Why not see for yourself and watch them do the service - yes i know they will then do it properly but at least you will be able to take a notepad and stopwatch to time and document everything done during the two hours and let us all know exactly how each thing took when you get back!

:D

I was planning on doing that , perhaps a little more informally but yes I'll be present at the dealers

why not also take a pig prodder with you...
















now i really am taking the mick :lol:

I had mine done by these guys recently. they quoted me arround £120 ended up costing £195. The invoice had a breakdown on it and not only had they charged me for 2hrs labour but they then added an extra labour cost for a 20min road test. Also when I picked it up they said that as it was over my service interval (done about 5k) they had changed the oil filters too.

Yeah, my 4000 miler came to £90 for 2 hours labour, plus the parts... Where I work we charge £43 an hour (high tech manufacturing wizardry) and people balk at that... but it's fine for a simple service :evil:

not got a problem with the 2hrs labour to be honest but was a bit miffed at them fitting new filters without giving me a call

Right, well they spent over 1.5 hours doing the service so 2hours was fair. Apparently I needed a new air filter which was £15. Surprised but said ok as I'm doing a eurotrip on sat. Anyway was quoted £90 , it came to £115. It's a new bike I don't mind so much but god sometimes I wish it was outta warrantly so I didn't need these stamps lol.
Said and done, £115 from a main suzuki dealer is reasonable respectable?

Think the oil filter was under £9 on mine (4000 mile) - for that money I'd rather have them change it than leave the old one on - why put clean oil through a dirty filter? It's like the plugs - I'd rather they changed them than (the recommended) clean them - less aggro and I know they're good for the next 4000 miles, for a few extra quid on top of the (seemingly compulsory) £90 labour

Well, my first post on here and I'm coming to the defence of Premier.

I think when Premier quote, they give you the maximum possible figure the service could be. I had my SV650S 4K service done there at the end of March. When I dropped it off I asked how much it would be, roughly, and was told something around £160. Gulp!

When I went back to pick it up, the bill was £110, more or less. Three of us have had 4K services there, all costing about that price, so I'm sure that's what you will end up paying, should you decide to take your bike there.

This is the problem with quotes, though. Quote too low and the customer complains that the actual bill is higher than the quote. Quote too hight and then you put people off, because they believe the bill will be the quoted price.

Premier have a pretty good rep and I'm quite happy for a dealer to do the work, especially when the bike is in warranty, rather than attempt it myself, because there is no greater cack-handed individual on this earth than myself.