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...stopped by GBM today, picked up oil/filter. Decided to get a quote to adjust valves on my 97 ZX900R Ninja. Answer made my eyes water. OUCH!! Rachael (service manager) said it would be 350-400 bucks! She said it would take 2 hrs just to get off the cover, and the cams needed to be removed as part of the adjustment procedure. She was asking the mech for all this info, and I overheard a bit of his answer, and I THOUGHT I heard him add that the job would take like 4hrs or so, start to finish.
Part 2: Im going to PA this June, and want to get a bunch of stuff done to the bike. They include:
engine tune up
valve adjust
new front/rear sprockets and chain
change fork oil
possibly change the brake fluid, etc.
new skins...Dunlops or Pilot Sports
Bike has 16K original miles. (I know, I know, but thats what happens when you have kids, house, etc. to take up your riding time!) Its in great condition. The 350-400 bucks cost is a big wallet dent, then adding on the rest of my list, we're talking HUGE bucks!! So....Id be willing to pay one of you guys (Degsy, Rye, etc.?) to perform some if not all of the above....and of course Id be chipping in on the work too. Id make it worth your while money-wise. I just hope it can be done for less than the grand or so Im looking at with dealer costs. So...what do you think? Id be doing all this around mid to late May. Any takers? Thanks in advance!!-Mark