First service costs?

[Tom_the_great]

Afternoon all,

after searching and finding much confusion can someone tell me is the first service still labour free and you only pay for parts??? as im lead to belive ... or is the garage(Padgetts Batley) right and i should be paying £99 Plus VAT???

i know i could get it done free from mates but i want full dealer service history.

regards Tom.

[Stephen McG]

Most dealers will now charge what they can get away with.
If you have not bought a bike yet, get them to agree a price to include 1st service.
I was happy to pay £50 extra to include 1st service as this was around going rate for parts etc before.

The opposite end of spectrum is when the dealer wants to check valves as part of 600mile service.
On a DV700, this goes up to over £200.

SMcG in Glasgow

[maxinc]

Free labor and I still end up paying £150 once added all the bits and VAT. They cost more to service than cars, even with the "free" labor.

[1952paul0]

my boy just paid £99 for his 1st service at p&h in crawley and reported it was running much smoother when it was returned to him:D:D:D

[andrewsmith]

the 600 mile service is similar to a 16k service (the way i've picked it up) and everything is checked to make sure its running fine

[Milky Bar Kid]

The first service is only free now if you arrange that with them at time of purchase. My first service on the CBR in July cost me £100.

[Tom_the_great]

Well just got home and it cost me in grand total £48.50 :D

best ride ive had home no more sitting below 5k revs the noise from 5-9 such a difference happy days !

[Tom_the_great]

and i got 2 free crash bobbins :D

[Milky Bar Kid]

and i got 2 free crash bobbins :D

That was a bargain then!

[Tom_the_great]

That was a bargain then!


it was they even match the colour of the bike ! not sure if they ment to leave them on but a win is a win.