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Well, I just got my bike back from Fairfax Cycles. They seemed to do a good job on it and were reasonably priced. Here's what I had done...

New front tire and tube.
New rear tire and tube.
New chain and sprockets.
Seal gas tank (outsourced to a radiator shop).
New master cylinder.
Cleaned and balanced carbs.
Put on dyno and dialed in carbs.
New spark plugs.

I think that's it. It cost me $800. Granted, the carbs with the dyno was $400 of that (yikes!). I wasn't originally going to have the carbs done, but when I got the bike out of storage they were leaking so I figured they could do it better than me.

More so, the bike is MUCH more responsive then I remember it. So that's pretty sweet. And it pulls all the way through the power band.

Anyways, I'm just excited that I have my bike back in working order. Thanks for everyone's help.

I remember reading a post of yours about how you were worried about when you would get the bike back.
You seem happy now.

Yeah, shortly after that I just stopped worrying. Figured it wasn't doing any good.

But yes, very happy now. It did take a while (about a month) after they received the bike to do that work, but the last week were really my fault.

Alrightttty then. Get out and ride!

8 bones isnt bad at all if you have the jack! It is a sweet feeling to have your bike in good working order.

I cant help but keep thinking I should open a bike shop! 8 bones is nice on the receiving end as well.

I'm just afraid a shop would steal all my riding time.

I'm just afraid a shop would steal all my riding time.

It will steal your soul, as well. Working in the powersports industry is like many things in life.....
it's actually a LOT better on the outside looking in than than the reverse. Trust me on this.