Servicing/warranty question
 

Apologies in advance, its a Yamaha not a Suzuki question, but i know that with Suzuki's you can service the bike yourself/at an unofficial dealership and still keep the warranty valid.

Does anyone know if its the same for Yamaha's?

I've phoned a few dealerships but they never pick up the phone!

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I stand to be corrected, but I thought this was the case for servicing all vehicles nowadays (cars, bikes, etc). AFAIK the work doesn't have to be done at an official dealer but as long as whoever is doing the work uses official parts the warranty will be intact.

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It doesn't matter who does it, as long as the makers servicing schedule and recommendations are kept to.

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Cheers for that guys...i think i will have a go at the next minor service myself, under a friends supervision of course.

I could of sworn i put this in idle banter as its non-sv but oh well.

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You did, but Idle Banter is for non biking topics, as its biking but not SV related I moved it in here...

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Ok fizz....cheers for the clarification :smt117

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Another question about servicing my bike......

The first service interval is 600 miles/6 weeks. The previous owner serviced the bike at a ridicuously low 79 miles as this was after a 6 week period. My question is should i service it again at 600 miles as surely the service was done too soon? Or am i fine to let it be?

If it is fine as it is, then what is the point of such an early service?

Cheers Mark

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I think the next gap will have a mileage/time interval too, you go from that I would assume? So if like Suzuki's it has a 3500 mile/1 year (?) interval, then you next service it at either 3579 miles or 1 year after that service?

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P.S. I had read that the first service was so early because "bits" may contaminate the oil (i.e. you're essentially flushing the engine). I guess the 600 miles/6 weeks limit might be because mileage is not always a good measure of how long the engine has been running (and how it has been running) so they picked a limit at which you'd just change it anyway.

Also I wonder if it has different oil up to the first service - I know you sometimes do that on cars when you rebuild engines and are running it in.

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Cheers for the reply muffles....i thought the reasoning might be something along those lines.

I may as well drop the oil again at circa 600 miles(im basically there now) just to play it safe.