Bike model, year, yadda yadda...
1992 Yamaha FZX250 Zeal. Only place I've located one is @ the Yamaha dealer but price is near $350.00. If you come across one pm details, thx mate.
Don't trust mechanics, personally. 80 bucks an hour for labour for the 17yo appren to do it..
Yeah I wouldn't tolerate that. If my bike required maintenance I would've taking it to a friend of my fathers who works on Triumph and Nortan/BSA's only. But he doesn't mind working on my piece of shit - best thing to do is ride with as many groups as possible until you meet a mechanic, become his friend.
Not long ago the cam chain required replacement, and clutch plates needed replacing so he pulled apart the engine and did the work for only $200.00. Now, if you were to go to an official dealer or even a dud workshop they'd probably charge close to $800 for this type of work. I remember when I first purchased my bike (Near knew nothing about them), replaced a few parts and a few thousand kilomz later the engine was making a chingchingchingching sound. So I took it to an official Yamaha dealer and they quoted $900.00 repairs... my dad said to get an second opinion so I did and it turned out to be that the cam chain was loose, cost $45.00 to tighten it - run good after that, beautiful actually. Now though I complete my own repairs, no matter what they are, except anything to do with the carbies.
