Service Interval

[mrmoog]

I've just bought a GSA with 4400 miles and it was last serviced with 4082 miles on it and then sold to a dealer where it sat until i bought it, the service indicater is saying 02-12, the question is, does this mean I have to get it serviced in Feb with the bike only covering 300 miles from the last service to keep the warranty valid? if I do how much are dealers charging for the service these days

 

[Georgeeboi]

I would imagine it depends on when it was serviced and not how many miles ago especially if it's been sitting around for months.

 

[Pablo1]

I've just bought a GSA with 4400 miles and it was last serviced with 4082 miles on it and then sold to a dealer where it sat until i bought it, the service indicater is saying 02-12, the question is, does this mean I have to get it serviced in Feb with the bike only covering 300 miles from the last service to keep the warranty valid? if I do how much are dealers charging for the service these days

rattle 1600 miles on rapid

 

[Frankh]

Officially after the 600 mile service its every 6000 miles or annually regardless of miles covered. I am putting in my recently purchased ORS R1200GS for an annual next month for the very reason of keeping strictly to the required intervals to keep the warranty watertight. It was last serviced in september 2011 at 900 miles and will be around 2500 miles when I get it serviced in Feb/Mar.

 

[GSTourer]

Officially after the 600 mile service its every 6000 miles or annually regardless of miles covered. I am putting in my recently purchased ORS R1200GS for an annual next month for the very reason of keeping strictly to the required intervals to keep the warranty watertight. It was last serviced in september 2011 at 900 miles and will be around 2500 miles when I get it serviced in Feb/Mar.

Why not wait 'til August this year, when the full 12 months will be up......I am sure there is an obvious answer and I just can't see it.

 

[snerkler]

I've just bought a GSA with 4400 miles and it was last serviced with 4082 miles on it and then sold to a dealer where it sat until i bought it, the service indicater is saying 02-12, the question is, does this mean I have to get it serviced in Feb with the bike only covering 300 miles from the last service to keep the warranty valid? if I do how much are dealers charging for the service these days

There still seems to be a lot of confusion about servicing the twin cams. I was informed by my dealer that it was every 6000 miles AND annually, and if the 2 didn't coincide then you had to go in twice. However, they would use their noggins and only do the 'extra' work 2nd time around rather than the whole lot. My dealer allowed me to do a slightly late annual and slightly early mileage service so that I could combine the 2 together (Not been doing much mileage due to work commitments )

On saying all this, I saw in another thread that this service schedule has now changed but I haven't heard this from the horses mouth myself so to speak. I'll be asking my dealer at the next annual service.

 

[Sgt Bilco]

Officially after the 600 mile service its every 6000 miles or annually regardless of miles covered. I am putting in my recently purchased ORS R1200GS for an annual next month for the very reason of keeping strictly to the required intervals to keep the warranty watertight. It was last serviced in september 2011 at 900 miles and will be around 2500 miles when I get it serviced in Feb/Mar.

Talk about throwing money down the drainIf you had it's 600 in September, the next service is either 12 months or 6000 miles which ever comes first so why are you having a pointless service in Feb/Mar

 

[GSTourer]

Talk about throwing money down the drainIf you had it's 600 in September, the next service is either 12 months or 6000 miles which ever comes first so why are you having a pointless service in Feb/Mar

Exactly !!!!

 

[Beemerman59]

Talk about throwing money down the drainIf you had it's 600 in September, the next service is either 12 months or 6000 miles which ever comes first so why are you having a pointless service in Feb/Mar

Spot on! It's so much easier doing your own servicing - you can do it when you should be doing it and pocketing the cash you save for fuel. The only service item in my view which should be done irrespective of mileage is brake fluid which I do roughly ever two years. This would be the much questioned annual two yearly service item (after the first year that is).

 

[Wapping]

Talk about throwing money down the drainIf you had it's 600 in September, the next service is either 12 months or 6000 miles which ever comes first so why are you having a pointless service in Feb/Mar

Says it all, really.

 

[Myke Rocks]

There's Horses for courses

Spot on! It's so much easier doing your own servicing - you can do it when you should be doing it and pocketing the cash you save for fuel. The only service item in my view which should be done irrespective of mileage is brake fluid which I do roughly ever two years. This would be the much questioned annual two yearly service item (after the first year that is).

First of all, one has to ask oneself why any low stressed modern motorcycle should need such an expensive service with such short intervals, when cars (including BMW) can do 18,000 miles betwen services, and no annual.
Then there is the issue of brake fluid change, which is, in my opinion, "Dangling The Skeleton". My Bike is 2005, I bought it in 2007, and have not, as yet been so foolish as to change the brake fluid, nor do I plan to do so.
Yes, I do, on occasions, use the brakes hard, E.G. fully laden trhough Switzerland. I change the plugs when the bike starts to "miss", and the oil once or twice a year, (usually before parking for winter at end of October,) and that's it. Feck warrantys, feck the trade in values, all bullshit.
If I had been getting my bike serviced by BMW since I bought it, it would have cost me circa £3500 in charges. The warranty would have cost me an additional £1500.
Total around £5,000. (+ consumables at BMW prices)
In that intervening period, I have spent around £400 on servicing the machine myself. ( + consumables at non BMW prices)

The difference is circa £4600.
Items which would have been changed under warranty - fuel pump controller. Knock off £100.
If I go to sell my bike, will I get £4500 less for it because I do not have a service history? - a rhetorical question.

Myke

 

[APE]

My 2010 GS went in for an annual service is September at approx 10,000 miles. It's 2 years old end of March. They told me I had to have a major service at 12,000 regardless of the fact that an annual service was only done in September. Given that its out of warranty in a couple of months should I apply the 6,000 mile or 12 months from the last service rule ? They claimed there are important tasks that need to be carried out at 12k

 

[Pukmeister]

Myke, I salute you sir. Not often do you hear such common sense, especially in the 1200 section. I'm about to undertake the first "owner service" on my current GSA, and agree with your posting 95%, the only thing I disagree with is the brake fluid changes which I do every 2 years regardless of mileage. My last 1200 cost me little to service over 5 years and still returned a decent trade-in value.

 

[AberdeenAngus]

I used to write service schedules for everything from trucks to jet engines.
It's ALWAYS mileage OR time.
So 6k or 12 months, for example.

Saying 6k AND 12 months DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE.

there are service centres out there that will try and confuse you into doing both. They just want your money. Don't fall for it.

If the above does not make sense to you then you should return your motorcycle and buy a Montego.

 

[Kremmen]

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there are service centres out there that will try and confuse you into doing both. They just want your money. Don't fall for it.

If the above does not make sense to you then you should return your motorcycle and buy a Montego.

+1
That is of course exactly why it's done
Have to pull you up on the last line though ...surely you mean Maestro or Atal don't you??

 

[Pablo1]

My 2010 GS went in for an annual service is September at approx 10,000 miles. It's 2 years old end of March. They told me I had to have a major service at 12,000 regardless of the fact that an annual service was only done in September. Given that its out of warranty in a couple of months should I apply the 6,000 mile or 12 months from the last service rule ? They claimed there are important tasks that need to be carried out at 12k

Service light will come on I was exactly in your position however the extra bits that needed done were minimal and I think the cost was around £50ish .Enging timing adjustment or some such thing??

 

[BBB61]

The only things that are time based are brake fluid (change after one year, then every two), final drive oil (every 12k or two years) and gearbox oil (every 24k or two years). This nonsense of having a 6k after 10 months then being expected to go in two months later for the annual items is something that seems to have been perpetuated by dealers trying to make a bit more money.

Mykes comments about his servicing regime are interesting but I would not agree with not having changed the brake fluid. I know from doing the job myself the difference in the colour of old used fluid compared to new. For the sake of £10 for a can of DOT 4 fluid and 30 minutes of your time once every two years is it really worth compromising your safety?

 

[Nutty]

The annual service is due every 12 months from the date the bike was registered, regardless of mileage. The 6000 mile service is due every 6000 miles regardless of when the bike was first registered. If you want to keep your warranty, you have to stick to this. BMW writing their own cheques again.

 

[BBB61]

The annual service is due every 12 months from the date the bike was registered, regardless of mileage. The 6000 mile service is due every 6000 miles regardless of when the bike was first registered. If you want to keep your warranty, you have to stick to this. BMW writing their own cheques again.

That's not what I have been told. Nor is it how my service indicator is set to come on again. The last service on my RT was at the end of September sand the service indicator was set to come on in September 2012. The bike at the time of the service was 18 months old. My wife's F650 was serviced in December prior to collection with 4400 miles on the clock. It will not need another service now until either 6000 miles have been added or in December 2012.

 

[Deleted account 251212001]

+1
That is of course exactly why it's done
Have to pull you up on the last line though ...surely you mean Maestro or Atal don't you??

Ital if i remember right.