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Nurse Julie:

--- Quote from: philward on February 12, 2018, 06:39:16 PM ---Projects ALWAYS go that way Deano - when you strip them, you don't want to take the chance and the price of the the refurb goes up - happened with all the rebuilds I've done. Good thing is that the bike won't depreciate when you've spent all that cash!

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Never a truer word said Phil. I had a tot up of what the cost of my CB400/4 engine rebuild would have been if I had been a retail customer, dropping the engine off with Trig and saying 'Mend it and make it look nice'. Luckily, I wasn't a retail customer and I did as much work as I could for myself but taking into account all the strip, assessment, prepping of cases etc, machine work and parts and labour, I wouldn't have got much change out of £1600, and Trigs prices are very competitive. But, hopefully the 'do it right, do it once' philosophy will pay off in the end.

Deano400:
Your right Phil. Deep down I knew there would be hidden costs.
Julie, I was keeping a record of my costs but I think I'll just put the receipts in a tin and forget the totting up. At least that way it won't feel too bad. Don't wont to cut corners, like you say 'do it right, do it once'.

philward:

--- Quote from: Nurse Julie on February 12, 2018, 07:11:03 PM ---
--- Quote from: philward on February 12, 2018, 06:39:16 PM ---Projects ALWAYS go that way Deano - when you strip them, you don't want to take the chance and the price of the the refurb goes up - happened with all the rebuilds I've done. Good thing is that the bike won't depreciate when you've spent all that cash!

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Never a truer word said Phil. I had a tot up of what the cost of my CB400/4 engine rebuild would have been if I had been a retail customer, dropping the engine off with Trig and saying 'Mend it and make it look nice'. Luckily, I wasn't a retail customer and I did as much work as I could for myself but taking into account all the strip, assessment, prepping of cases etc, machine work and parts and labour, I wouldn't have got much change out of £1600, and Trigs prices are very competitive. But, hopefully the 'do it right, do it once' philosophy will pay off in the end.
And that's just the engine Julie - imagine if you are out sourcing all the rest!
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Nurse Julie:
Yes Phil, bikes can be very expensive things to build if you're doing it yourself and even more expensive if you get someone to do it all for you. If I didn't have Trig building bikes for me or doing the work I couldn't do on my 400 engine, I would have to go back out to work to pay for it all and I'm not doing that, so I would have to go without  ;D ;D

philward:
Good old Trig!

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