Suggestions for reasonably priced source of maint. parts

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Suggestions for reasonably priced source of maint. parts

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I am seeing a wide price range for general maintenance items as I search the web and was wondering if there was a consensus on reasonably priced, well organized web e-tailers that had such items for an R1150R. I am thinking along the lines of oil filters, magnetic drain plugs, spark plug wires, brake pads and rotors, etc...

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Re: Suggestions for reasonably priced source of maint. parts

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beemerboneyard is a good source
Chicago BMW will give a 10 percent discount off of their list price as well.
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Your profile doesn't say where you are.
I live in Australia (and our A$ is at its highest value for 30 odd years)
I find it cheaper (including postage) to buy parts including scheduled maintenance parts
from Beemerboneryard http://www.beemerboneyard.com/ in USA
or Motorworks http://www.motorworks.co.uk/vlive/Home/index.php in UK.
An extreme example was a stickcoil that cost me A$225 locally was A$100 from Motorworks.
Delivery times across the world are not much longer than having a part ordered and posted from 120 km away.
Perhaps this is more a reflection on my local BMW dealership and Australia Post, but it could be worthwhile
checking out both of these online stores.
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I do not do a high mileage and therefore maintenance (apart from oil changes) is rather infrequent. I usually pick up a couple of oil filters when I visit the main dealer and buy my oil on line at Opie Oils, being in the UK. I use Silkolene 20/50 semi synthetic.
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