Servicing

Pickle · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 09 Jun 2008 Karma :

How much do you pay for your services and what sort of stuff gets done on them? I know it varies from bike to bike, but I've just had my first one done and I think (I hope) I got a pretty good deal:

New shoes, oil, coolant, bulbs, filter, sparks and a gasket drain plug for £200 (including labour). Bike is a Kwak, 2001.

Whaddya think? Like some comparisons to see if I should go back to the bloke next time.

rotax81 · Nearly there... Joined: 10 Sep 2008 Karma :

a 2001 kwak could be anything.
£200 looks fair, i would go back there again Thumbs Up

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mr.kris · Traffic Copper Joined: 11 Nov 2007 Karma :

i just had my ZX6R J2 serviced full service oil and filter valve clearences air filter cleaned all cables ect lubed adjusted tyres given a once over cleaned brakes cleaned and bled they even replaced a few bolts whitch were missing for £370
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The Tot · World Chat Champion Joined: 11 Jun 2004 Karma :

Typically on my ZX6R-F,

£200 is good enough to get oil and filters done and valves checking if they don't need shimming. Most of it is labour, so if you can factor out the price for parts, you can start to see where the savings lie.

In my case, because i clock about 12000 miles a year, almost all my main services are major (i do small bits myself)

£320 sees

Oil & Filter change

Valve checked & shimming

Carb balancing

Brake strip & rebuild

That was at some back street garage in edinburgh. If that was at my usual garage in Loughborough, I'd only get Oil & Filters + valves and possibly brake strip i that price.. I tend to try and do my own servicing now and leave the lazy stuff to the mechanics. Bleeding your own brakes can take a long time if you're doing it for the first time, but you'll save £30 quid if you do it yourself, same with an oil change. Changing your brake pads is a 5 minute job.

Having said that, if you cock up spectacularly, then you feel that it was probably better off taking it to a garage, but i like learning from my mistakes (read as destroying sumps and shrearing off bolts!) so next time you'll know what to expect.
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