Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha - 12k service

[birdseye]

He's right. There isnt much that the average Joe cant do. Otherwise the average Joe couldnt become a mechanic. Servicing a bike isnt rocket science.

But - what about the electronic check for faults? What about the availability of specialist tools? And what about the service record? This latter is kept on computer by BMW so it doesnt matter if you lose the paper bit. For cars is checked out by a dealer before agreeing a part ex. They certainly did that with my car.

 

[Shurv]

Doesn't Andy Malton do servicing?. I think he's in Essex somewhere, Harwich I think.

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

Doesn't Andy Malton do servicing?. I think he's in Essex somewhere, Harwich I think.

Not full time..............he's a HGV driver

Just spanners his bikes and a few mates

 

[RPyecroft]

Sounds like Vines / BMW

I have an 03 GS Adv & F650 Dakar. I had them serviced whilst they were under warrantee but got quoted £250 for the full brake bleed (without the service) on the GS. I got all the bits for both bikes from Motorworks for about 70 quid, bought the oil locally and did it myself. If you look at the service schedule most of it is check this. check that. ABS bleed was fun first time round but worked fine once i had realised that the rear circuit was being fed from the control unit which is why the reservoir didn't go down.

Question you have to ask is will you recover the cost of the service on the resale? Answer = no.

 

[BBB61]

Re: Sounds like Vines / BMW

Question you have to ask is will you recover the cost of the service on the resale? Answer = no.

One SE England dealer estimated the lack of full BMW service history on my 1150 knocked £500 off its trade in value. In the 4 years I had it, I serviced it myself. One 12k service (most dealers charging £250-350, average £300), one 24K service (£350) and three 6k services (3 x £160). That's a grand total of £1130.

My costs were as follows:-

5 oil filters @ £10 = £50
5 lots of oil @ £15 = £75 (engine oil)
1 fuel filter @ £13 = £13
4 spark plugs @ £4 = £16
2 Air filters @ £9 = £18
3 litres g/box oil @ £7 = £21
1 litre brake fluid @ £5 = £5

Total = £198

That still leaves me £432 ahead allowing for the £500 reduction in trade in value. As I sold the bike privately, I was even further ahead of the game.

Bob

 

[verona]

So, does my 00W reg 1150 GS have a full service history?

After reading this thread I have come up with an interesting dilema. Having purchased my 00W reg 1150 GS with a full BMW service history from SPC last September, I have now noticed that in my service and technical booklet that my annual service schedule only has one stamp i.e. last June. Does this mean that I do not have a full service history as obviously the annual schedules have not been stamped. It does however have all the other service schedules stamped i.e. pre-delivery check, BMW services and BMW inspections.

This bike was imported by SPC in 2001 and has a full service history by SPC and receipts. Obviously except for annual service. So my question is does this bike have a full service history or not? The bike has covered 24,000 since new and I still cant find any reference to clutch fluid change and to make matters worse I have just had it serviced by BMW Italia and on their schedule for 40,000 kl service does not include a change of brake fluids which is included in the maintenance schedule of my service and technical booklet.

Question No 2. Should I change my own clutch and brake fluid and what problems should I look out for bearing in mind it has ABS and do I need any special tools. Thanks in advance.
Cheers. Jay

 

[Pukmeister]

Jay, be very careful. I recently popped out a front brake piston on my friends 2003 1150GS Adventure (Servo ABS) and when trying to bleed the system with a 'mityvac', caused all sorts of problems with air entering the system. I also managed to empty the internal reservoir of the ABS pump (didn't know it had one) whilst bleeding though luckily no servo unit damage was caused. If we had ran the system dry, damage would have occurred. The bike ended up being recovered to SPC for a fluid change at £60 and all is now well. The main dealers have a filling/flushing rig for the ABS circuit which connects to the pump unit to provide a head of fluid for filling, it really isn't a DIY job on servo bikes.

 

[TerryM]

If you look whats involved in the workshop manual, re. changing the fluid, I'd say its well worth the £65!!

Hi,
As I also do my own work, but presently do not have a manual, will you enlighten me as to what the fluid change and bleed entails?

Perhaps this system is exceptional but for years I have done abs/none abs cars and bikes qith my compressed air vacuum unit and had no problems ever.
Terry

 

[TerryM]

Yawn Yawn.........
There's always someboby who takes an opportunity to blow their own trumpet and piss on the average competent DIY mechanics parade, ostentatious?? yeap you win first prize

Keep your white stilettos on luv!

 

[verona]

Thanks for the reply Pukmeister. I presume you must have removed the caliper to have popped the piston. My bike does not have a servo I presume as they are not power assisted. On my old K100 RS with ABS I once replaced the rear slave cylinder. I think thats what its called, its the small pump connected to the rear brake pedal. All I did was clamp the brake lines, replace the part and then bleed all the air out and old brake fluid using the old method of rubber transparent tube and a jar and topped up with brakefluid as I went along never leaving the system without brakefluid. Would this method not be okay with the GS. Any comments welcome.

Cheers. Jay