Do you do your own maintenance?

**gammaguy** · 14th February 2009, 22:05

i do all my own work,including tyre fitting.

no bastard gets their uncaring hands on my babies.

ps im a qualified motorcycle mechanic.

**Ixion** · 14th February 2009, 22:06

Oh , OK, I googled him.

I'm not up on the gay community stuff, but I've got it now

**ducatilover** · 14th February 2009, 22:07

Originally Posted by Ixion

Oh , OK, I googled him.

I'm not up on the gay community stuff, but I've got it now

we are not gay. we do not push back

**Ixion** · 14th February 2009, 22:08

Over compensation.

**ducatilover** · 14th February 2009, 22:10

Originally Posted by Ixion

Over compensation.

**samgab** · 14th February 2009, 22:46

Methinks he duth protest to much?

**ducatilover** · 14th February 2009, 22:49

i think so too.

closets are dark

**toebug** · 14th February 2009, 23:21

I do everything I can before i take it to the shop. Paid $200 for fork seals to get done once, never again, $60 for a fork seal driver and once youve done it once its easy. Rebuild my CR from the ground up using the manual if I need to, but i leave carb set up to the experts and tyre changing to cuase that job sucks big time and tyre machines rule. I got a mechanic to big bore my katana, but I stripped it just so I could have a look.

Doing your own servicing etc not only helps you learn about your bike but you get to know your bike very well so you are able to look after it better.

**hmmmnz** · 14th February 2009, 23:25

i do absolutely everything to my bikes, ill sometimes get the tyre guys to do tyres, just because its less hassle to pay $5 than do it myself,

**imdying** · 14th February 2009, 23:54

Some yes, others no. The RGV I do pretty much everything, not sure why, 2 strokes are just that sort of bike. I'll paint things, make carbon parts, machine stuff, you know, interesting stuff... but oil/coolant changes, valve adjustments... naw, they have monkeys to do the boring jobs, might as well use them. Cheaper to have it done too, I can earn more in the time it takes them to do it than they charge. I work on my bikes for fun, can't be bothered with the menial tasks anymore.

**cowboyz** · 15th February 2009, 03:41

Originally Posted by hmmmnz

i do absolutely everything to my bikes, ill sometimes get the tyre guys to do tyres, just because its less hassle to pay $5 than do it myself,

$5? Round here shops charge about $20 if you take just the rim in or $45 if you take the bike in. So my doing it myself I save between $40 and $90 per change. I also run second hand tyres alot of the time so sometimes it could be concievable that I would have been paying more to have tyres changed than what I am paying for the tyres....

**Owl** · 15th February 2009, 04:49

Originally Posted by cowboyz

$5? Round here shops charge about $20 if you take just the rim in or $45 if you take the bike in. So my doing it myself I save between $40 and $90 per change. I also run second hand tyres alot of the time so sometimes it could be concievable that I would have been paying more to have tyres changed than what I am paying for the tyres....

Cheapest I've been quoted since the demise of Turnbull's is $30. That's why I got all the gear to do my own!

**sinfull** · 15th February 2009, 07:34

Originally Posted by Owl

Cheapest I've been quoted since the demise of Turnbull's is $30. That's why I got all the gear to do my own!

Walked into the bike clinic on wednesday with 4 rims and 4 new tyres,
saw he was on his own and near walked out again !
But hung in there as i dont quite have all the gear to change em yet, (but am collecting it up) Changed one front on the ground and had the others bead broken using his machine when he freed up, so only used about 45 min of his time, by the time he ballanced them, $50 which aint so bad in real terms but would go a long way toward paying for a static ballancer and bead braker ! ($120 US i saw a static ballancer for and thought yuck, get one made)
collecting Them and tools for bearing changes, chain braking, etc !
Only thing i will be leaving to them is engine work (for now hehe)!
Bearings as i have bikes with different sized front axles and rotor width, so if i need to do a quick bike change, all wheels are interchangeable !
I recon half the joy of owning a MC is working on them !
The beauty of Phill at the clinic, is that he's going through his tool catalogues and ordering the tools i'm after, even though it's gonna cost him half the work he gets from me !