Cylinder boring prices?

[BOAB]

Its been quite a long time since I had a motorcycle cylinder bored (last time was in the 70s putting a Yoshimura 987 kit in a Kawasaki Z1!), so I am out of the loop on pricing.  I have a Wiseco 277 kit to put in an 03 XR250R.  I'm aware thats a pretty big amount of cutting, so several passes will need to be made by a machine shop.  What I'm wondering is what to expect on price for this bore job.  Handlebar Cycles in Durango, CO said $250, is that out of line or in the ballpark?  Its pretty hard to find anyone around here that will even touch it.

[redhurricane]

$50-75 here in the Denver area. if in fact it is only a bore and hone, cylinder provided to the shop.

LA sleeve is still cheaper than your quote if you ship it to them.

http://www.lasleeve.com/services/shop-services

[BOAB]

$50-75 here in the Denver area. if in fact it is only a bore and hone, cylinder provided to the shop.

LA sleeve is still cheaper than your quote if you ship it to them.

http://www.lasleeve.com/services/shop-services

Lots cheaper.  I may go that route, there's one other guy I need to call, he does all the boring for the Harley shop here.

[azmaxxed]

Ebay. Boring service is $45(up to 80 over) plus shipping one way...

[BOAB]

Well, I did a little asking around, found a machinist here that does the engines for a lot of the circle track racers, is highly recommended, wants $50.  I gotta wonder what the folks at Handlebar were thinking when they quoted me $250.  Thanks guys for steering me in the right direction on price.

[michaelb2]

Check out PowerSeal USA in Pennsylvania.  They do an amazing job of reconditioning and plating.  If you have any questions, just call and ask, they are very helpful and great at explaining.

 

http://www.powersealusa.com/contact

[BOAB]

After using the replies here as guidance on price and doing quite a bit of asking around locally, I finally found THE guy for motorcycle machine work.  First guy I talked to turns out he didn't have the capability of doing mc cylinders.  So finally, through the local Harley dealer I found a guy named Ken Varzeas dba Ken's V-Twin.  He's just south of Durango near the state line (Cedar Hill area).  Has one heck of a machine shop on his sort of out of the way property, lives and breaths motorcycle machine work (also does hp auto stuff, too).  Had my cylinder done in 2 1/2 hours, and done right, he even showed me what he did and what machines he used.  If anyone in the 4 corners area needs work done I say give him a call, his number is 505-334-4045.

Edited August 4, 2014 by cjjeepercreeper