My 1150's coming up to this service and Rydales have given me a rough quote of about £320. Is this a fair price or is it worth trying other dealerships?
24k Service
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24K Service
Seem to remember paying a little more than that for mine, mind you that was after some negiotation, they (Mill Garages, Sunderland) originally wanted nearly £500. So for a dealer service it's not too bad.
Mind you when you look at what they do you realise you are paying a lot of money to them to check tyre pressures and brake pads. Best bet is to do most of the simple stuff yourself.
Change the Oil & Oil filter
Change the Air filter
Change the Plugs
Check and replace the Brake pads if necessary
Check Tyre Pressures
None of these are particulary difficult but cost you £40+ per hour labour for the dealer to do it.
If you can:
Balance the Throttle Bodies
Check & adjust the Valve clearance
Change the Brake Fluid
Doing all the above and advising the dealer you have done so will save you a lot of money, they can do the computer check and any of the jobs you can't manage. You should still get the dealer stamp in your book.
Parts for a major service cost less than £100, the rest is labour & dealer mark up on fluids & parts. Get most of the bits I need from Steptoe.
I do all my own serving now, it's not hard and only takes 3 - 4 hours for a mechanically inept like me. Used to take me the best part of 3 hours riding each way to get to a dealer so I save time & money.
Seem to remember paying a little more than that for mine, mind you that was after some negiotation, they (Mill Garages, Sunderland) originally wanted nearly £500. So for a dealer service it's not too bad.
Mind you when you look at what they do you realise you are paying a lot of money to them to check tyre pressures and brake pads. Best bet is to do most of the simple stuff yourself.
Change the Oil & Oil filter
Change the Air filter
Change the Plugs
Check and replace the Brake pads if necessary
Check Tyre Pressures
None of these are particulary difficult but cost you £40+ per hour labour for the dealer to do it.
If you can:
Balance the Throttle Bodies
Check & adjust the Valve clearance
Change the Brake Fluid
Doing all the above and advising the dealer you have done so will save you a lot of money, they can do the computer check and any of the jobs you can't manage. You should still get the dealer stamp in your book.
Parts for a major service cost less than £100, the rest is labour & dealer mark up on fluids & parts. Get most of the bits I need from Steptoe.
I do all my own serving now, it's not hard and only takes 3 - 4 hours for a mechanically inept like me. Used to take me the best part of 3 hours riding each way to get to a dealer so I save time & money.
I had a 24k service done on my 1150GS at Rydales in August. Total cost £261.28. This included the additional work of changing the front brake fluid.
Have they quoted you for a 24k service plus an annual inspection?
If so, it's a bit unnecessary IMO. Most of the items listed in the Annual service are included in the 24k one. The exceptions being brake & clutch fluid. BMW insisting on annual fluid changes is going to far down the safety nazi route.
I've had work done by Rydales twice over the summer. One was routine maintenance as above, the other involved changing some seals. The final bill on both occasions was lower than that quoted by the service reception.
The quote will be generated by a computer on BMW standard times for a job. If their fitter is efficient and completes the job in less time and they are lowering invoice costs accordingly then you have to commend them for their honesty.
Have they quoted you for a 24k service plus an annual inspection?
If so, it's a bit unnecessary IMO. Most of the items listed in the Annual service are included in the 24k one. The exceptions being brake & clutch fluid. BMW insisting on annual fluid changes is going to far down the safety nazi route.
I've had work done by Rydales twice over the summer. One was routine maintenance as above, the other involved changing some seals. The final bill on both occasions was lower than that quoted by the service reception.
The quote will be generated by a computer on BMW standard times for a job. If their fitter is efficient and completes the job in less time and they are lowering invoice costs accordingly then you have to commend them for their honesty.
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Re: 24K Service
Hi Jeff
You're lucky! My dealer said, for the stamp, they would have to do these as they need to know it was done correctly [yeh right so why do I find the clearances are'nt as good as I can get them on return - I know they have an allocated time for the job where as I can take my time and get them closer to spec.]
jefformston said:
Hi Jeff
You're lucky! My dealer said, for the stamp, they would have to do these as they need to know it was done correctly [yeh right so why do I find the clearances are'nt as good as I can get them on return - I know they have an allocated time for the job where as I can take my time and get them closer to spec.]
Re: Re: 24K Service
Sounds to me like the mechanic doesn't bother checking the clearance before he adjusts them, if he did he'd find them OK.
On the last service I had done by a dealer the mechanic replaced the spark plugs, as per the schedule, only problem is I'd only replaced them 110 miles earlier (distance from home to the dealer). Unfortunalty I didn't spot this on the invoice until I got home & my fault for not collecting the used parts when they offered them to me.
My bike is 3.5 years old now with 48,000 miles on the clock I don't bother with getting the stamp now, but haven't had a problem in the past. I do however keep all receipts for parts, oil etc.
If found some dealers to be excellent & some to be very poor, but at the end of the day most of the work is simple to do myself and the money I save can be used to pay for trips away on the bike.
notadrop said:
Sounds to me like the mechanic doesn't bother checking the clearance before he adjusts them, if he did he'd find them OK.
On the last service I had done by a dealer the mechanic replaced the spark plugs, as per the schedule, only problem is I'd only replaced them 110 miles earlier (distance from home to the dealer). Unfortunalty I didn't spot this on the invoice until I got home & my fault for not collecting the used parts when they offered them to me.
My bike is 3.5 years old now with 48,000 miles on the clock I don't bother with getting the stamp now, but haven't had a problem in the past. I do however keep all receipts for parts, oil etc.
If found some dealers to be excellent & some to be very poor, but at the end of the day most of the work is simple to do myself and the money I save can be used to pay for trips away on the bike.
doctor_octor
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Re: 24K Service
If you did all that then came into my dealership for a 12thou minus those bits I wouldn't stamp your book... I would (at a push) let someone off with doing their own oil and filter (only if its been replaced with a BM one) and the spark plugs ... any more than that and I wouldn't consider it had had a 12thou service ...
jefformston said:
If you did all that then came into my dealership for a 12thou minus those bits I wouldn't stamp your book... I would (at a push) let someone off with doing their own oil and filter (only if its been replaced with a BM one) and the spark plugs ... any more than that and I wouldn't consider it had had a 12thou service ...
Don't forget 24k is Fuel Filter replacement time - consider having it re-positioned outside the tank.
I'd also recommend putting a new Poly V belt on - not in the schedule until 36k, but they have a habit of failing before then - I now treat them as a 24k service item (they're not expensive)...
Mike
I'd also recommend putting a new Poly V belt on - not in the schedule until 36k, but they have a habit of failing before then - I now treat them as a 24k service item (they're not expensive)...
Mike
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Mike O said:I'd also recommend putting a new Poly V belt on - not in the schedule until 36k, but they have a habit of failing before then - I now treat them as a 24k service item (they're not expensive)...
Mike
mine was changed at 38,000 without a problem.......but that was an 1100
walkon40
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... for what it's worth ...
just before my holiday trip my old R850 came to it's 12k service. I asked my dealer about the same issue, and they confirmed that I could certainly do all the fluid changes, if needed be the pads, etc. All they need to do for the stamp is the valves and the 'setup' (the computer stuff). They didn't want to commit themselves to a price for what's was left, but I assume it would have been below £100.
See whether you can find a mate or a club member near you, and do the work with her/him. A) good company (hopefully), b) you gain in confidence and c) if something gets difficult you have another brain to consult
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Martin
just before my holiday trip my old R850 came to it's 12k service. I asked my dealer about the same issue, and they confirmed that I could certainly do all the fluid changes, if needed be the pads, etc. All they need to do for the stamp is the valves and the 'setup' (the computer stuff). They didn't want to commit themselves to a price for what's was left, but I assume it would have been below £100.
See whether you can find a mate or a club member near you, and do the work with her/him. A) good company (hopefully), b) you gain in confidence and c) if something gets difficult you have another brain to consult
.Martin
Re: Re: 24K Service
Probably good I didn't use you then. The last dealer service I had was expensive & I'd done a lot of the work my self, I wouldn't like to think about how much a 'full' service would cost. I've got no objection to paying someone to do work I can't do myself, but I'm afraid paying £40 + ph labour for someone to do simple jobs such as changing the oil & filter is too much.
Even looking at worst case and having no dealer stamp in my book for the last few services how much is it going to 'de-value' the bike. I reckon I've saved close on £1,000 is servicing costs this year, is my bike £1,000 less than one with a stamped service book? I don't think so.
At the end of the day I'm happy, I'm not planning on selling the bike so the stamped book isn't an issue. By the time I sell I reckon I'll have saved more by doing my own servicing than the bike is worth.
If you plan to change your bike every 2 - 3 years then having a Dealer stamped book is a lot more important and may effect the bikes value.
Each to there own as long as we are all happy.
doctor_octor said:
Probably good I didn't use you then. The last dealer service I had was expensive & I'd done a lot of the work my self, I wouldn't like to think about how much a 'full' service would cost. I've got no objection to paying someone to do work I can't do myself, but I'm afraid paying £40 + ph labour for someone to do simple jobs such as changing the oil & filter is too much.
Even looking at worst case and having no dealer stamp in my book for the last few services how much is it going to 'de-value' the bike. I reckon I've saved close on £1,000 is servicing costs this year, is my bike £1,000 less than one with a stamped service book? I don't think so.
At the end of the day I'm happy, I'm not planning on selling the bike so the stamped book isn't an issue. By the time I sell I reckon I'll have saved more by doing my own servicing than the bike is worth.
If you plan to change your bike every 2 - 3 years then having a Dealer stamped book is a lot more important and may effect the bikes value.
Each to there own as long as we are all happy.
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