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What he said Paying someone else to rebuild your motor is a costly adventure
my head was seaping oil around the gasket so while I was picking up some bolts at
a local bike shop (not dealership) i asked the guy I have known for years about replacing the head gasket 600.00 if it didnt need anything else.
with that said if you have a mechanically inclined buddy and a shop manual it can be done
there is a mountain of help here on this forum
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If you need work done contact some of the site advertisers here on KZR and see who you are comfortable with for engine or machine work.
Also Larry C who is a member here is well respected for head work, and may do other work too.
I have had good luck with piston and cylinder boring with Joe Hooper at Pitstop.
APE, Z1 Enterprises, and Redline do work and or sell parts and are in my phone speed dial as good sources as well.
But as stated before , most of us do are own wrenching and can offer advise on your project to help get your bike back on the road, but I suggest using someone mentioned above for parts and machine work
Best of Luck to you on your project, and we all want PICTURES
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I won't try to change your mind. Do what you're comfortable with doing, although, you'll gain confidence with time and experience as you do various things on your bike.
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Just say no to automotive machine shops for motorcycle machine work. :sick:Del_Herring wrote: Chances are you won't find a mechanic who's going to work on it. For things like getting heads reworked, or cylinders bored, any automotive machine shop should be able to deal with it. But for mechanc work, pretty much everyone here does their own. If you did find a mechanic to do all that, it'd probably cost more than a running bike to pay him for all the labor of stripping everything down and rebuilding it. Get yourself a service manual, and you should be able to do most of the work on these bikes yourself.
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First off, what are you intending on doing with this bike? If the bike has sat up for this long, have you been riding more modern bikes in the meantime keeping riding skills up. Are you really going to need a hot rod that you haven't ridden in 20 years or more?
What indications make you think the engine needs to be rebuilt? Was it in bad condition when you parked it?
If it was in good shape and needs new seals, replace them. If the engine/bike was inside and kept out of the moisture, it is entirely possible you will be ok without a full rebuild.
Rebuilding these engines isn't cheap, or easy. And is frustrating when you have to ship large items to a shop that will do the work. Then you have the possibility of dealing with work that wasn't done properly, IT DOES HAPPEN. So beware of all this.
MMO is your friend when you begin to spin the engine over for evaluating the cylinder condition. A bore scope isn't a bad idea either, then a compression test. Your engine may be in good condition needing only maintenance work.
The last bike I bought sat in a closed garage since '93. After a close inspection and doing required maintenance, the engine runs like a sewing machine.
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