Houston_Rider
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As much as as I like to argue, there is no good argument for a positive spin on the 600 mile service.
Greg and I were riding today and went to our favorite dealer just to hang and check out all the stuff, when we talked to the service guys about the 600 mile service.
He told us it would include " checking all moving parts, bolts, specs on chain, lube, oil and filter change"... my question was.. "if we buy the oil/filter from you (and do it ourselves), will Suzuki have an issue down the road if a warranty problem came up".... the answer was "better safe than sorry". Ok, so we decide to pull them in.
Here's my issue with all of this. Greg pulls in his '03 gsxr600 and the guy unbolts the right fairing, pulls it back, drains the oil, changes the filter. 5 minutes later, he backs it up and lubes the chain as he's rolling it out.... "All Done..!! OK, that will be $120..." "Ok, what happened to all the "check it all out, tighten the bolts, etc?".... "We did that". "Bullshit. From the time it was in and out was all of 15 minutes, and we watched the entire time."
I told Greg this was going to happen. This was my argument from the beginning. I KNOW these guys aren't doing what they say they will do. So like a dumb-ass, I pull my '03 Busa in, and they do the same thing. 15 minutes later, my "critical" 600 mile service is finished.
What a waste of money. I know that if something goes wrong, we have proof it was serviced, but they said they would do these things and they didn't. Its more of a safety issue for me than anything else. I don't wanna be at 140mph and the front brake flies off, because some guy "said" he checked it all out. And I REALLY don't mind doing it all myself (thats what I do anyway, its cheap insurance).
But why do these dealers take all of these checks for granted?
Greg and I were riding today and went to our favorite dealer just to hang and check out all the stuff, when we talked to the service guys about the 600 mile service.
He told us it would include " checking all moving parts, bolts, specs on chain, lube, oil and filter change"... my question was.. "if we buy the oil/filter from you (and do it ourselves), will Suzuki have an issue down the road if a warranty problem came up".... the answer was "better safe than sorry". Ok, so we decide to pull them in.
Here's my issue with all of this. Greg pulls in his '03 gsxr600 and the guy unbolts the right fairing, pulls it back, drains the oil, changes the filter. 5 minutes later, he backs it up and lubes the chain as he's rolling it out.... "All Done..!! OK, that will be $120..." "Ok, what happened to all the "check it all out, tighten the bolts, etc?".... "We did that". "Bullshit. From the time it was in and out was all of 15 minutes, and we watched the entire time."
I told Greg this was going to happen. This was my argument from the beginning. I KNOW these guys aren't doing what they say they will do. So like a dumb-ass, I pull my '03 Busa in, and they do the same thing. 15 minutes later, my "critical" 600 mile service is finished.
What a waste of money. I know that if something goes wrong, we have proof it was serviced, but they said they would do these things and they didn't. Its more of a safety issue for me than anything else. I don't wanna be at 140mph and the front brake flies off, because some guy "said" he checked it all out. And I REALLY don't mind doing it all myself (thats what I do anyway, its cheap insurance).
But why do these dealers take all of these checks for granted?
