Great service from http://yamaha-parts.victordrummond.net/ here in Australia

[ken65]

WOW what can i say, needed some clutch parts and quick, put an order in here at    http://yamaha-parts.victordrummond.net/     and Victor didn't have a part i needed and upgraded me free of charge at his own cost, fantastic to deal with as well as solid advice , at last an Aussie seller where i can get bits and pieces for my FJ at competitive prices and best of all no more waiting 2 or 3 weeks for parts to arrive from O/S, I'm not affiliated with the seller, just a very satisfied customer

ken

[Stainesy]

Thanks for the report Ken, I've found myself checking his site a few times over the past few weeks and wondering if he'd be any good.

[WestOzXJR]

G'day fellas, once again thanks Ken for your business, I'm glad to have been able to fulfil your order...

Although I do come by the forum all the time for a read to see what's happening, I don't have as much free time as I'd like to participate, and I'm not one to think it's my right to just pop up here to flog my wares every time a thread mentions someone's possible need for parts... But at the suggestion of some of the forum members here whom I keep in contact with, I thought I'd drop by and introduce a little more of what I'm doing here in Oz with the parts business and website...

This of course all sprang from my own motorcycling addiction, "moditus" I think all of our shrinks call it, not that I get time for building or modding my own bikes at the moment. Well, it got to a point in my accumulation of parts that it occurred to me that the "thing" you're obsessed with should become your life's business... The idea I cultivated was that through purchasing in volumes that reduce (consolidated) shipping costs plus researching the best deals I could find would result in parts at competitive prices with more immediate availability to my fellow owners here.

Thanks for the report Ken, I've found myself checking his site a few times over the past few weeks and wondering if he'd be any good.

The reason I used my own name for the domain name and a pic of my ugly mug is because I'm a guy publicly upstanding in my commitment to do what I say I'm going to...
By way of the internet and lightning fast communications, the world becomes smaller every day and our circles of acquaintances grows. I have every intention to be known personally and professionally as honest and reliable person to deal with, but for the grace of my customers go I. My customers patronage support my goal to live a self-determined life of freedom, I always ask myself, "how best can I serve them and if things go a little pear-shaped (as they sometimes can), how best to solve it to my customers satisfaction, it's the attitude I build my business on (and parts for motorcycles are not the only parts enterprise I'm involved in)...

Although only in the fledgling stage of the this endeavour, I already supply engine parts to an ever-increasing customer base of Aussiecar and Legendcar racers here in Oz, including to the homologated engine builder of Aussiecar engines in Queensland and another engine builder in Queensland who's built more Fj / Xjr engines in this country than anyone else.

Last week when my international supplier let me down by "losing" my shipment (of XJR head gaskets), although I could have easily just refunded the customer's money and said, "fuggit, sorry it's not my fault", I chose instead to cop the hit and an re-order through another supplier and pay for express international courier shipping to fulfil my commitment and not let the engine builder (nor his customers) down...

Peering into the future, I intend to add more new parts lines onto the website for Fj's and Xjr's, and there are many items I have in stock I've not yet had time to list. It perhaps looks like nothing new has been added for a while (been flat out with engine parts quotes now the boys are on a mid-season break and madly freshening motors), but there's a lot going on behind the scenes and more parts lines and stock is coming for my favourite motorcycles, the Fj passion I know you guys share too.

The prices will become lower as volumes increase and I'm pursuing new supply sources of genuine Yamaha parts more directly out of South-East Asia which will further reduce the shipping cost component and will subsequently reflect in a reduction sale price (all other factors staying equal such as the currency exchange rate, which inevitably a stagnant rate is not likely).

For international customers, I have shipped to countries outside of Australia such as; Estonia, Thailand, Russian Federation, the UK and many orders into the US (sorry though, do not ship to Africa or the Middle East). I have begun setting up another distribution point from my second home in Thailand which soon will further reduce international shipping costs (I've already test-run this idea last December out of Thailand when I was "home" there, Thai Postal service proved to be very reliable and more cost effective for orders outside of Australia).

Particularly for Australia Fjer's, when you compare prices (we all do) I'd ask you to remember that my prices cover a lot of otherwise hidden costs, such as Paypal not giving you a fair exchange rate and E-bay not quoting the truth about the price in AUD until you've pulled the trigger, then all these extra costs magically appear into the equation, by then it's too late. On my website, these (particularly exchange rate) costs are completely up-front, transparent and truly quoted.

Feel free to contact me any time, it's a pet hate of mine for vendors to not reply to email enquiries, you'll always get a response from me and I love to "chew the fat" about our bikes.

Cheers   and best regards,

Victor.

[ken65]

Well my parts arrived safe and sound, ordered Wednesday, posted Thursday from west aust,  arrived Monday in queensland, not to shabby at all, thanks victor

[mr blackstock]

I am going to give this post a bump, I bought a brake master cylinder kit, great service, fast postage, great prices... for us local riders this is great stuff!

Thanks again.

Gareth

[Bones]

I bought a cam cover gasket and bolt seals off him the other week, very handy when you need parts quickly.

                                                               Tony.

[Dazza57]

Well I also had a great experience with Victor's service. I rode 1500kms down to Perth last November and had the clutch slave give up the ghost. I remembered him because I had already bought a couple of bits from him. Logged on at my sons house and posted an email for him to call me on my mobile, which Victor did later that evening. Met him the following morning (with my son's car) and paid for the slave kit. Went home and fitted it, although I should have bought the whole caboodle as it was rather corroded inside, but the kit at least let me continue and finish my trip down south and back to Karratha, another 4000kms.

Thanks again to Victor for providing a service that even the Yamaha dealers cannot.

Cheers, Dazza

[aussiefj]

I'll second all that, used Victor half a dozen times over past year or so, always great service, great to have a supplier here in Oz, more power to your elbow Victor.

John

[WestOzXJR]

Hi Fellas,

I just wanted to drop in and say hello and thanks to my customers that are here on this forum...

For the opportunities you've afforded me to serve you wherever in the world you may be...

I'm grateful for and humbled by your kind comments and the ever-increasing growth of my lifestyle business, but most importantly (to me) above all else, the chance to play a part in something truly global that fosters international kinsmanship (not quite sure that's actually a word, however I digress), to contribute, not for pure ROI financial gain, that's not really my motive and certainly it's not "the reward", perhaps for the first time in a long time I just do because it absorbs me, I learn and enjoy plus I like to have a yak with others with whom I share a common interest...

Could never in my wildest dreams have imagined this endeavour would lead me to doing some of the things it has, from the fine - travelling internationally to meet people, to the sublime - sitting at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport lounge, bleary eyed at 2am (waiting for my flight) whilst tweaking Apache web-server code in a desperate battle to fight off the never-ending www hack-attacks (that all website owners know only too well) - an experiences that seemed a little daunting at the time, one that makes one question one's own sanity and appetite for masochism yet leads to a higher level of learning that honestly, I never really knew I had in me.

Anyway, all the best and thanks for patronage to the business plus all your messages of support and encouragement.

Cheers ,

V