{"id":30442,"date":"2021-12-12T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=30442"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:45:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:45:28","slug":"thoughts-facing-your-motorcycle-by-working-backward-through-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20211212\/blogs\/thoughts\/thoughts-facing-your-motorcycle-by-working-backward-through-life","title":{"rendered":"[Thoughts] Facing Your Motorcycle by Working Backward Through Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/SUZUKI-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/SUZUKI-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/SUZUKI-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/SUZUKI-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/SUZUKI-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/SUZUKI.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Discontinued, discontinued, discontinued&#8230; What on earth should I do? <br>How many should I stock up on? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You might as well work backward from how many more years and kilometers you&#8217;ll ride to decide whether to fix things or stock parts. <br>That&#8217;s an old man&#8217;s way of thinking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First, regarding parts: prices may go up even for reproductions, but you can&#8217;t count on them going down. <br>Discontinued OEM parts are dwindling worldwide without remanufacturing, and they&#8217;re deteriorating all the time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I completely understand the feeling of not wanting to stock parts you might not need down the road. <br>But when you actually need something, you can&#8217;t find it, and when you finally do, the used condition is often terrible. <br>I&#8217;ve been there myself\u2014how many times have I thought, &#8220;I wish I&#8217;d bought that back then&#8230;&#8221; <br>Original parts especially have high value and are sold and used worldwide because of their absolute reliability. <br>Given the spike in crude oil prices, I expect all goods and services to jump in price next year and beyond. <br>Since parts are inherently expensive, a 5 or 10 percent increase translates to thousands of yen. You need to think carefully about what to buy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you know you&#8217;ll only ride about 20,000 kilometers over the next five years and you&#8217;ve decided where you&#8217;re headed, you could also go without stocking and just watch the condition. <br>When I was in my 20s and 30s, I never thought about this stuff at all, but now I realize that nobody can predict what will happen\u2014and the same goes for motorcycles. <br><br>&#8220;Things will work out somehow&#8221; doesn&#8217;t always lead to a bright future. <br>You need reserves for your bike too, and when trouble hits, you can&#8217;t count on someone conveniently coming to your rescue. <br>Think carefully about which reproduction and OEM parts are available or not, and stock accordingly. Honestly, with Suzuki&#8230; <br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discontinued, discontinued, discontinued&#8230; What on earth should I do? How many should I stock up on? You might as well work backward from how many more years and kilometers you&#8217;ll ride to decide whether to fix things or stock parts. 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