justin_o_guy2
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What happened?
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East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.
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There are videos out showing how to build vacuum gauges for balancing carbs. As noted above, there is a carb tuning guide in tech that is very straightforward & accurate. The cost of tools to maintain the Savage versus the cost of shop labor? Insane,,, & Im certain thats true of other bikes. I think youve fallen in love, just dont overpay. The bikes in trouble, owner cant fix it & no one is gonna pay the price of a running bike for one that needs hundreds of dollars in parts & labor before they can see it run.. make him an absolutely insulting offer to counter his ridiculous starting price. Find Blue Book, subtract estimated cost in parts & labor at shop rates & then take another 25 or 30 % off, because of all the potential unseen problems it may have due to sitting so long, or whatever. YOuve only got His Word it ran & that its "just carbs",, youre taking a risk, he isnt. & he Should be ready to take a major loss, because the bike is in much less shape than when he got it, How can he expect to not lose a load? He bought it, it was running, looking good, then, he let it go to crap,, whose fault is that? Yours?
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