Yep its getting harder and harder to be able to buy all your parts locally and its unfair to expect consumers to shop only locally and also unfair to expect wholesalers to bring in large volumes of slow moving parts. The wholesalers are just not bringing in the stuff for older bikes these days. They are catering for whats current and thats it. VMX/classic/vintage/antique bikes are still a small market compared the modern stuff. Try to get genuine Harley parts for a model thats not even 10 years old and its considered 'too old', they dont stock the parts and its all special order. Odd ball tyres make life hard too. They are not big enough sellers for the wholesalers to import even if they are listed on the global website. Many times i have had importers of some tyres special order in a half a dozen or so, but there's times when they cant even do that or when i cant wait 3 months for the next boat, which means ordering direct from somewhere overseas. I tried to get a sprocket for a SP 370 from the AFAM sales rep. Its in his catalog, but nope he said forget it, its too old, they dont bring one in.
