I just got my bike back yesterday from the shop. It took it over there to have the valves adjusted, the jet kit was put in just needed to be adjusted, and a nut put on the header. It took them a week and a half before I called them and asked was it ready. They said yes, so I just in the car and ride to the shop. I get there and they tell me they put the jet kit in on the recommended factory settings, put the nut on the header, and told me they couldn't adjust the valves because it used shims and they didn't have them. It cost me 290 bucks for them to put my jet kit on a factory setting and put an exhaust nut on. How bad did I get taken... << Rhetorical question....

 

Is that a itemized bill. I'd ask WFT did they do.

 

yep you did, but that is what happens when shops charge 90 bucks an hour....adds up fast. they probably had 3 hours of labor, pulling and reinstalling carbs and whatnot. find or make a friend, do not take bikes to shops, especially these old ones, just not worth it

 

Yeah see I could have adjusted the carbs and got them right. The reason I took it there in the first place was to have the valves adjusted. Then they tell me they can't when I get there to pick it up...

 

yeah but it would have been another 300 to do that anyways

 

Jesus they told me they could get all that done in about 4 hours. Either way, my bike is back in my possession and I can ride again. That's all that matters.

 

Jesus crist shops are a bunch of scumbags.
Get service manual and save yourself a little fortune on servicing mate.
Sure what kind of shop are they if they dont have the shims? Either way they can be ordered easy as anything and cost nothing.

 

That seems a bit it high. I know people price gouge here in Reno, but that seems higher than what they charge.

 

That's pitiful. Putting the kit in is the easy part. What you should've been paying for was them setting it up. That can take hours and numerous plug checks. If they followed the included instructions, that proves they are idiots. Those instructions are a friggin joke. Take Dynojet's instructions for setting up needle height. From 4K rpm's open throttle, if it pulls smoothly, needles are adjusted correctly. There are at least a couple of clip positions where bike will pull smoothly. Finding the one that pulls the hardest is what seperates the idiots from guys that can tune carbs. Best way is with a buddy on a slightly faster bike (best dyno in the world, and it's free). Judge your carb settings by how quickly or slowly he pulls away from you. Too bad you don't live closeby.

 

I don't think I am good enough to judge that yet. What if I was wrong lol