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[racerc20]

Ok all here goes...just left my "local" bike shop and asked the proprietor to quote me on new tires tubes and strips and a set of new front progressives (springs), seals and fluid...although i dont think my seals were bad just dead fluid maybe... but anyway...I told him he came highly recommended by two two fellow neighborhood riders whose names i dropped and he acknowledged knowing them....

So my quesiton is this....

GUESS the PRICE?

He is going to call me later with a price...he recommended Metzelers he said he gets good pricing on them and can extend the price to his customers.

Bike is a 96 vt1100c2 ace....with spokes...there is a windshield on the bike(would need to be removed before taking the forks off...(but i can remove the shield and clamps at home...)

Ill post his numbers when I get them...

PS my first time going there...
Racer

[ZackDaniels]

$100 Seals and Bushings
$100 Springs
$250-400 Tires

+ Misc oils etc and labor

What makes you say just dead fluid? The fluid is there to let the springs ease back up rather than 'spring'. If you're bottoming out the springs are shot, if bumps are causing the handlebars to bounce up really hard it's a (lack of) fluid problem.

[racerc20]

I feel like the front suspension is bottoming out if I grab the front brake too hard....
Still waiting on the quote...

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[gat803]

I'm guessing $635 +/- $75.

[racerc20]

Well the proprietor if the shop called me back...
200 for the front forks...new springs fluid seals and labor

But 600 for the new tires,tubes and mounting holy smokes....
This is for metzs...180$ for the front 190$ for the rear rubber alone....almost had a heart attack...
Now im contemplating doing the forks myself and going somewhere elsenfor a second opinion...

[Dauntae]

WOW kind of over priced on the tires, I've seen around $130 for the Metz for the rear, For the fork work that's an ok price.

Dauntae

[MinnesotaGreg]

If you take the tires/rims off the bike yourself and deliver to a shop the price will be less than if they have to take them off.

[Amos Iron Wolf]

Originally Posted by MinnesotaGreg

If you take the tires/rims off the bike yourself and deliver to a shop the price will be less than if they have to take them off.

This.

A fellow Shadow rider and forum member brought his lift over and we pulled the rear wheel. I had already bought a Pirelli tire plus a new tube, and some Dyna Beads online. We took it to a tire shop he knows and deals with and it cost a whopping $4 to mount the tire. I trickled in the proper amount of Beads after he seated the tire, than back home for a quick remount of the back wheel.