Topic: Why is it so hard to find a gasket set????

[jonnycbgood]

I have a 73 CB 350F that I am doing a rebuild on and I need a complete gasket set for the engine overhaul but the only one I can find is on ebay for a $100!  Does anyone know where I might be able to find one at a better price??

[speedy gonzalais]

$100 is bang on i think, You wont find any cheaper than that unless anyone else knows a cheap place.

[Bodi]

$100.00?
Is this your first time?
You need a system of controlled amnesia to successfully own one of these bikes. Buy parts, pay for shop work... then carefully forget the price: lose the receipts (very important if you have a life partner) and practice the "big lie" to others - and most importantly to yourself - "man that gasket set was a steal for $5.00" until you believe it.
When the bike is finished, concentrate on two things only: how great it goes and, perversely, everything wrong with it. The first cements the bond between you and the machine; the second prepares you for your next mad spending spree to "get it perfect".

[kaysystems]

$100.00?
Is this your first time?
You need a system of controlled amnesia to successfully own one of these bikes. Buy parts, pay for shop work... then carefully forget the price: lose the receipts (very important if you have a life partner) and practice the "big lie" to others - and most importantly to yourself - "man that gasket set was a steal for $5.00" until you believe it.
When the bike is finished, concentrate on two things only: how great it goes and, perversely, everything wrong with it. The first cements the bond between you and the machine; the second prepares you for your next mad spending spree to "get it perfect".

YES.

And if you want a cheap job, that's what you will get.

David

[Patrick]

I cannot disagree with anything that has been said. This is not a hobby; it is an obsession. You will find yourself buying parts you do not need, just because they were a "great deal."

In the meantime, you obviously have web access - use it. Cycle Recycle shows a gasket set for $49.95, but it is out of stock. Dennis Kirk shows a '73 350G (is that the four or the twin?) gasket set for $39. Somewhere on this site there is a list of vendors who still sell stuff for our bikes. Find it. Use it. It is your back alley hookup to the stuff you need.....


Patrick

[ColinMc]

Agreed, you'll find the web is an awesome resource...and an awesome aggravation. Even if places show things out of stock, revert back to the good old fashioned telephone. Find out if they are really out of stock...make friends with parts people so you can get first dibs on things when they do come in stock. Pay extra and get some things at the local dealer and get to know the parts people there...making friends at places you buy stuff is great because well...you get more friends, and friends help each other out. Just make sure it's not a one way street or those options will dry up fast.

Research, research, research...who knows some guy at the dealer might be a SOHC freak and have a stockpile of stuff he can sell you or trade or whatever...or he'll have a secret stash of sohc stuff like a guy at my local shop does because the guy who used to run the shop was into them bigtime and had a chopper with a cb750 motor at one time. How I got my gasket set and my Accel coils and wires for cheap lol.

A lot of it is being in the right place at the right time, or just plain spending hours online searching through all the crap to find what you need.

[bert96]

$100.00?
Is this your first time?
You need a system of controlled amnesia to successfully own one of these bikes. Buy parts, pay for shop work... then carefully forget the price: lose the receipts (very important if you have a life partner) and practice the "big lie" to others - and most importantly to yourself - "man that gasket set was a steal for $5.00" until you believe it.
When the bike is finished, concentrate on two things only: how great it goes and, perversely, everything wrong with it. The first cements the bond between you and the machine; the second prepares you for your next mad spending spree to "get it perfect".

  you're right,if my wyfe only knew how much i paid for all my parts

 I have to say that i'm pretty good now in the "big lie"