Tip Over Cover Part Number?

LeeU

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Casa Grande, AZ
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2010 Silver NT700
Anyone have the Honda part number for the crash bar tip over cover. Need to replace one.

Thanks,

Lee U
 
R 64260-MEW-920
L 64360-MEW-920
$4.82 each at Parts Fish.com

Mike

BTW, L & R are as you are sitting on the bike
 
WVRider said:
And if they happen to be out, check Part zilla.com though they are a wee bit higher.
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Duane, it's been my experience that nobody "stocks" nuffin' for the NT :cry:, thus an order from Mother Honda is usually required. Parts Fish does a credible job in doing so and even with an order, you usually get the part within a week with standard shipping.

Mike
 
If you go to Partzilla.com - you can select your bike model and year and then pull up the parts fiche (aka exploded view / microfilm drawing) and get the OEM part number for every single nut, bolt, bearing, seal and engine or chassis part on the bike.

THAT OEM PART NUMBER IS GOLDEN INFORMATION!!

There are several things you can do with that OEM part number:
  • You can see if Partzilla lists the part as available and at what price (they carry a huge stock of parts for even older motorcycles);

  • If you click on the part number in the parts list beside the exploded view diagram, another list will come up to tell what other bikes used that very part. (OEMs recycle a lot of their parts from one bike to another and so if you go into a dealership and say you need a footpeg bolt for a 1978 Yamaha XS650, the pimply-faced kid will likely say "We don't carry any parts for 41 year old bikes" - but....if you say "I need a footpeg bolt for a 2017 Yamaha R1" - he may have a box full of them. The point is that many common parts like nuts and bolts, seals, bearings etc. have been used for literally decades on a huge range of models - and so expanding your search window can be worthwhile.

  • On that same theme of having a wider search window, knowing what other bikes used the same part that you are presently looking for means that you can go to a salvage yard and look at a much wider range of bikes than just yours.

  • If you own a Honda (and I presume many of you do ;)) - you should know that a large percentage of the fasteners - things like nuts and bolts and those expensive little plastic push-pins that hold the fairings together are also used on Honda cars and they use exactly the same part numbers as the bike division. The key thing is that Honda car dealerships usually have a much bigger stock of parts than the bike stealerships and they normally price the parts much lower than the bike division because the auto market is so much more competitive and they buy in larger quantities. I got a whole bag full of plastic push-pins for my ST1300 at a Honda auto dealership for about half the cost my local bike dealership wanted. In fact, I found out later that those very same parts can be purchased on eBay even cheaper.

  • The Partzilla parts listing normally gives the basic dimensions of things like nuts, bolts, bearings and seals and many of these are standard industrial items that can simply be purchased at an industrial supply house or on-line for MUCH less than from any OEM. The key thing here is that none of the OEMs actually make their own nuts, bolts, seals, bearings or washers - they all buy them from specialty manufacturers and those folks sell to lots of other companies as well. Also - bearing numbers will be on the old bearings - just take the oldie into a bearing supply place and see if they have it or can get it - cheaper than any bike dealer.

  • You can check to see if anyone might have that part for sale on the web: All you do is enter the OEM part number into your web browser search window. NOTE: Use only the part number / letter combination - no other words or modifiers are necessary. You might be amazed to find that somebody somewhere has got that very part either used or NOS and is trying to sell it at a great price. I got a nice NOS clutch pushrod for my 1976 Yamaha XS650C for $6 shipped using this method and it came unused and still in the original (but dusty) 43 year old Yamaha parts package. The point is that people go around buying up old stock from dealerships that go out of business or simply need to clean house - and then they put the parts up for sale on the web. In the vintage bike community, we use this method all the time to keep our bikes running like new.
Anyhow - keeping old stuff going is a combination of resourcefulness, opportunism hoarding and luck - but a little knowledge goes a long way too.

Pete
 
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Pete offers some great advice. One clue to whether the part you need was designed originally for the NT is the three character identifier in the Honda part number. As in the above part numbers for the tip over wing covers, the characters "MEW" designate the part was originally used for the NT. It may be been used in subsequent bikes, but the NT was first use. Also, as Pete said the OE part number can be valuable for other parts. I found an oil pressure switch for my sons '78 Honda Hawk II using the OE number and it crossed to a Standard Motor Parts switch that was also common to several Japanese cars... much cheaper and readily available.

Mike
 
mikesim said:
Pete offers some great advice. One clue to whether the part you need was designed originally for the NT is the three character identifier in the Honda part number. As in the above part numbers for the tip over wing covers, the characters "MEW" designate the part was originally used for the NT. It may be been used in subsequent bikes, but the NT was first use. Also, as Pete said the OE part number can be valuable for other parts. I found an oil pressure switch for my sons '78 Honda Hawk II using the OE number and it crossed to a Standard Motor Parts switch that was also common to several Japanese cars... much cheaper and readily available.

Mike
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RIGHT - and I think I am correct in saying that some folks on ST Owners have found that the fuel pump on the fuel injected ST1300 (the earlier ST1100 used carbs) is actually the same as that found on several Honda car models.

So - that pump would be widely available at vehicle junk yards for peanuts and can even be bought new from places like Rock Auto on-line for a fraction of the cost you'd pay if you went to a Honda bike dealer and asked for a "2007 Honda ST1300 fuel pump". In fact, it may very well be the same fuel pump that is used on NT700Vs (but really, I have no idea so don't run out and grab one from an old Accord or Civic).

The key thing is that if you actually stare at a motorcycle, an awful lot of the parts used to build it are pretty generic - and are used on other bikes, cars and even garden equipment.

Anyhow - that OEM part number is extremely valuable information.
 
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