Money Pit.

[blaine]

Congrats on the buy.I believe you do need to remove the motor to replace the stator.I know you do on the GoldWing.

[mainlinecoffee]

No wonder no one does it.

[5th_bike]

Originally Posted by Water Warrior 2

Old enough to vote and smoke if it wants.

Still not half as old as many of us here!

Congratulations, WW

[Water Warrior 2]

Thanks guys. Gotta do some shopping on ebay for a new oil pan and gasket kit. New tires of course, likely brake pads, new brake fluid, wheel bearings, new rear brake shoes. Everything can be done in one fell swoop at the shop.
And a new brain bucket too. The old one expired shortly after I sold the Vstrom so I tossed it. Thankfully I kept the rest of the riding gear.

[northsidegz]

Congrats on the acquisition!

[Water Warrior 2]

Originally Posted by northsidegz

Congrats on the acquisition!

This may back fire and Honda will congratulate the bike for acquiring an idiot and his pension income.
Late last night I finally tracked down and ordered the oil pan and complete gasket kit. More decisions, tires, what kind and why? I'll let the shop order them along with an air filter, oil filter, and use whatever oil he has on hand. Valve check/adjust as needed.
The shop is actually a Yamaha dealer but he has a fair bit of experience on all bikes. He told me he had spent a lot of time on the Honda line when he was younger and working in a Honda shop. Good thing because I really know very little about the care and feeding of a GL650.

[JWR]

Sounds like you have a good man there.
Hope you have it going good when the weather breaks.

[Water Warrior 2]

New gasket kit and used oil pan in the mail now.
Told the guy at the shop to just find some fairly decent new tires too. I'm not too worried about lower priced tires not working well. They will still be far better than what the bike has now. Even lesser quality tires should me a couple years with no real spirited riding.
Tomorrow I will start the procedure for Collector plates with some paper work and pics for the powers that be. 5 or 6 weeks for that alone.
Next on the list is a new helmet. Time for a drive into Vancouver to the local big dealers to check out what fits and what doesn't. Decisions decisions.

[alantf]

Hey, WW. Went past the bike shop yesterday, and he'd got a brand new 650 vstrom in, at €8,599. That's $Canadian 13,065. How does this compare to prices in your part of the world?

[Water Warrior 2]

Originally Posted by alantf

Hey, WW. Went past the bike shop yesterday, and he'd got a brand new 650 vstrom in, at €8,599. That's $Canadian 13,065. How does this compare to prices in your part of the world?

WOW!!!!! Hope that was the Explorer model.

2013 Vstrom 650: $8000
2013 Vstrom Explorer 650: $10000
2013 Gladius 650: $6800
2014 GW250 $4000

These are prices not including PDI/set up or any taxes. The tax is 12% on everything.
Add a couple grand for either Vstrom model and it is close.

When I bought my Vstrom 650 in 2005 it was $9300 OTD. That included an extra $100 for delivery to me at home. Now a new 2013 with ABS is approx. $10000 OTD. Not a tremendous price increase over 6 model years.