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<blockquote data-quote="Trfsrfr" data-source="post: 209132" data-attributes="member: 3959">I much appreciate the replies, advice, and the link to the service manual. Tons of good info, and I trust all your guys' input, and I'm obviously in the right place for this.At the end of the day, I will listen to all of it and make up my own mind. I have 30+ years turning wrenches, not so much bikes, but many different things and I've come to have a good sense about things. I've even worked on a 2-stroke diesel forklift, the only one I ever saw.The way I see it, if it is going to be a hard part, like a head-gasket, something that if it fails it requires major work to repair, I might go OEM, depending on the disparity I see between the prices. I have had good and bad luck with after-market parts in the past, so I guess I'll just take a look at it and compare them and see.I'm a single father that doesn't make a lot of money and I have a mortgage, so I need to be sensibly frugal where I can be.But I do have a tendency to spend the extra dollars on things that give me piece of mind.In the end, I'm sure all will be good.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Trfsrfr, post: 209132, member: 3959"] I much appreciate the replies, advice, and the link to the service manual. Tons of good info, and I trust all your guys' input, and I'm obviously in the right place for this. At the end of the day, I will listen to all of it and make up my own mind. I have 30+ years turning wrenches, not so much bikes, but many different things and I've come to have a good sense about things. I've even worked on a 2-stroke diesel forklift, the only one I ever saw. The way I see it, if it is going to be a hard part, like a head-gasket, something that if it fails it requires major work to repair, I might go OEM, depending on the disparity I see between the prices. I have had good and bad luck with after-market parts in the past, so I guess I'll just take a look at it and compare them and see. I'm a single father that doesn't make a lot of money and I have a mortgage, so I need to be sensibly frugal where I can be. But I do have a tendency to spend the extra dollars on things that give me piece of mind. In the end, I'm sure all will be good. [/QUOTE]

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