So, I’ve been searching for a decent deal (I was hoping to spend under $6k) on a used FJ09 in well-maintained condition. It’s rare that I find one that’s close to me here in East Texas, but every now and then one pops up near DFW, but they’re usually over priced.
I found one a few hours from me for $4k at a dealership but it’s got 19k miles. Looks basically stock other than an SW Motech street rack, which is nice because I already have a SW Motech top case that’ll attach in seconds… (also has some ghetto looking side cases that I’d probably just remove), but I know the bike will need a valve clearance check/adjustment soon.
I got a quote from a local Powersports shop who is a Yamaha dealer (they are super overpriced IMO) and they quoted me $630 for a valve clearance check. I’ve done this procedure before on KTM’s and BMW R bikes. Easy on the boxer engines, KTM was a pain… but I’m mainly just wondering when I’ll find the time to get it done if I were to do it myself.
I’m still waiting on the bikes history report from the dealership, and if anything raises red flags there then I will pass. But if the history report is clean what do you all think for the price, and it being semi-local?