Kawasaki Hong Kong
Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 7:50 am
Hey guys,
New to the forum and fairly new to biking all round really.
Quick and sad back story- got my license 4 weeks ago and pretty much straight off the bat my 94 zxr400-m4 shat a brick. Stalled everytime I let the clutch out.
I knew the bike had issues when I bought it (paid £1490 for it which is less than half the cost of a 10 year old 250 out here) and paid a small local shop to give the carbs a clean and re-balance 6 months ago which helped no end but seems they didn't get it right.
Since had the bike in the only official HK dealership, 'Titanic Moto' (http://www.ibike.com.hk/02_market/titan ... /index.htm) and they've done the following work with prices (converted from HKD to GBP).
Pickup service £19
Inspection and Service £124
Clean carbs £82
Reseat valves and balance with carbs £166
Spark plugs (4 pcs) £13
O-rings for carb floats (4 pcs) £33
Main jet £13
Head cover gasket £18
Fuel pump tap £23
Carbs diaphragm £25
Fuel cord £16
All in about £540
Interested to see what you guys think of the prices, whether they're way up, down or about right.
Expecting prices to look rather exorbitant given motoring out here in HK is a bit of a luxury. They've got the public transprot system so perfect anything on two wheels is either a job or a hobby. Some of the "parts" listed may not make perfect sense- where I can I've amended the description given to me by the fella from the dealership into specific english. I wouldn't be suprised if one or two of them are a bit of a mystery item...
Expensive by UK standards?
New to the forum and fairly new to biking all round really.
Quick and sad back story- got my license 4 weeks ago and pretty much straight off the bat my 94 zxr400-m4 shat a brick. Stalled everytime I let the clutch out.
I knew the bike had issues when I bought it (paid £1490 for it which is less than half the cost of a 10 year old 250 out here) and paid a small local shop to give the carbs a clean and re-balance 6 months ago which helped no end but seems they didn't get it right.
Since had the bike in the only official HK dealership, 'Titanic Moto' (http://www.ibike.com.hk/02_market/titan ... /index.htm) and they've done the following work with prices (converted from HKD to GBP).
Pickup service £19
Inspection and Service £124
Clean carbs £82
Reseat valves and balance with carbs £166
Spark plugs (4 pcs) £13
O-rings for carb floats (4 pcs) £33
Main jet £13
Head cover gasket £18
Fuel pump tap £23
Carbs diaphragm £25
Fuel cord £16
All in about £540
Interested to see what you guys think of the prices, whether they're way up, down or about right.
Expecting prices to look rather exorbitant given motoring out here in HK is a bit of a luxury. They've got the public transprot system so perfect anything on two wheels is either a job or a hobby. Some of the "parts" listed may not make perfect sense- where I can I've amended the description given to me by the fella from the dealership into specific english. I wouldn't be suprised if one or two of them are a bit of a mystery item...
Expensive by UK standards?