4&6 is much cheaper. To be honest, whenever I've had a bike worked on you have to go in with the attitude "it costs whatever it cost" so many things are unforseen and we have an expensive hobby here so we need to realize these big repair bills come up. I know it sucks but you can't just buy a machine that you or someone else has beat on for a good part of its useful life and not expect something to go wrong and cost you some dough.bnutz24 said:
:cheers 
This is what the board is here for, ask away. I iknow I dont mind ansering your questions and I'm sure others dont either. Plus yur gonna learn a lot more this way instead of just writing a big ass check.bnutz24 said:so I will try to bug the board as little as possible but oddy I just can't do it at $70-$100 just to look at it. If I have to personally remove every bolt,screw, washer and nut so be it. :mad
oh yeah rabbit I may be calling you
Just to add to that.GsxrTony said:
I really dont think theyres anything expensive wrong with that bike, I think it was just neglacted by the last owner. Hell the carbs were just slapped in there. I am betting that duct tape fiend did more shoddy work than just that. A little TLC and that thing will run just fine. Now we just need to find some plastic for it. I bet shugg could get some at a good price.Crazy said:
Just to add to that.
I told you about a month ago to bring it by some night and we could go over it with a fine tooth comb. Erick lives close too, we could borrow his carb syncro and take care of that to. It would also give us an idea about any compression problems you may or may not have.
Like Tony said. I for one am happy to help so ask away, but remember the truth can be expensive even if you do it yourself.
bnutz...dude i hope i didnt give you the impression you are bugging us:laughing dude ask away anything ya want..we all and myself are here to help.
I just felt bad at that time you had alot going on (so I thought) trying to get ready for valpo boys and I didn't want to just dominate your time as I thought you were helping a few others.Crazy said:
Just to add to that.
I told you about a month ago to bring it by some night and we could go over it with a fine tooth comb. Erick lives close too, we could borrow his carb syncro and take care of that to. It would also give us an idea about any compression problems you may or may not have.
Like Tony said. I for one am happy to help so ask away, but remember the truth can be expensive even if you do it yourself.
I have no prob spending the money as long as I know some progress is being made. it just pisses me off when I go into shops and see all the guys smoking and talking and I linger quite awhile but when I ask about work they say they are backed up until october. also there was a thread on here where someones bike was in the shop for something minor but it was there a month and was still not done. I mean I understand about getting backed up but I think some of it is just to keep something going in the shop which I have no prob with but also are you telling me fudged numbers because I know no better I think given time and finding a shop I am comfortable with would solve my anti-shop mentality I keep hearing 4&6 so I may have to visit with some of you guys just to talk and feel them out. this stems from having a grandfather who was a mechanic (auto) and seeing him blow hole in shops for the things I am describing so I figure if it happens in auto shops why not m/c shops. give me time and who knows the slightest ping may send me running to a shopOdysseys said:
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Hey...I'm close to you too. I want in on Tony's tapper.Y2KR1 said:I try to help as often as I can...may not be able to go and ride as much as others, but I can always go into MY garage..:laughing
I have a carb synch tool (been a while since I used it), the service manual for 89-93 600's, my old 93 600 katana that can be used for a reference sitting in my garage still.....and Ken & Tony both just 5 min away from me, what more could you need?
Maybe Tony's tapper?:laughing
:laughing :laughing
) I have alot of experience fixing all the silly little problems that come with owning a severely neglected and abused bike. I'm willing to help as well and Park Forest is not too far from here. Just let me know a day ahead of time so I can bring tools home from work (spend too much on tools for work to spend anything on tools for home :rolleyes ). Hey if there's beer and grease involved I'm there :cheers .
I know that that was an example, but unless you completly diagnose the bike you could be asking for problems if you call a shop and tell them to fix one thing when there could be multiple problems with the bike. When I worked at 4&6, many customers would tell us exactly what to fix, didn't want us to fix anything else, and their bike still wasn't right because of other problems. You should take up your friends offer's to diagnose or fix your bike, or 4&6 can do it for you. Take it to 4&6 and tell them the bike has some problems and ask them to look at the bike and tell you what it needs, they will not add on unneccesary work to pad the bill, they will tell you straightforward what it will take to get your bike right. If after they diagnose your bike you don't want them to do the work you would just have to pay them for their time diagnosing the bike. Give Jim a call, he'll take good care of you.bnutz24 said:
