£207 for new handlebars and a brake pedal. Is that a lot?

[Throttled]

After my tumble the bike went to a local Kawasaki dealers. The repairs are new handlebars and a brake pedal as they were both bent. The final bill, including labour and VAT is £207. The parts are nearly £100. Is that a lot?

[Boothy]

100 for parts... you could get some renthals and some levers of tinterwebs for less than that.

[davefly76]

As boothy said, you could probably get them cheaper online but you're paying for genuine Kawasaki parts from a dealer so they are likely to be more expensive. That and the dealer would be under obligation to fit genuine parts as part of their franchise agreement.

[megawatt]

Depends if you can't do it yerself? If you can, I have several pairs of Renthals and some Bandit bars. Nice levers can be had for £10 to £150

[Throttled]

This was one for the garage to do. It just seems an awful lot of money.

[megawatt]

It is for handlebars and a pedal! Is the insurance paying???

[Boro Jake]

Sounds about right for garaged rates. Do it urself there two easy fixes

[Throttled]

No, it is not worth claiming off insurance.

[megawatt]

Why not do it yerself then???

[Tango]

Easy fix....could save you a fair few quid....

[techno]

Seems a fair enough price to me, suppose it depends how good you are or timescale for getting it done wether yoju decide to do it yourself or not.

Maybe getting a couple of quotes to see if there all about the same?

[Colin the Bear]

For non insurance and minor repairs , the best way is to do it yourself, second best is to find a non franchised small shop you trust.

Buy a manual , tools etc.

Then frequent your local biker pub and make friends with one with the dirty nails.

[Fozzie]

I fitted a new powerbronze screen, anodized blue race levers, indicators front and back with the relay and LED tail light for £120

Buy some tools and do it yourself, it isnt hard, you wont get it wrong easily and its very self explanatory

[Throttled]

Seems a fair enough price to me, suppose it depends how good you are or timescale for getting it done wether yoju decide to do it yourself or not.

Maybe getting a couple of quotes to see if there all about the same?

 

Thats what I thought and I was on a time scale as I need the bike for work and it the handlebars are beyond me at the moment.

[Mawsley]

I just paid £30 for a new set of bars for the GSX14.

Labour costs whatever I drink in tea.

[Ingah]

To be fair i had a small nightmare changing my handlebars for the 1st time because i was having cables not reaching/streching etc.

Thing is, the Renthal bars were £30 (and about £12 of that was for the bar ends!) whereas the official CB500 handlebars were £110!