im gonna rip mine down this winter just curious what the cost of a piston is? and other things

 

IF YOU ARE GONNA RIP IT DOWN ..... FIRST OFF YOU GOT TO HAVE THE FRAME AND SWINGARM POWDERCOATED, ITS A MUST AND TOTALLY CHANGES THE LOOK OF THE DS. A REPUTABLE POWDERCOAT SHOP DID MINE FOR 160.00 AND THEY DID A GREAT JOB. SO ITS NOT THAT EXPENSIVE. NOW TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. I HAD MY WHOLE TOP END REBUILT BY A SHOP. I BOUGHT THE PARTS AND HAD THEM DO THE WORK. NOT BECAUSE I COULDNT BUT I AM IN THE MILITARY AND DID NOT HAVE TIME. (NEXT TIME IWILL MAKE TIME, SHOPS ARE TOO EXPENSIVE). ANYWAY I BOUGHJT THE RON WOODS HI-COMP PSTON FOR 260.00 AND HAD ALL FOUR VALVES REPLACED WITH SEALS, SHIMS, UNDERBUCKETS ETC. NEW GASKETS OF COURSE AND RE DECKED HEAD. THE ALUMINUM HEAD WAS WARPED A LITTLE FROM THE IDIOT I BOUGHT IT FROM. HE THOUGHT STARTING FLUID WAS A GOOD IDEA TO USE ON THOSE COLD WINTER DAYS WHEN THE DS IS STUBBORN. I ALSO HAD A CRACKED VALVE GUIDE AND HAD TO HAVE THAT RE- MACHINED. ALL IN ALL FOR PARTS AND LABOR IT COST AROUND 1300.00. NOW YOU COULD HAVE ALL THAT FOR LESS BECAUSE THE MACHINING FOR THE VALVE GUIDE WAS NOT CHEAP. IF YOU ARE MECHANICALLY INCLINED DO IT YOURSELF. SINCE WE DONT RIDE A "RUN OF THE MILL" BIKE LIKE A YAMAHA, SHOPS ARE A LITTLE HARDER TO FIND AND SEEM TO CHARGE A LITTLE MORE . AT LEAST THATS TRUE IN VIRGINIA BEACH. I HOPE THIS HELPS.