Getting my bike back on the road Pt2

owdamer · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Oct 2004 Karma :

Got the phone call to say my bike was up & running today, Whopping bill though. £975 inc parts & labour!!
Had to shell out for the following
Clutch seals
4 x spark plugs
1 Did chain & sprocket kit
1 x oil filter
4 ltrs semi synth oil
1 x rear pads
2 x front pads
1 bottle dot4
1 x rear caliper seals
17 x shims!!!
4 x jet screws
rear brake pad pins
1 battery
1 MOT
Petrol.
a fairly big chunk of that money went on the Labour charges.
The exup had siezed & the exup servo wasn't working but luckily they were repairable & didn't need replacement. That probably would have added about a grand!.
Next stage is a lot of TLD to clean up the cosmetics.

mchaggis · World Chat Champion Joined: 09 May 2004 Karma :

Must have been a pooload of labour for a grand! Shocked

I wouldn't have thought that all of that stuff together would cost more than £2-300 at the outside?
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instigator · Super Spammer Joined: 19 Oct 2004 Karma :

Holy crap, thats a shiteload for labour!!!! Shocked

What kind of bike is it again? You seem strangely relaxed about having to pay that kind of dosh

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owdamer · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Oct 2004 Karma :

The Bike is a YZF750R. Its been stood in the back yard for over 18 months.
The parts alone came to £440.
Problems that I knew of were siezed brakes front & rear,
Clutch fluid had leaked out.
exup was siezed.
petrol was rancid.
bike would not fire up at all.
Other than regular oil changes when it was being used the bike hasn't had a full service since 1997.
If I had given it one dealer service a year since then It would have cost me more than I have just shelled out so Its not as bad as it sounds really.
without spending the money the bike was worth nothing but scrap value.