Deedee and I were planning to ride the Santa Cruz Mountains this past weekend. I pulled the bike down to the end of the driveway and was happily wiping er down so it'd shine real nice. That's when I found all the hardware aside from the stem attaching the left passenger floorboard to the bike is missing. I ride almost every day, so it's difficult to discern when it came off in retrospect.
Most of all, I hope it didn't damage anyone’s car when it came off. I can't recall when it was, but I do recall hearing someone honk their horn at one time or another last week. Generally, I don't pay much attention to those things unless I know it involves me. This time it must have and I missed the opportunity to retrieve it. Provided it was possible. I ride on a lot of freeway and there's no way I'm stopping unless I absolutely have to when on those roads.
Well, I call my local stealer and for around $640.00, they ordered the replacement parts for just that one floorboard, pan and mounting hardware. We were simply amazed at how much they are charging for just a few parts! If we didn't have plans to travel to Parkfield with the group this coming weekend, I'd have shopped around a little more. But we had to get this stuff quickly, so I paid an extr $40.00 to expedite shipment. It will be in by Wednesday. The total for parts was $600.00. (Ouch!)
You can see in the pic below, my bike is the '07 Ultra CVO that had the Stealth Collection floorboards that came with it.
Does anyone know if this pricing is out of line with expectations or not? Feels like gouging to me...
