Quote from: mike_mike on July 22, 2006, 07:37:52 PM
taking my GS to get the valves adjusted on Monday. new GS is a bloody expensive bike to run.. initial service, ride it for a while 6,000 serivce.. then 12,000 service.

Eh, grab a wrench set and do it yourself. It's not that bad and there is plenty of information on the board to help walk you through it.

Also, those should be 4,000 mile intervals.

Quote from: scratch on July 21, 2006, 12:57:40 PM
Welcome, Uhcord98!

That sounds like a really good price! 

Take up Alpha's offer for the valve check and order the shims.  You'll have to have Alpha go into the bike again to replace the shims (if any), but it sure beats the shop prices.

thanks...it's nice to see a forum for these bikes...

Quote from: AlphaFire X5 on July 22, 2006, 07:40:20 PM

Quote from: mike_mike on July 22, 2006, 07:37:52 PM
taking my GS to get the valves adjusted on Monday. new GS is a bloody expensive bike to run.. initial service, ride it for a while 6,000 serivce.. then 12,000 service.

Eh, grab a wrench set and do it yourself. It's not that bad and there is plenty of information on the board to help walk you through it.

Also, those should be 4,000 mile intervals.

what is this 'mile' thing you speak of? Get with the times USA!   

Quote from: mike_mike on July 22, 2006, 08:05:31 PM

Quote from: AlphaFire X5 on July 22, 2006, 07:40:20 PM

Quote from: mike_mike on July 22, 2006, 07:37:52 PM
taking my GS to get the valves adjusted on Monday. new GS is a bloody expensive bike to run.. initial service, ride it for a while 6,000 serivce.. then 12,000 service.

Eh, grab a wrench set and do it yourself. It's not that bad and there is plenty of information on the board to help walk you through it.

Also, those should be 4,000 mile intervals.

what is this 'mile' thing you speak of? Get with the times USA!   

Yeah yeah. I agree. After thinking a while I realized you were probably non-US based, but was too lazy to go and do the conversions to see if I was right.

And now I remember that you're not. Silly Canadians.

But really, it's not too difficult to do it yourself. Want a How-To? 

Quote from: AlphaFire X5 on July 22, 2006, 08:10:09 PM

Quote from: mike_mike on July 22, 2006, 08:05:31 PM

Quote from: AlphaFire X5 on July 22, 2006, 07:40:20 PM

Quote from: mike_mike on July 22, 2006, 07:37:52 PM
taking my GS to get the valves adjusted on Monday. new GS is a bloody expensive bike to run.. initial service, ride it for a while 6,000 serivce.. then 12,000 service.

Eh, grab a wrench set and do it yourself. It's not that bad and there is plenty of information on the board to help walk you through it.

Also, those should be 4,000 mile intervals.

what is this 'mile' thing you speak of? Get with the times USA!   

Yeah yeah. I agree. After thinking a while I realized you were probably non-US based, but was too lazy to go and do the conversions to see if I was right.

And now I remember that you're not. Silly Canadians.

But really, it's not too difficult to do it yourself. Want a How-To? 

i'm going to see how much they want to do it. if they want over $350CAD then i'm going to use some of that money to buy some tools and attempt it myself using kerry's video