In two weeks I will complete payment for a total of $800+ for a major tuneup including new tires, new sprockets and chain and the rest of the happy things.

Anyone around north/middle CA that can do it for cheaper? 
dude, that's like another grand to the total cost of the bike, I am not a happy camper.

cali is expensive for anything and bikes are no different. i lived there for most of my career in the navy and boy am i noticing a difference here in maine. 

yup what frankie said

i persoanlly think u got screwed. but the dealerships seem to charge whatever they want. sometimes u just have to suck it up and pay em. sucks but that seems to be the law of the land now. supply and demand

well, it wasn't the dealer...  it was at a local shop and I kinda trusted the guy. In any case, I wanted to get all those things done to have it ready for sale (like you saw on another post). besides, if I ride it or not is irrelevant... I love a nice gs500 that just works perfectly and is ticking all the time!

nice to see an honest salesman out there. a lot of guys just wanna sell something to make a quick buck. they could give a shaZam! less if it works right for the next owner. 

Tires would have cost $250+
Chain (if it's a decent one) $110
Sprockets $60
New plugs $5-10

Install chain and sprockets $60-80
Install/balance tires while on the bike $80-100
Plugs $10-30

$640 total right there.  Get a list of what else he has done.  Just another reason to do it yourself, and learn to do it right.  Valve checks go from $3-400 affairs to whatever the tube of RTV costs and whatever shims you have to replace.  Labor is expensive, especially in California.

Believe it or not, yesterday I finally had the chance to ride my bike after that major tuneup that costed me one leg and half the other.. ($800+)

I was like HOLY CRAP ROTFL.. LMAO! the ride is tight!!!! the bike sounds and rides better than when I bought it new 
bottom line: I don't think I want to sell anymore 

My tuneup was: valve clearance, oil, new chain (Highest quality) and sprockets, new tires, new air filter, new oil filter, checks and tightening or whatever needed to be tight, headlamps, new battery, hobo-crack pipes (sparkplugs) and a lot of other junk I can't even recall (my bill was two pages long, lmao).

But... I love it. I had buyer's remorse 1st, but not no more 

Quote from: calamari on November 05, 2007, 04:25:14 PM

I was like HOLY CRAP ROTFL.. LMAO! the ride is tight!!!! the bike sounds and rides better than when I bought it new 
bottom line: I don't think I want to sell anymore 

I bought my bike for $800 in socal past March.  $800 for tune up?!!

It's amazing how different my two identical bikes (a '92 and an '01) ran, and how much that factored into enjoyment of the bike.  I only paid $800 for the old one, and was reluctant to spend any significant money on it because I thought "all these things will cost more than the bike did!"  But proper maintenance and tune-ups are a far better investment than any upgrade to a poorly-running bike.