Unfortunately, with older bikes, replacing brakes often means rebuilding them, which is expensive. The parts are fairly cheap, but the labor is killer. They may have had to replace the discs on your bike, too, which is what I need to do prior to state inspection next year. Plus, I want to do the timing belts since I don't know when or if they've been changed. All that will be another $1,000.
Thanks Greg, makes me feel a little better.....I guess??
There were a few other things done to the bike too like new plugs, air filter, fuel filter etc. To add insult to injury when I picked up the bike from the dealer they had forgotten to do a state inspection as I had requested and the guy said "Oh.....OK that will be another $14.50", I said I am spending $3,000.00 with you and that did NOT include the $14.50 for inspection????? WTF!!!!!
Oh well as I said previously the bike looks and runs great now and I don't have to worry about any maintenance issues that may not have been done by the previous owner because I had them ALL DONE!!!!! The guy at the Honda shop told me......yeah but you got almost a brand new bike that you can take anywhere without worry now. I guess there is somewhat of a trade off when buying an older bike that is in good shape and then spending the money for maintenance or buying a new bike for almost $30,000.
As a side note the guy I bought the bike from told me" It doesn't need anything, just jump on it and go across country" but he had no record of maintenance that had been done.....anyway the guy at the Honda shop said the timing belts were original, so was the air filter, spark plugs and most of the fluids and he said all 3 sets of brakes were shot. So much for jump on it and ride anywhere!!!!!
A good thing to remember when buying an older bike is GET MAINTENANCE RECORDS, or plan on spending some major $$$$$$ and you had better be getting the bike for a deal without the maintenance records.
Still I love the Wing!!!!!
