I was in Bismarck ND last weekend and stopped at the dealership in Mandan to see about a couple of parts I needed. As it often happens, he looked on his computer and found the parts obsolete and he did not have them in stock.
He did find me several dealers who had these parts listed in their inventories. I made a couple of phone calls and found what I needed, in stock, at the Rocky Mountain dealership.

I was wondering, what are your best sources for parts?

 

Elvis's Place and Ebay.

 

I use Ebay.....not only just for buying, but for research and ideas as well. Obsolete new parts can sometimes be difficult to find.

 

Dealership, Indy shops and E-Bay in that order....Mostly E-Bay because that's where the parts needed reside!

 

Elvis definitely has the market cornered on a lot of old parts..mostly fxr. I met him at the last swap meet here, nice guy. At a swap meet he's on a mission...if you want to talk, you better keep up! FXR or DIE!

 

J&P cycle, Dennis Kirk and most of the above.
jim

 

Keep in mind obsolete does not always mean obsolete. Dealerships often base the need to keep parts on hand to the needs of the locale based on a sales history report generated annually. It is likely that you ran into a location where this was the case.

Harley davidson offers their motor reconditioning program to the efi twin cams and the evolutions, they consider shovel heads and older bikes "obsolete" ....any program they offer to recondition the evo or twin am means technically that those parts while not on hand are usually still readily available. Notiice they could order them........thus the parts are not truly obsolete. The sources listed in the previous posts to yours are great sources of parts.

 

Another source, if they really are obsolete, is VPI. They buy NOS stuff from manufacturers like GM, John Deere, Navistar and everything in between. I have been able to find a few parts from them.

 

For many years now the availability of parts for BSA and other British bikes, here in the UK, has probably been better than when the factory was still with us! I imagine there are Harley specialists still working with the old side valves, sourcing parts for them, and Evos will join those ranks before long. There are so many of us we will create a niche market for some enterprising specialists.

 

True dat! So much stuff for Brit iron. I will be poor but happy when I restore mine.