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Thinking hard about tackling a bar change before storage. I'm a little amazed that some folks say they can do it in 1.5-2hrs. Others say the dealership charged them $800 labor?
$400 an hour sounds a bit steep for this retired blue collar worker. Once a tech does this a few times it must be easy money at that rate.
The 2014 up bikes are so much easier to do a bar change on, the 2013 below are a big PITA, but I have done them on several 2013 below bikes in 2-3 hours.
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