Have to go with you on this one, its the Banjo mob, even if they duck you can still see the banjo neck above the tree line... and fire off the jokes.... do strum a bit of banjo here on the front porch, keeps me in soup vegies when am getting low, not sure the velocity based vegies are main response, or have me stop playing and go inside to make the vegie soup.... its a win for the neighbours either way...
Parts pricing, my working situation, basically no parts are sold until wanted, wasted my time putting items up for sale. Either resto or parts on hand for support over the years, from owners. The few enlightened ones like myself, bought every spare that i could afford in the day, many days ago. Heads, barrels, clutch parts, etc. Those items never sell until someone nukes a motor and then the price becomes less important. Did put a fuel tank up for sale, 3C, round badge, no takers, why would they until a crash or rust renders the original to costly to rectify.
So there is a mountain of spares here, from thick web wheels to back wheels and much in between. A few decades back i sold a needed to crash owner, front thin web wheel, $200 and was in good condition. Got him going and the price was acceptable.
Have a large headlight and shell in stock here, akin to Pauls ( though not so new ) and it will be here a lot longer, just not worth the drama selling off parts, like selling insurance, no need until its needed.... been a buyer and a seller, like to help when it works, often it does not. Good for you Paul, HTH J