new handlebar....

okay so i called the local yamaha place talked to the tech, and he said that the entire fork assembly had to come out to get my left handlebar off and replace it??? truth or just makin $$$$$$$$$$$$$:bs oh yeah to the tune of 367.98

okay so i called the local yamaha place talked to the tech, and he said that the entire fork assembly had to come out to get my left handlebar off and replace it??? truth or just makin $$$$$$$$$$$$$:bs oh yeah to the tune of 367.98

Do you self a favor and buy the shop manual. Most of the work or mods your gonna do are fairly simple.

You will have to remove the front wheel and drop the fork leg down. Should take a hour and a half at the longest.

yeah i dont have a front stand or anything, okay i just wanted to make sure that i wasnt being lied too....

okay so i called the local yamaha place talked to the tech, and he said that the entire fork assembly had to come out to get my left handlebar off and replace it??? truth or just makin $$$$$$$$$$$$$:bs oh yeah to the tune of 367.98

Horsefeathers!!! I just put black "Heli-Bars" on mine, just pull off the top clamp, loosen the pinch bolts.

I'll be glad to sell you my OEM pair...PM me

I hope its not 360 just for labor. If you have a rear stand you can put the bike on it and then use a jack under the exhaust to lift the front off the ground. Its realy not hard, best to have a helper to keep the bike steady.

im not exactly mechanically inclined,welli am but i havent had alot of experiance with this machine..where can i get a service manuall on it and yeah thats just for the F#$@#ing labor...:machinegu procaliber motorsports

dude you dont even wanna know waht they want to do that and a new swingarm, oh and thanks for the offer on the bars i already have one here, i just ran into the problem the other night when i was having a hard time with swapping it out i called and they told me not to start un bolting stuff if i didnt have a center stand and a front stand...

You will have to remove the front wheel and drop the fork leg down.

Are we talking about the left "Clip On"???

im not exactly mechanically inclined,welli am but i havent had alot of experiance with this machine..where can i get a service manuall on it and yeah thats just for the F#$@#ing labor...:machinegu procaliber motorsports


PM me your email address and I'll send you a PDF copy

im not exactly mechanically inclined,welli am but i havent had alot of experiance with this machine..where can i get a service manuall on it and yeah thats just for the F#$@#ing labor...:machinegu procaliber motorsports

I would shop around. Maybe find a little shop because that is rediculous.
Iguess I need to quit working on my friends bikes for mountain dew and start bringing in some buisness :eek:

And did you have a rear stand?

okay i just got off the phone with them, and i know that most people that have rockets generally do thier on maintanance on it, he said that it would take 3.2 hours to do it...which totals out to be just under three hundred dollars at 85 per hour, then to install a new swingarm, its goin to take another 5 hours....you do the math plus they have to put new bearings in or somthing take the chain out....i guess they also have to replace the chain as wel....so yeah, they are rapists...

I say invest the money on a pair of stands. This way you can change the clip on and also be able to do some mods or maintenace in the future

i say take the money and invest it on a pair of stands. This way you can change the clip on and also other service in the future.

I agree. And their time taken and shop rates are insane. Are you putting on a aftermarket swingarm or replacing the stock one.

I agree. And their time taken and shop rates are insane. Are you putting on a aftermarket swingarm or replacing the stock one.
i am replacing the stock one because i has some crappy spools on there and i had an unfortunate laydown, and everything was cool BUT...those little bolts and it broke off inside, and tore the living SH!!!+ out of my swingarm, and so im just replacing it, i got it from a guy for 125 in perfect condition, so i just need to get that one on..

stands are the best investment I made. Its much cheaper taking the rim off and taking it somewhere for when you need tires. PLUS, I feel much more confident because I did the work, and I KNOW everythings tight and wont come off. And as for the service manual, all you gotta do is get on ebay, and search for 04-06 R1 service cd. the cd is the OEM FACTORY service manual, in pdf on a cd. There are many pluses to this. 1. its CHEAP i got mine for 5 bucks I think. The paper one would be $60 plus. Also, as you may know, if you have a paper one, and work with it a couple times, next thing you know, you have oil and grease all over the pages/covers. With the cd, just look up what your going to work on, and hit print. Then when your done, Throw them away.

Look on the bright side, you get to buy a new stand! And after you replace it yourself you can look down on all of the whiny incompetents who'd pay a dealer to do something so trivial :D

I used to pay to get all the work on bike done at a shop, but it was way too expensive. Everytime I would take the bike in I was paying anywhere between $350-650.

I ended up investing on the stands, some tools, got the manual, and now I do just about everything in my garage. Its really not that hard. I have replaced the swing arm on two bikes and it never took more than two and a half hours to replace one.

Im still confused on the first thing you need to do "handlebars," are you referring to the clip ons? Because if that is the case, that is very easy to do.

stands are the best investment I made. Its much cheaper taking the rim off and taking it somewhere for when you need tires. PLUS, I feel much more confident because I did the work, and I KNOW everythings tight and wont come off. And as for the service manual, all you gotta do is get on ebay, and search for 04-06 R1 service cd. the cd is the OEM FACTORY service manual, in pdf on a cd. There are many pluses to this. 1. its CHEAP i got mine for 5 bucks I think. The paper one would be $60 plus. Also, as you may know, if you have a paper one, and work with it a couple times, next thing you know, you have oil and grease all over the pages/covers. With the cd, just look up what your going to work on, and hit print. Then when your done, Throw them away.


and for everyones benefit....as you all may guess....they do these manuals for most bikes and vehicles as well....i have one for my jeep:flex:

i change my stock handlebars to helibars in 1,5 hours...by myself...a little sweat, no problem....