03-27-2021, 12:32 AM
I love the satisfaction of being able to fix it myself. My best is when I fixed the butterfly throttle valve assembly on the sport bike. The dealer wanted $1,300 to repair it. Doing it myself cost me $0 and just a little bit of time to disassemble it and re-solder some connections on a PC board. And I had to fix it again 2 years ago with the same issue (missed one of the motor winding connectors). As for carbs, I rebuilt my ATV's once. What an absolute pain. The rebuild kit is $35. A brand new carb is $60. That's a no-brainer. I don't have to mess with the jets, the gasket and that damn float that would still let gas pour out. Pop out the old carb, pop in the new one. Done. And the double satisfaction when you turn it on and push the starter button and it fires right up...