Another Servicing Question
 

Another servicing question, how far over the servicing mileage can you go over by but still keep ur warranty valid?? im ment to av my 600 done on friday. i wanted it done sooner so as not to go over but when i phoned 2 weeks ago they said ur looking at two weeks mate. now ive done 620 and ive got a 20mile ride there.


Cheers Dan

Re: Another Servicing Question
 

I'd go else where.. as long as they are a Suzuki dealer.. though I did 890 miles before I got my first service and it never did the bike any harm. I had the same problem, just waited in the end. Just be sure to give the bike a once over yourself just to ensure all is OK.

but does going that far over the "recomended" servise intervals not invalidate your warrenty. i just wanted to know cos my rs only allowed me 50 miles either way on all service intervals just assumed they all worked the same but couldnt see any thing about it in the manual.

Dan

I hope not, I've done 830 miles...

did the oil change myself tho

It depends what kind of problems yopu have. Hopefully you wouldn't need the warranty at all, but if you do have a problem they may argue taht your warranty is void because you did not get the servicing done in time. Why don 't you call Suzuki helpline? But I'd go with Grinch, find another dealership who can do it sooner.

TBH if they do decent work then they are going to be busy. Ever heard that never eat in an empty resturant :lol:

You be ok upto around say 750/800 miles.

Mind DO remember that ALL services are in months aswell as miles. So if you do only 600 miles in a year and dont get the 1st service done until a year after buying the new bike your warranty "could" be voided. Check your owners manual and it states time aswell as miles, alot of people overlook this.

You be fine.

first service is at 600 miles or 2 months, whichever comes sooner. All the others are at 1 year intervals (can't remember the mileage) - this is for a K5, so I'd assume it's pretty similar for other models.

It's never taken me that long to run a bike in (usually about a week), but the missus is taking her time with it, so I'll have to keep an eye on the time.

I've been told that my 99 model needs servicing every 4000 miles. that means she's gonna need servicing every 3-4 months the miles i do. Is my dealer just taking the **** cos i'm only 19 or is he right in what he says?? (this time'll be 18800 miles is it helps) :roll: :shock:

do you read your owners manual presuming you have one?.

Yes he is right.

Oh well, It's only money right. Can't take it with you when you go. Flicked through the service manual but in the service history the mileages have been 600, 4600, 12000 odd, 14800 and then it's due one in 1500. It just threw me a bit that's all.
Gud job novices like me have sites like this to keep us on the straight and narrow. Keep up the good work fellas :lol:

Cant you do the servicing yourself, or get somebody u know who is a whizz with bikes to help?

Theres no warranty on your 99 now, will work out a hell of alot cheaper

I can do most of the basics myself I.e. oil changes, brake pad changes and fluid bleeding. Have to buy a haynes manual and have a go at the rest. if not i'll badger my dad into it.
I thought you needed to have the service book stamped etc. to keep the full service history. Or does it not matter if i keep reciepts for oil etc.
I probably sound like a muppet to the masses but as i said, TOTAL NOVICE to big bikes. :roll: :wink:

A full service history will get you a better price when it comes to selling. However, because the SV is a budget bike, the increase in price a FSH will give you will be hardly anything if it's got a few thousand miles on the clock. Do the servicing yourself and you'll have saved far more money than you'll ever get back, especialy if you plan on doing lots of miles.

He aint lyin!

Maybe you should have a crack at doing them yourself (most services are just an oil and filter change anyway) i keep doing mine as i go along rather than every *whatever* miles.

Keep hold of all of your reciepts and youll be laughin.

As FS has said, it wont add much (if any) onto the price if your selling it privately if you have a FSH.

Don't bother buying a haynes manual. Get the repair manual from here for free.

As flaming squirrel said the cost of servicing negates any extra you get back when you sell.

My bikes has needed 2 services which I reckon would have cost ~£300 to have done at a suzuki dealership. I've probably spent less than £100 in parts and done them myself. I believe it's reckoned that a fsh would get you an extra 5%. Well my bikes probably worth about £3,000. and extra 5% is £150. By the time I've done another couple of services I'll be quids in :D

as far as im aware the suzuki warrenty doesnt say that servicing has to be carried out by a dealer, or that the service book needs stamping.

only that servicing should be carried out at the intervals and schedule as recommended by suzuki.

if you record all servicing work, use suzuki oem parts keep the receipts etc then your warrenty is still valid. as long as your competent

i did my own 4k service , i changed the oil filter as well, i copied the relevant page from the service manual and wrote on the work i did including the torque rates on the bolts that need checking, along with the suzuki dealer receipts and the old filters etc.

there was no way i was paying my dealer £140 to change the oil and check the bolts.

at the 7.5k service when tollerences need to be checked then this will be done by the dealer, but theres no reason why anyone even mildly spanner friendly cant do the intermediate services.