Removing the seat, draining the carb, taking the headlamp apart, the bolts and other fasteners strip, and the heads chew up like they are made of balsa wood.
I was passing by the stealership today and picked up seven Misc. small fasteners and was charged $11.62 for .40 cents worth of hardware!
Oh, and don't get me started on the cheap plastic headlamp bucket, turn signal assemblies, or grip end-caps.

If this cheap junk doesn't break while you are using it, it breaks while you are trying to maintain it.

Rant over.

Yeah, personally, I use Small Parts (www.smallparts.com) but that's mainly because my work takes me to Miami at least several times a month, so I save shipping by picking up. There's lots of places out there, if you're willing to buy in bag-lot sizes. The way I look at it is that usually, when you buy a screw the first time, as long as you keep a decent list of what you have....you'll probably need one again. Or your buddy will - I can't TELL you the amount of social credit I've gotten by saying "hmmm... I think I got one of those. *rummage rummage rummage* yeah, here you go."

When I pull something off this bike, I go to the ACE hardware just down the street and pick out the Stainless right then and there. A little anti seize and the problem is gone forever.

There are no Ace or Lowes stores here and I can't even find 3mm washers.