Feeling a bit ripped off grumble
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Minor service on my 1 year-old RE 650. 1.75 hours at £70/hour. Oil, filter, brakes.
I used to do all this myself when I was a youth.
I reckon oil and filter is what, 20 minutes?
Then brakes are eyeball pads and seals, knock the retaining pins out, lubricate and refit... 10 minutes each end?
Thoughts? Other than don't buy a vehicle that requires main dealer servicing to maintain the warranty dunb-ass?
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I used to do all this myself when I was a youth.
I reckon oil and filter is what, 20 minutes?
Then brakes are eyeball pads and seals, knock the retaining pins out, lubricate and refit... 10 minutes each end?
Thoughts? Other than don't buy a vehicle that requires main dealer servicing to maintain the warranty dunb-ass?
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rigga said:
RichALee said:
rigga said:
Hardly a rip off, in fact decently priced, compared to the £250 at KTM.
What the actual... !I'd be ok with £70/hour if they did the work in roughly the time I'd take to do it, and I'm a rank amateur with ten thumbs... I'm tweaked with a charge for 1.75 hours against maybe 0.75 hours work
Think about it from the business owner’s perspective. There’s the dead time of getting your bike on the stand, prep, cleaning up, being called away by the service manager to do something irrelevant, etc. Plus any decent bike tech (YMMV) will give it a once over to check for any obvious faults or issues.
Who pays for that? You do of course, it’s factored into the job hours. An Indy does the same, only their overheads are lower so they can book less hours at a higher rate (but still lower than the dealer) to make your invoice look more palatable.
Who pays for that? You do of course, it’s factored into the job hours. An Indy does the same, only their overheads are lower so they can book less hours at a higher rate (but still lower than the dealer) to make your invoice look more palatable.
tight fart said:
I think it’s bikes as well, has to be vat registered garage using oem parts.
Sorry - cars only! :-(https://www.britishmotorcyclists.co.uk/service-mot...
RichALee said:
Minor service on my 1 year-old RE 650. 1.75 hours at £70/hour. Oil, filter, brakes.
I used to do all this myself when I was a youth.
I reckon oil and filter is what, 20 minutes?
Then brakes are eyeball pads and seals, knock the retaining pins out, lubricate and refit... 10 minutes each end?
Thoughts? Other than don't buy a vehicle that requires main dealer servicing to maintain the warranty dunb-ass?
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That's roughly the same I paid for the minor service on my RE650 at my local RE dealer. To be fair that was much less than what Honda tried to charge my mate for the minor service on his (08) CBF1000I used to do all this myself when I was a youth.
I reckon oil and filter is what, 20 minutes?
Then brakes are eyeball pads and seals, knock the retaining pins out, lubricate and refit... 10 minutes each end?
Thoughts? Other than don't buy a vehicle that requires main dealer servicing to maintain the warranty dunb-ass?
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Edited by danashby on Thursday 12th October 10:03
I had these thoughts with my Africa Twin first service.
Oil and filters, but what else are you doing for the other hour and a half I asked the main dealer? Software updates or reading for fault codes? No nothing like that, we just have a look around the bike.
What 90 minutes stood looking at my bike!!
Just do it to keep the warranty, although technically you don't have to, but it gives peace of mind of less arguments later if something does go wrong..
Of course, the warranty expired and nothing had ever gone wrong with it!
Oil and filters, but what else are you doing for the other hour and a half I asked the main dealer? Software updates or reading for fault codes? No nothing like that, we just have a look around the bike.
What 90 minutes stood looking at my bike!!
Just do it to keep the warranty, although technically you don't have to, but it gives peace of mind of less arguments later if something does go wrong..
Of course, the warranty expired and nothing had ever gone wrong with it!
Must admit the minute that my bikes are out of warranty the dealers earn no money out of me except in parts. I actually enjoy playing around with my bikes. The thing that really gets my goat is the 1st service at about 600 miles, not so much that they have to do it but more so what they charge for it, I'd rather the cost be rolled into the bike cost (I realise that there is no such thing as a free lunch)
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