1st BikeBandit disappointment...

[UncleSpot]

'wanted to get my bike back up and running after an accident 6 weeks ago, and the only thing keeping me from riding was finding some handlebars...
'ordered one from BikeBandit last week and paid the "express" price of $20, instead of $4 for shipment - it's gonna take till the end of THIS week to get here... the $4 shipping price would've gotten here THREE DAYS SOONER.
I went on eBay and got some used handlebars within 48 hours - and now I've been riding FIVE days and the BikeBandit handlebars are STILL *NOT* here!!!

WARNING: do ***NOT*** order *ANYTHING* "express" from BikeBandit - IMHO it's a joke.

[GNEPIG]

.. this would be my first order from bike bandit
ordered my parts june 8 and still have not recieved them yet
looked at there tracking system says: parts made it to orlando via ups on 6/12 then went back up to jacksonville on 6\13 then handed off to usps on 6/14 and thats where it ends it just says enroute
..so today we contact them to find out what is going on
i dont know about the us mail these days

[Pat Kelly]

I've ordered parts from BikeBandit a few times. I never used express shipping. Shipping times have varied from a week to 2 days.
The clutch linkage broke on my MN Special and I robbed one from the $60 gem. Ordered one from BikeB and it was here 2 days later.
On a side note, I'm glad the linkage broke when I was replacing the cable. The pivot was frozen and it weakened the link. I'd hate to be 'away' from home and have it break.

[mn2346]

Having heard so many good things about this BB-thing I was looking for some parts (exhaust nuts) and actually found them. It was easy to find them and they seemed to be available also.

The trouble started when I actually started to order those. All was good until I got to checkout.
For a $33 purchase I would have to pay $65 for shipping...
I have yet to see such a price in any of the shops. They really must not like shipping international orders.

For me the BikeBandit is totally useless.

-M

[ajvot]

I've run into the the same problem of having to wait for parts from BB. I don't think they stock a lot of the parts they sell, especially the OEM stuff. They will express ship it to you once they have received it from their vendor.
All in all, I still like to use them for hard to find parts. Cheaper than the dealer in most cases.