They may have only charged you for 4 hours labor, but they didn't take a C14 apart from scratch/fully assembled, check the valves and put it all back together again in 4 hours......
You are correct! They kept the bike for a week and worked on it along and along. I know it took longer than 4hrs. They have my business.Did you get a map of the valve settings? Could you post it?
Like you I'm sure I could do it, but the downside of making a mistake is catastrophic.
Decisions, decisions. But I'm probably going to have the dealer do the valve check.
Who is this Fred guy and where do I get his videos?
Unless my free time to go riding changes a lot, I won't have to worry about my first valve check any more this year
Matt
Did you get a map of the valve settings? Could you post it?No I didn't get the map. I'll go down and talk to them soon and get one. He told me they were all well within specs, but slightly on the tight side and that later on down the road may need shimming. I really trust these guys. Very straightforward and never seem to be trying to pull one over.
They may have only charged you for 4 hours labor, but they didn't take a C14 apart from scratch/fully assembled, check the valves and put it all back together again in 4 hours......
No problems for me, I would take mine to the dealer again in a heart beat. I found it very easy and personally, I don't understand all the discussion of how complicated the procedure is. I dropped the bike off, I picked the bike up, what is so hard about that
They may have only charged you for 4 hours labor, but they didn't take a C14 apart from scratch/fully assembled, check the valves and put it all back together again in 4 hours......
You need to at least tell us your general location so that someone can give a recommendation or not.
You do it yourself? And you know it was done and done right !!!! Never trust a shop any farther than you can throw it. They can be great today and suck tomorrow. All it takes is a change in personnel or ownership or mechanic attitude.
Color me cynical.............
Nothing as long as you don't look too close and find all the missing fasteners, or find out the dealer didn't even change the shims or swapped shims around, but charged you for new ones, or worst of all -- said they checked the valves, but really just moved the bike to a new location and charged you for the procedure. Wanna know how I know SOME dealers do that? That's right !! I used to work in a shop and watched them do that type of stuff all the time.+1
You do it yourself? And you know it was done and done right !!!! Never trust a shop any farther than you can throw it. They can be great today and suck tomorrow. All it takes is a change in personnel or ownership or mechanic attitude.
Color me cynical.............
Nothing as long as you don't look too close and find all the missing fasteners, or find out the dealer didn't even change the shims or swapped shims around, but charged you for new ones, or worst of all -- said they checked the valves, but really just moved the bike to a new location and charged you for the procedure. Wanna know how I know SOME dealers do that? That's right !! I used to work in a shop and watched them do that type of stuff all the time.I know mine was done. I was there in various parts of the teardown. They were smart and took photos as they did the work. If your in the Valdosta Ga area, look up "The Motorcycle Shop" Great guys
You do it yourself? And you know it was done and done right !!!! Never trust a shop any farther than you can throw it. They can be great today and suck tomorrow. All it takes is a change in personnel or ownership or mechanic attitude.
Color me cynical.............