my baby gets a tune up this week

my 79 1000ltd is getting a tune up. im having the carbs cleaned and new points,plugs and condenser installed and the timing set and the valves checked also. the old gal dont run as good as she once did....lol good news is she only has 9900 mi. on the clock,any how im supplying all the parts(thanks jeff)and was wondering what is a fair labor price on this? tia guys for your input,,,,,hydrolazer

Thats a hard question to answer. For the most part, the members that post frequently do most to all of the maintenance items you listed themselves. But what makes it the most difficult to answer is the cost of labor. It varries quite a bit from shop to shop and also region to region. I know this won't help with your question, but for considerably less money you could get a service manual and the tools necessary to do the work yourself. The secondary benifit of knowing more about what makes your bike tick is not unsubstantial either

Quality of labor also varies quite a bit from shop to shop

~ $75 an hour here in AZ is the going rates...

For the work you mentioned, they're most likely going to rape ya....:blink: ~ $300-500... :pinch:

I'm with Porche, get a manual, some basic metric tools and one weekend and you'll get this accomplished plus learn a whole slew of things on your KZ....

I second that second...try doing it yourself. The knowledgable people on here are quite helpful and you can surely manage those jobs with a shop manual some basic tools and some patience.

btw, I had my valves adjusted at a shop once on my 550...it cost me 260 dollars. they quoted me 300 so I thought it was a steal! once I did them on my 1000 over this past winter I realized it was a rip off as it was not hard at all.

mainly the only reason im letting a shop do the tune up is i dont have much spare time at the moment...ill see how they treat me and if its too bad then they will never see another dollar from me

the verdict is in,,,im looking at $800 for the total cost. carbs full of ethenol crap,need extra parts for them not in kits but the valves in good shape and just some r/r,be ready in bout a week

hydrolazer wrote:

the verdict is in,,,im looking at $800 for the total cost. carbs full of ethenol crap,need extra parts for them not in kits but the valves in good shape and just some r/r,be ready in bout a week

Ouch!!

damn, that's a lot of scratch!

wow!
i paid less than that for 3 of my bikes.

hydrolazer wrote:

the verdict is in,,,im looking at $800 for the total cost. carbs full of ethenol crap,need extra parts for them not in kits but the valves in good shape and just some r/r,be ready in bout a week

Does that include the lube?:S

I'll admit, carbs can be pricey , but still...:dry:

FACTORY manuals aren't to pricey when one looks at the cost savings down the road.

To each his own.
Pat