How expensive would it be to fix my motorcycle?
December 26, 2009 | Motorcycles
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Right up Rt 34. I’m in Seymour
Shop labor is usually around $50-$75 an hour. If you post the symptoms here, I’ll bet someone can tell you how to do it yourself.
Most reputable shops charge $65 to $85 per hour of labor, and depending on what the actual problem is, may cost you $100 to $200. You say the brakes aren’t functioning, do you mean that you pull the brake lever and the lever moves but the actual brakes do not work, or the brake lever does not move at all? The problem may be as simple as changing the brake pads and draining, replacing and bleeding new fluid through the system, to having the caliper rebuilt, or possibly having the reservoir rebuilt.
A lot of it depends on why the brakes aren’t functioning. If the piston is frozen, you may be able to hone it and put in new seals for under $20.00. It it’s just new pads, it will be more expensive, but not by much. The new pads for my Buell were only $60.00 and there were sets by reputable companies that were as low as $35.00. A lot of the cost has to do with how confident you are with your wrenching ability. Most old motorcycles are really easy to work on if you have a good manual, some basic tools, and some patience. I brought my old Honda CL350 back from the dead, and there was nothing all that tough about it. It was a great learing experience.
Good luck!
Yamahas of that age were infamous for brakes seizing if unused, they are generally a simple job to release, a Haynes or Clymer manual will take you step by step through doing it. However if you do not trust yourself brakes are not the area you want to make a mistake over.