A motorcycle parts quote request is a short email that either contains six pieces of information or does not. When it does, we can go and price the job. When it does not, we write back asking for the missing piece, and everybody waits.
Why every price here is quoted rather than listed
Nothing on this site is sold from a live catalogue. We hold no shopping cart, publish no price list and keep no public stock figures, because what we sell is sourced against the enquiry from suppliers in Thailand and Japan. A price only exists once we know what you want and where it is going.
That is slower than a checkout button and it is deliberate. It is also why the parts that arrive are the parts that fit. The full process, including payment and despatch terms, is set out in the order policy; this page is only about getting the enquiry itself right.
What to send with a motorcycle parts quote request
The table ranks the information by how much it actually changes what we can do. The first five rows are the ones that decide whether a quotation can be produced at all.
| What you send | Why it matters | If you leave it out | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| The manufacturer’s reference for the item | Identifies one component with no ambiguity | We work from your description, which is slower | Essential, or the next row |
| The item’s name with your frame number | The frame number fixes your exact machine and variant | We cannot tell which version fits your bike | Essential where there is no reference |
| Quantity | Changes availability, packing and the despatch method | We quote one, and it has to be redone | Essential |
| Destination country and postcode | The price includes carriage to you, so it cannot be worked out without it | No shipping figure can be produced at all | Essential |
| Speed or cost, whichever matters more | Decides whether we price post, courier or cargo | We choose for you, possibly wrongly | Essential |
| A photograph | Confirms an unclear description early | More messages before we agree what it is | Helpful |
| Shop or private buyer | Affects how the consignment and its paperwork are handled | Nothing breaks; it may be asked later | Helpful |
| Brand preference for a tuning item | Aftermarket goods are ordered by the brand’s own reference | We may quote genuine where you wanted aftermarket | Helpful |
If you have no reference for the item
Most enquiries arrive this way and it is not a problem. Give us the name of the thing, your frame number, and a picture if you can take one. How to take a useful one is covered in our note on photographing a part, and the catalogue route is in finding a part by its number.
What slows a quotation down
This is the honest view from our side of the desk, and none of it is a complaint. Each of these is simply a thing we cannot resolve without writing back to you first.
- A generic name for a component that exists in left and right, early and late, or market-specific forms.
- No frame number, on a machine sold in several variants.
- No destination country, which makes the carriage half of the price unanswerable.
- A photograph with nothing in it to give scale, or shot into a reflection.
- An open-ended request for a best price on everything available for a given model.
- A long list sent as several separate messages, which we then have to reassemble.
The reverse also holds. A single message with the machine, the list, the quantities and the destination in it is usually all we need to go and check the supply source.
CIF, FOB and what the price does not include
Our quotations are given in Thai Baht on a CIF basis. CIF and FOB are trade terms published by the International Chamber of Commerce, which writes the Incoterms rules that international sellers price against. You do not need to know the rules to buy one clutch cable, but you do need to know which side of the line each cost sits on.
The short version for a private buyer
FOB is the goods, prepared and delivered to the point of export. CIF is that figure plus the carriage to your country. So a CIF quotation is what it costs to get the item to you, and that is why we cannot produce one without a destination.
What sits outside it is import duty and tax. Those are assessed at your end by your own customs authority on the declared value, they vary by country and by commodity, and we neither collect nor control them. Customs policies differ widely, so a call to your local office before a large order is worth making.
After you accept: payment, despatch and returns
Payment is by bank transfer, by credit card through a secure link, or by PayPal. The currency is Thai Baht. We do not publish bank details on this site and will not send them to anyone who has not asked for a quotation.
Despatch follows whichever method the quotation was built on. The postal route is explained in our guide to EMS from Thailand and Japan, and the courier case in shipping parts by DHL.
Returns are the part to read before you accept rather than after. Once an order has shipped we cannot take it back except for a manufacturer’s fault, and parts cannot be returned to Thailand at all. That is exactly why we would rather spend an extra message confirming what you need.
Frequently asked questions
Is a quotation binding on me?
No. Asking for a price commits you to nothing at all, and there is no account to create in order to ask. A quotation is an email setting out what we can source, what it comes to, and how it would travel.
Can you quote for a shop or a repeat order?
Yes, and it is a large part of what we do. Independent shops and restorers order from us regularly, and the dealer list shows overseas stockists who already carry our own parts. Say in your first message that you are buying for a business.
What about a whole motorcycle rather than parts?
That is a different service with a container minimum. New Thai-market machines are exported by twenty-foot or forty-foot container, and the details are on our export page. Start a container enquiry at the container quote form.
Sending your enquiry
Put the item, the quantity, the machine and its frame number, the destination country and your preference between speed and cost into one message. Add photographs if you have them. That is a complete enquiry, and we can take it straight to the supply source.
Use the quote request form, which can be opened with a category already filled in for genuine replacement parts or engine and performance work. If you would rather write in your own words, the contact page carries the shop’s email address and telephone number.