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12K service - what should it cost?

Started by GeorgeInDallas, August 15, 2008, 08:45:47 PM

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Kevin848

Quote from: fastwin on August 19, 2008, 07:31:53 AM
Hey, watch this...Again, well said! Three words. Pretty good huh?

Now I'm gonna blow it...

I knew going in that the 916SPS bills would be biggie sized. Not pregnant doging at AMS at all. I put myself in that situation buying a bike that had way too much motor for the street. I didn't realize how much a pain in the butt it would be because of the excessive motor and POS slipper clutch. I would have never done that engine work on a street bike. Ever. I was lured into buying it based on the incredible low miles, the condition and my blind desire to have an early SPS. I thought the engine would be easier and cheaper to tame. I was wrong. Mega bills later it's still not where I wish it was but I am finished, done, caputt with it. It is what it is and always will be. But in my opinion AMS did an excellent job trying to neuter it back into a street bike and the stock SPS cams were hard to find and very expensive. No whining. Just deal with it. [thumbsup] [moto]

FWIW ... you have one of the sweetest bikes I have ever seen. That goes for ***'s too. Im sorry but there is not much out there today that compares to that bike, it is an absolutely stunning specimen that I know any of us would be proud to own maint. bills be damned.

Cyclone

Quote from: Kevin848 on August 19, 2008, 07:38:19 AM
FWIW ... you have one of the sweetest bikes I have ever seen. That goes for ***'s too. Im sorry but there is not much out there today that compares to that bike, it is an absolutely stunning specimen that I know any of us would be proud to own maint. bills be damned.

+1  [clap]
'96 BMW R11 Gs - '72 Honda CT 90
Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.
Frank Zappa

Bonwilder

Quote from: Kevin848 on August 19, 2008, 07:38:19 AM
FWIW ... you have one of the sweetest bikes I have ever seen. That goes for ***'s too. Im sorry but there is not much out there today that compares to that bike, it is an absolutely stunning specimen that I know any of us would be proud to own maint. bills be damned.
+2 (I'm speaking for mtc also)

Quote from: fastwin on August 19, 2008, 07:31:53 AM
No whining. Just deal with it. [thumbsup] [moto]


My kids get this from me a lot...


fastwin

Thanks for the bike compliments. ;D

I give Colin the same line too but I think it just does a fly by on him. The concept of not whining and having to actually deal with something is just too foreign to him. Feel like I'm talking to a fence post when I say it. Not the way I was raised and being a step parent I am hobbled in what I can say or do. :P

Bonwilder

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Quote from: fastwin on August 19, 2008, 08:32:50 AM
Thanks for the bike compliments. ;D

I give Colin the same line too but I think it just does a fly by on him. The concept of not whining and having to actually deal with something is just too foreign to him. Feel like I'm talking to a fence post when I say it. Not the way I was raised and being a step parent I am hobbled in what I can say or do. :P
My kids don't like it either, and if they continue to whine over something stupid I just tell them they can do it somewhere else...it's their choice to whine and they get to deal with the consequences, as for the rest of us - we're gonna go on and have a good day.  Life's just a bunch of choices and consequences, good ones and not so good ones, (and some other sh*t thrown in there that you can't do anything about!) right?

Duc L'Smart

'07 1098s, '06 Paul Smart LE, '99 BMW K1200RS, '73 BMW R75/5, '67 Ducati Monza 250 Bevel Drive, '63 Vespa GS 160


Duc L'Smart

'07 1098s, '06 Paul Smart LE, '99 BMW K1200RS, '73 BMW R75/5, '67 Ducati Monza 250 Bevel Drive, '63 Vespa GS 160

pipeliner1978

Kids whining while I'm gone = Bonnie "wining"  [wine] while I'm home  - Zen Bon

Duc L'Smart

Quote from: mtc on August 19, 2008, 09:40:37 AM
Kids whining while I'm gone = Bonnie "wining"  [wine] while I'm home  - Zen Bon

So, what's the maintenance cost on Bonnie?!? [laugh]
'07 1098s, '06 Paul Smart LE, '99 BMW K1200RS, '73 BMW R75/5, '67 Ducati Monza 250 Bevel Drive, '63 Vespa GS 160

Bonwilder

Quote from: Kaptain Charmin on August 19, 2008, 09:42:55 AM
So, what's the maintenance cost on Bonnie?!? [laugh]
I think you all already know, and yes, I am worth it.  :-*

pipeliner1978

Quote from: Kaptain Charmin on August 19, 2008, 09:42:55 AM
So, what's the maintenance cost on Bonnie?!? [laugh]
the last service cost a hell of lot more than $1900.00, but I rather enjoy pulling her into the garage and doing the lube job myself.

Bonwilder


Duc L'Smart

Quote from: mtc on August 19, 2008, 09:54:28 AM
the last service cost a hell of lot more than $1900.00, but I rather enjoy pulling her into the garage and doing the lube job myself.


:o

'07 1098s, '06 Paul Smart LE, '99 BMW K1200RS, '73 BMW R75/5, '67 Ducati Monza 250 Bevel Drive, '63 Vespa GS 160