Valve clearances (how long to do this?)

[andrewsmith]

seeing its £160 around the corner it is

Yea but you just said check and plugs thats it on last quote

But then again im doing it all by Honda schedule

[andrewsmith]

that was the full SV service as per the Suzuki spec

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

There is no check required until 15k miles. Hibernation won't do owt to the valves.

If I was doing a big rebuild I'd check them as matter of course but they'll be fine in your case.

Thanks very much for that, looking forward to getting her back out.
Regards, George.

buy a haynes manual and a few tools and mate who knows what he is doing if you have no idea, and do it your self,that way you aint getting shafted and a full service aint going to cost more than £60 including air-oil filter plugs and oil,been rideing a bike for 35 years and never paid for a service apart for a first sevice,and lets be honest now serviceing a bike aint rocket science and any half wit can do it.and i know there are good and not so good bike shops but in general your going to get some spotty 18 year old doing the routine service on your 13 grand sports bike

Originally Posted by andrewsmith

Chris I will be taking you up on this sometime this year.

This will even make Sarah Cringe:

Suzuki main Dealer 15K service....


£330

My jaw hit the f***ing floor at that quote

How was that broken down?. No point having a quote without a breakdown of what that covers. If its check and adjust clearances, oil/oil filter, air filter, spark plugs, throttle body balance etc etc then thats a very fair quote.

Generally 4-6 hours depending on whether any clearances need adjustment and how far out the throttle bodies are and the general condition of the bike for the fully 15k service done exactly to the book. Ive seen plenty of places quote alot less and trust me..they do alot less!.

Incedently I did a survey recently on what places local to us are charging, main dealers and independants. The two most expensive services on my list were independants one of which i know for sure doesnt have any insurance!.

Originally Posted by andrewsmith

...make sure you've got 2 sets of feeler gauges to check the clearance.

Why 2 sets?

[21QUEST]

Only had a quick browse of this thread but never fails to amaze me how "everyone thinks they don't get paid enough at work and yet moan in a high pitxhed voice that every other business charging them too much"

[21QUEST]

Originally Posted by SV650Racer

How was that broken down?. No point having a quote without a breakdown of what that covers. If its check and adjust clearances, oil/oil filter, air filter, spark plugs, throttle body balance etc etc then thats a very fair quote.

Generally 4-6 hours depending on whether any clearances need adjustment and how far out the throttle bodies are and the general condition of the bike for the fully 15k service done exactly to the book. Ive seen plenty of places quote alot less and trust me..they do alot less!.

Incedently I did a survey recently on what places local to us are charging, main dealers and independants. The two most expensive services on my list were independants one of which i know for sure doesnt have any insurance!.

Exactly Sarah.

Next thing you know, some folks would be complaining about the dealers not giving their bikes a full valet

Originally Posted by 21QUEST

Exactly Sarah.

Next thing you know, some folks would be complaining about the dealers not giving their bikes a full valet

Exactly Ben..or god forbid not doing it right because they are rushing to do it on the cheap because the customer wants it cheap!.