• Required reading for all forum users!!!

    Welcome!
    Register to access the full functionality of the GSResources forum. Until you register and activate your account you will not have full forum access, nor will you be able to post or reply to messages.

    A note to new registrants...
    All new forum registrations must be activated via email before you have full access to the forum.

    A Special Note about Email accounts!
    DO NOT SIGN UP USING hotmail, outlook, gmx, sbcglobal, att, bellsouth or email.com. They delete our forum signup emails.

    A note to old forum members...
    I receive numerous requests from people who can no longer log in because their accounts were deleted. As mentioned in the forum FAQ, user accounts are deleted if you haven't logged in for the past 6 months. If you can't log in, then create a new forum account. If you don't get an error message, then check your email account for an activation message. If you get a message stating that the email address is already in use, then your account still exists so follow the instructions in the forum FAQ for resetting your password.

    Have you forgotten your password or have a new email address? Then read the forum FAQ for details on how to reset it.

    Any email requests for "can't log in anymore" problems or "lost my password" problems will be deleted. Read the forum FAQ and follow the instructions there - that's what we have one for...

  • Returning Visitors

    If you are a returning visitor who never received your confirmation email, then odds are your email provider is blockinig emails from our server. The only thing that can be done to get around this is you will have to try creating another forum account using an email address from another domain.

    If you are a returning visitor to the forum and can't log in using your old forum name and password but used to be able to then chances are your account is deleted. Purges of the databases are done regularly. You will have to create a new forum account and you should be all set.

How much will a shop charge to clean my carbs?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Anonymous
  • Start date Start date
A

Anonymous

Guest
I've got a GS650G with pretty nasty carbs. The bike still runs but isn't too happy about it and seems to display several of the symptoms of gunked up carbs. (at one point it sat with gas in it for 5 years)

I'd like to clean them myself but I'm not very confident in my skills so I'm thinking of taking them to a shop if it isn't out of my price range.

So...how much can I expect to pay a shop in New England to clean them for me?
 
I was at the local shop in Ottawa today and the price is about 70 bucks an hour, the bike junk yard here charges something like 40. Maybe you should contact some small engine shops if you are on a budget.

Steve
 
When I bought my GK in late 1999, I paid $152 labor for my mechanic, in independent shop owner, to clean the four carbs.

The carbs also needed parts to be replaced at that time. Intake boots, bowl gaskets, float valves, and miscellaneous carb parts -- for all four of them -- amounted to an additional $300 or so.

It was well worth it. It's been a perfect running for the four riding seasons I've had this GS1100GK.

Nick
 
Check out www.motorcyclecarbs.com for price, but I recall about $80 to $ 100 per carb body. I'd rather do it myself and do it right than pay someone else. And then I'd be better able to rejet my carbs when I have to get a new exhaust system.
 
:D Just follow the great carb cleaning web pages on this forum. You'll do just fine and be proud of yourself when you do. 8)
 
:D Just follow the great carb cleaning web pages on this forum. You'll do just fine and be proud of yourself when you do. 8)
 
$$$$$

$$$$$

'My' shop that go to charged me $40 for my 1150 carbs.....they had an old carb kit sitting on the shelf doing nothing but collecting dust (No demand for ancient 1150s' as of late)....so they dropped in new parts just to rid their shop of this thing gathering dust.
Having a relationship with your local shop does indeed bring you rewards.
Rick........
 
I think you'll find the shop will charge big bucks. The labor rates are murder. I'm sure you could do it yourself, just get a service manual and rebuild kit and take your time. Getting the carbs on and off the bike is a pain but cleaning them out isn't that difficult.

good luck,
Debby
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top