Another Servicing Question

Originally Posted by Stormspiel

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 p*ss cos i'm only 19 or is he right in what he says?? (this time'll be 18800 miles is it helps)

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.

Originally Posted by Stormspiel

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.

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.

Originally Posted by Flamin_Squirrel

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.

Originally Posted by Stormspiel

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.

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

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.