4K service for £200?

Thanks for that.....spose it comes down to the old warranty wobbles and all that. Squirell.....did you get your suspension sorted there by any chance?

Why not ask the dealer for a detailed and listed estimate, with precisely what they do (in accordance with the Suzuki maintenance schedule) and how much for each bit. Have a funny feeling they won't get back to you .


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Originally Posted by skidmarx

Thanks for that.....spose it comes down to the old warranty wobbles and all that. Squirell.....did you get your suspension sorted there by any chance?

Nope. Front suspension was done under the supervision of my gracious mr rictus, rear suspension I did myself.

[Viney]

Originally Posted by skidmarx

Premier Motorcycles in west wickham....seem nice enough but a bit rich me thinks......

A quote is exactly that. My 4k service from them came to £120. That included rear pads.

Ask them to let you know if its going to need pads/any other makor service items.

My bike has been serviced by Premier up until 30000 miles and never thought that they where un reasonable.

[21QUEST]

Originally Posted by Viney

A quote is exactly that. My 4k service from them came to £120. That included rear pads.

Ask them to let you know if its going to need pads/any other makor service items.

My bike has been serviced by Premier up until 30000 miles and never thought that they where un reasonable.

Yeah a quote is exactly that but one of £200 for the 4K service is a **** take.Iif the manual says the oil is the only thing that has to be changed then the quote should be the cost of changing the oil and checking the bits that need to be checked. If they then find there are parts that need changing then those obviuosly have to be changed but not before informing you in any case.

Bottom line is that is £200 is an unreasonable quote for a 4k service.

Cheers
Ben

only problem with doing it yourself or getting a non-suzuki person doing it is that your warrently will then be invalid....
you take your bike to a dealer and say.....fix it..they will be like....well...u have not had this serviced by an official suzuki person...u warrently is void now!......
although the above is correct....F3K all is done on a 1st service!!
i got my 1st serivce for free for god sake!!!!!!
oil change for £200!!!!!
F3K that!

Originally Posted by DaBlackKnight

only problem with doing it yourself or getting a non-suzuki person doing it is that your warrently will then be invalid....
you take your bike to a dealer and say.....fix it..they will be like....well...u have not had this serviced by an official suzuki person...u warrently is void now!......
although the above is correct....F3K all is done on a 1st service!!
i got my 1st serivce for free for god sake!!!!!!
oil change for £200!!!!!
F3K that!

You have to remember that they could say that for something's, but if your sub frame fell apart then I think doing your own servicing would have nowt to do with it.

Originally Posted by DaBlackKnight

only problem with doing it yourself or getting a non-suzuki person doing it is that your warrently will then be invalid....
you take your bike to a dealer and say.....fix it..they will be like....well...u have not had this serviced by an official suzuki person...u warrently is void now!......
although the above is correct....F3K all is done on a 1st service!!
i got my 1st serivce for free for god sake!!!!!!
oil change for £200!!!!!
F3K that!

No that's thankfully not true. Certainly the dealer likes to give this impression but under recent EU law vehicles can be maintained and serviced outside of a dealer network and still have a valid warranty providing the vehicle has been serviced to the manufacturer's specifications.

This includes doing it yourself; just keep a precise written record of what you do and keep all receipts for oil/filters/plugs etc.


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Originally Posted by DaBlackKnight

only problem with doing it yourself or getting a non-suzuki person doing it is that your warrently will then be invalid....
you take your bike to a dealer and say.....fix it..they will be like....well...u have not had this serviced by an official suzuki person...u warrently is void now!......
although the above is correct....F3K all is done on a 1st service!!
i got my 1st serivce for free for god sake!!!!!!
oil change for £200!!!!!
F3K that!

Don't forget the new EU regulations that as long as you have paid a qualified mechanic to do the work the manufacturer can't insist that one of their authorised technicians do the job. As far as I can recall as long as you got a VAT receipt to prove that it was a professional company doing the work you should be okay.

Originally Posted by jonboy

No that's thankfully not true. Certainly the dealer likes to give this impression but under recent EU law vehicles can be maintained and serviced outside of a dealer network and still have a valid warranty providing the vehicle has been serviced to the manufacturer's specifications.

This includes doing it yourself; just keep a precise written record of what you do and keep all receipts for oil/filters/plugs etc.

Doh!