[THX1138]

Has anyone noticed over the past few months the on site store sales of motorcycle parts appear to have more and more OUT OF STOCK? I've have noticed some of the sites I have bought parts from are showing more items are out of stock.

 

[nolimitz]

such as?

 

[keith in zulu In]

Coronavirus would be my guess. Many factories shut down in China that produced hundreds of parts a day.

 

[bahn88]

factories shut/limited yes-and shipping from the manufacturer may be by surface (sea) ...again slowing things further

 

[Fafnir]

I made early orders from China through Aliexpress, Wish and Banngoods. I saw what was coming with Covid-19 before the Gub'ment did. Those things came quickly. But after officials woke up, my orders have taking up to 3 months to get here. Some have yet to arrive. When ordering from Asia, These days, I try to order dropped shipped from the USA.

Japan suspended packages to the US. Not enough air travel flights to carry the mail. I don't know if they are restarted now.. I ordered a hammock from Japan and it got here quickly (two days) through FedEx.

 

[Sidecar Bob]

FedEx uses their own cargo planes (remember Tom Hanks in Castaway?), not commercial flights so they would be making their own decisions.

Some of the shortages could be because of more people having more time to get around to that project they have been putting off for years. Depending on the parts you mean it could also be related to old stock running out (an ongoing problem with antique vehicles).

 

[nolimitz]

FedEx bread is buttered with International. There is no way they will stop going to Japan and most likely China. I'm guessing the pilots don't even get of the aircraft but turn and burn

 

[Sidecar Bob]

Whereas the postal system mostly uses extra capacity on commercial flights (I think).

But FWIW, I've had a few things that I ordered from Asia on eBay arrive in a couple of weeks so the whole system hasn't collapsed.

 

[nolimitz]

Whereas the postal system mostly uses extra capacity on commercial flights (I think).

But FWIW, I've had a few things that I ordered from Asia on eBay arrive in a couple of weeks so the whole system hasn't collapsed.

Actually the USPS (at least) is currently chartering FedEx planes to fly mail during "off" hours

 

[Fafnir]

But FWIW, I've had a few things that I ordered from Asia on eBay arrive in a couple of weeks so the whole system hasn't collapsed.

it is better now than a few weeks ago.

 

[Sidecar Bob]

Yeah, I had a few sellers refund me and tell me they couldn't ship here a couple of months ago but I've been able to re-order the items now.