. What you’re getting, is an
after-market part of an equivalent quality as an OEM part under contract! Don’t get too ecstatic though, it'll be
very difficult to find out the sort of information.
However this is basically what it really boils down to . . . good research. After-market parts might be of equal
caliber as i have said earlier, but there is also the chance in which after-market parts may very well be of lesser
quality, and the opportunity that after-market motorcycle parts may well be better quality as compared with
OEM parts! Essentially, all you can do is just ask your mechanic plenty of questions, or write an email to the
email address of the web shop you’re looking through. Look at user reviews, as people today do want to write
about their experiences online with other people, but take into account that most customers will more readily
share their negative experiences online and not be bothered to talk about their good experiences.
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4. Irrespective, after-market parts that have a normal or acceptable warranty
phase, and save you money also, can make any after-market nerves fade away.
Motorcycle parts sold in Australia need to have passed safety standards and, if
not, I guarantee the manufacturer wouldn't want the negative press that would
heed from below average products. Maybe certain motorcycle parts, for your
safely, just aren’t really worth taking a chance and as a result it’s OEM all the
way, whatever your researching and comfort zone enables.
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