Shop Cost to adjust valves

[gsvol]

What should I expect to pay for that at a shop..there is a good one in town and its not a main dealer shop

[Agemax]

way too much. do it yourself, learn a bit about your bike and spend the cash on something else........

[Toasty]

Probably a lot, if they were even willing to do it. You can do the valves yourself for a couple dollars in like an hour.

[gsvol]

Probably a lot, if they were even willing to do it. You can do the valves yourself for a couple dollars in like an hour.

Link to some site that has a walk threw?

[gsvol]

way too much. do it yourself, learn a bit about your bike and spend the cash on something else........

I want it done right..I dont want to screw up the engine while I try to learn

[Agemax]

I wont it done right..I dont want to screw up the engine while I try to learn

you wont learn anything by paying other people to do it for you.
use the search function, there are walk throughs on the site

[kdo58]

http://members.dslextreme.com/users/bikecliff/

[Sadsak]

Post up where you are and what you ride. There is probably someone here not too far from you that would be willing to come over and assist you.

[Nessism]

I'm of the opinion that old bikes like ours are best owned by do it yourselfers, or rich people. 30+ year old bikes need lots of maintenance.

[gsvol]

Post up where you are and what you ride. There is probably someone here not too far from you that would be willing to come over and assist you.

Johnson City TN 1981 GS750L

[hampshirehog]

You might end up paying shop rates for an hour or more for somebody to just scrape off a hardened cam cover gasket and not even adjust your valves if they are all ok.

Scraping off an old gasket might be boring but it's not difficult.

[gsvol]

You might end up paying shop rates for an hour or more for somebody to just scrape off a hardened cam cover gasket and not even adjust your valves if they are all ok.

Scraping off an old gasket might be boring but it's not difficult.

well what are the symptoms when they are out? its got 16k on it

[hampshirehog]

Don't wait for the symptoms. You need to check the clearances. It can be too late when you start getting symptoms - loads of these bikes fell by the wayside because the valve clearances weren't checked.

[GSXR7ED]

Agreed and Opinion

I'm of the opinion that old bikes like ours are best owned by do it yourselfers, or rich people. 30+ year old bikes need lots of maintenance.

That's why I bought my second "T"...so I can perform a breakdown of each component and learn from my mistakes.

I was lucky in that initally my "T" was in the shop and I know the owner; he worked on my first bike (Y2K Gixxer750) and I spent about $500 in 6 months. (Money well spent IMO)

It cost me roughly $300 to get my "T" road-worthy...again, money well-spent since I was in a bind at home with my bike. (Personal matter)

So roughly $800 in maintenance but like Nessism said, rich people who like to spend $$. I don't consider myself rich but some would not spend what I did but that's why we're all different.


EDIT: OP--do the clearance yourself and with a little bit of confidence, you'll be fine. Also, if you haven't done so, put your location/bike in your signature. Just goto USER CP and update.


Ed

[gsvol]

How often does this need to be done?