Anybody know a cheap place to get these? Bike bandit has them listed as :

92075: DAMPER,PILOT LAMP, bike bandit P/N 868558.

List them at $2.65 a piece! What a rip off for just a chunk of rubber.

Every time I take one of the rear covers off I seem to lose one LOL, I'm down to one washer/gromet on the exhaust side, the rest are all never to be found again. Now even with the bolts tight the covers still rattle a bit which is annoying.

Anybody find another place to get 'em cheaper or used any ingenuity to use something else besides an official KAWI part? I am thinking some small O-rings or something from the home cheapo plumbing section might fix what ails me.

Thanks,

Anthony

 

Ron Ayers has them for $1.46 each.
http://www.ronayers.com/

Ron (not Ayers, a different Ron)

 

Check at an automotive or electrical jobber for grommets.

 

Sweet, thanks for the replies fellas. When I find a good deal, I will be sure to buy a bag of 'em this way here when i lose more I have plenty of spares!

 

In the mean time, just use faucet washers...drill the holes a bit bigger and they work perfectly...no rattle at all.

 

My father is a master plumber, so there should be no problem finding any of those laying around! As long as those washers work, I don't see any need to go pick up the official Kawi grommets.

 

PSU,

Those little buggers give me grief as well and I figure it's only a matter of time before one disapears forever.

I had a '66 Mustang once with a 3-speed manual (unsyncronized to boot) tranny. The shifter had a pretty long throw, and the rubber grommets where the shifter rods connected would wear out and the shifter would rattle like crazy. After buying a few grommets from Ford a mechanic told me to just go to an auto supply store, buy a length of rubber hose (can't remember if it was fuel line, heater hose, whatever) for a buck and shave off a grommet size piece every time I needed one.

Problem solved, and for pennies apiece. May not quite be as simple since the shape of the underlying metal seat is a different shape but I would think that any rubber buffer under the side guard would do the trick. Something to think about.