Posted by oasysco on March 30, 2008, 1:28 pm
The headlight problem was, indeed, the JBox as a couple of folks
thought. Thankfully, I found one on eBAY and the guy lived within 30
minutes of me. A nice cheap $7.50 fix compared to $180 the local
repair chop we sometimes use quoted. Seems they have a minimum charge
of $80 to hook up anything electrical, except a battery.
Anyway, thanks for your help and validation.
Greg
Posted by Robert Bolton on March 31, 2008, 3:24 am
> The headlight problem was, indeed, the JBox as a couple of folks
> thought. Thankfully, I found one on eBAY and the guy lived within 30
> minutes of me. A nice cheap $7.50 fix compared to $180 the local
> repair chop we sometimes use quoted. Seems they have a minimum charge
> of $80 to hook up anything electrical, except a battery.
Performing your own repairs can be rewarding at times. A pain in the butt
quite often, but sometimes satisfaction sets in.
Robert
Posted by oasysco on March 31, 2008, 5:02 am
> > thought. Thankfully, I found one on eBAY and the guy lived within 30
> > minutes of me. A nice cheap $7.50 fix compared to $180 the local
> > repair chop we sometimes use quoted. Seems they have a minimum charge
> > of $80 to hook up anything electrical, except a battery.
> Performing your own repairs can be rewarding at times. A pain in the butt
> quite often, but sometimes satisfaction sets in.
I'm getting more daring and this from someone who doesn't change car
oil. One thing thta really bothers me, though, is how much you have to
remove from sport bikes to do other stuff. All those fairings and
having to remove the tank to get to the air filters and other normal
stuff that for the most part, Honda makes it a little easier to get
to.
I have a lot of respect for folks who can tear down their bikes to fix
thigs or modify them.
If I can just get to the point of checking the valves on my bike, i
will feel like i arrived and yet I know there's a repair world well
beyond that. But at least I could save myself 85% of the time of
having to take it to a dealer.
Greg
> Robert
Posted by Polarhound on March 31, 2008, 9:39 am
oasysco wrote:
>>
The headlight problem was, indeed, the JBox as a couple of folks
>>> thought. Thankfully, I found one on eBAY and the guy lived within 30
>>> minutes of me. A nice cheap $7.50 fix compared to $180 the local
>>> repair chop we sometimes use quoted. Seems they have a minimum charge
>>> of $80 to hook up anything electrical, except a battery.
>> Performing your own repairs can be rewarding at times. A pain in the butt
>> quite often, but sometimes satisfaction sets in.
>
> I'm getting more daring and this from someone who doesn't change car
> oil. One thing thta really bothers me, though, is how much you have to
> remove from sport bikes to do other stuff. All those fairings and
> having to remove the tank to get to the air filters and other normal
> stuff that for the most part, Honda makes it a little easier to get
> to.
>
> I have a lot of respect for folks who can tear down their bikes to fix
> thigs or modify them.
>
> If I can just get to the point of checking the valves on my bike, i
> will feel like i arrived and yet I know there's a repair world well
> beyond that. But at least I could save myself 85% of the time of
> having to take it to a dealer.
Buy both the Haynes and Chilton manuals for your bike. In areas where
one of the two lacks, the other one picks up the slack.
Posted by oasysco on March 31, 2008, 10:01 am
> oasysco wrote:
.> The headlight problem was, indeed, the JBox as a couple of folks
> >>> thought. Thankfully, I found one on eBAY and the guy lived within 30
> >>> minutes of me. A nice cheap $7.50 fix compared to $180 the local
> >>> repair chop we sometimes use quoted. Seems they have a minimum charge
> >>> of $80 to hook up anything electrical, except a battery.
> >> Performing your own repairs can be rewarding at times. A pain in the butt
> >> quite often, but sometimes satisfaction sets in.
> > I'm getting more daring and this from someone who doesn't change car
> > oil. One thing thta really bothers me, though, is how much you have to
> > remove from sport bikes to do other stuff. All those fairings and
> > having to remove the tank to get to the air filters and other normal
> > stuff that for the most part, Honda makes it a little easier to get
> > to.
> > I have a lot of respect for folks who can tear down their bikes to fix
> > thigs or modify them.
> > If I can just get to the point of checking the valves on my bike, i
> > will feel like i arrived and yet I know there's a repair world well
> > beyond that. But at least I could save myself 85% of the time of
> > having to take it to a dealer.
> Buy both the Haynes and Chilton manuals for your bike. In areas where
> one of the two lacks, the other one picks up the slack.
We've got the OEM mtc manual for my son's ZX, but it is seriously
lacking. I'll need an aftermarket manual for his bike. I have all the
Honda manuals (common service, bike specific) except for the parts
manual, which I can get online with fiche.
Greg
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> thought. Thankfully, I found one on eBAY and the guy lived within 30
> minutes of me. A nice cheap $7.50 fix compared to $180 the local
> repair chop we sometimes use quoted. Seems they have a minimum charge
> of $80 to hook up anything electrical, except a battery.