Sydney Mechanic

[tykwy]

Not a bad idea Hen.

[hen]

Nothing is cheap nowadays it seems  That $4,000 could pay for a weekaway for   all of us and we could do the gear box up over haul the eng and Bob's you Uncle. I know I am full of ? good Ideas

[XSIIE]

Check your pm

Eddy

[steptoe]

Sooooo, how did we end up?  did you get your list ?

[tykwy]

Replace all the seals, something about boring out the wossnames, to be honest I didn't catch half of what he said, but considering it's only $1500 more than a straight up gearbox rebuild, it seemed worth it. (I had planned on getting a list of him if I went ahead and posting it here. My forte is computers, not engines).

I basically asked for an engine rebuild.Whilst the engine is running OK currently (Though it does get damn warm, oh for a temperature guage), I don't see why I wouldn't pay more now to get it rebuilt, when most of that $4k is going to be the time of pulling the engine out and putting is back in in the first place.

[petejw1966]

that's a hell of a lot of money,
what were they going to do for that price?

[tykwy]

ye gods, Surfside quoted $4k for the gearbox, or $5.5k for gearbox and general engine refresh.

That's well north of my budget, and a lot of money than I really want to spend on the bike.

Having never owned such an old bike, if I was to go this route, the full engine restore along with the gearbox restore, am I likely to get 5+ years without any other big expenses? I can't think of anything myself, but as I said, it's not something I've had to deal with.

[tykwy]

Steptoe, I'd give it a go if I was used to riding the XS solo, having never ridden one solo, and my Ninjas being a good 100kgs lighter, I'd rather not be riding an unfamiliar bike, with an unfamiliar front end.

Surfside look a goer. No complaints about the chair, happy to do give me a price for the gearbox. And the head mechanic has 30+ years experience and actually likes working on older bikes.,

[steptoe]

I kind of liked riding solo with the link on, it didn't, t  make a huge difference to mine,, the longest run I  did was the best part of 750 Kim

[tykwy]

Thanks Eddy.

I can't remove the sidecar and ride the bike over to the mechanic because it has a leading link front end, which makes things a tad unstable without a sidecar.

I was going to give http://www.surfside.net.au/ a try too. They look pretty good. (Why does Brookvale have so many motorcycle mechanics, oh right, the awful traffic involved in getting anywhere would make a bike/scooter pretty appealing).

[XSIIE]

Hey TyKwy

You'll be hard pressed for a mechanic to work on your XS11.  I've asked a few around my way and they are reluctant to work on the older bikes because the bikes have a number of faults (they are old) and the shop does not want to be held liable for another unrelated problem that your bike may develop.

Having said that I have spoken with a couple of places that MAY be willing to work on XS1100s.

This bloke is old schoola nd has worked on these bikes in the early days.

http://www.brianconnormotorcycles.com.au/motorbike-servicing-northern-beaches.html

Same with this mob

http://www.apwmotorcycles.com.au/

They got my RH a Blue slip when the bike came down from Brisbane.  I found then to be quite good.  Again happy to work on the older bikes.

Give them a call.

Regards

Eddy

78E
81RH commuter
81RH undecided
81H project

[Jonesy :-)]

How hard is it to pull the chair off and take it to a mechanic? or does the no inclination extend to that as well

[tykwy]

Can anyone recommend a good Sydney mechanic that won't freak out that I have a sidecar attached who could fix my dodgy gearbox. I have neither the time nor inclination to do it myself.

I've decided I want to keep the XS, just need to get first gear working because fully loaded she can't launch in second.