[TitaniumWing]

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josephdphillips wrote:

Bob W wrote:

All I am trying to say is you do not need to spend too much money to enjoy riding.

I just got back from Wingstuff for my 12k service -- almost $400 and they tell me I need new tires already -- another $500.

Anyway, this won't stop me from enjoying my GL1800 but I am now interested in lowering my maintenance costs, where possible.

Buy your tires on line, or find a good price on line and have a dealer match it. The Motorcycle Superstore was selling Stones for a little over300, free shipping, I printed it and a local dealer matched it. I take the wheels in and pay to have them mounted as I'm not in to that struggle, but by removing them from the bike, that saves alot of labor.



Get a service manual and do most of the service work yourself. Oil & filter changes are very easy, as are a lot of other items - maybe take it in for the valves at 30,000, but you should be able to do the rest.

 

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josephdphillips wrote:

Thanks. That's good advice. Now I just have to find the service manual.

Buy it on eBay. You will have to bid on several, but you should be able to get one for about 60 to 80 bucks. I think they run about 125 at the dealer - but don't trust my memory, check on it first.

 

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82gl1100iwingman wrote:

........ I myself like lots of "saftey" chrome and lights. It catches others drivers eyes when the sun sparkles off the chromegets in their eyes or at night when you see the "christmas tree" running down the road. We all believe in being seen and to me anything that helps me be seen is worth it in the long run. Just my two cents.

I like this!:dude: Now I can not only buy lights purely in the interest of safety, but now I can buy chrome for safety too! I'm off to the store!:action: Any chrome you see on my ride will be purely for safety purposes only. I think I'm gonna need an alternator off of a Mac truck for the lighting system. :cheeky1: