I've been a motorcyclist for 8+ years now. But in Latin America (where the labor is so cheep) you let the mechanics do their job while you drink some coffe. Two hours later your bike its fully serviced for some $15.- (parts & coffe included) and you dont need to ask what they did to your bike: its running, so its ok.
But with a $65.- an hour rate you think twice before taking your bike to the Suzuki dealer for something so easy as an oil change, don't you?
That's what I though this morning, so I went to buy some Oil & filter and got ready to spend "an hour or so" in my Kat (my first full faired bike).
Then the nightmare started. Two hours later I got back to the dealer for help: the screw from the lower fairing was broken, so i needed a special tool to get the thing out. They did it at no charge and I got back home.
It was 4:00 pm when I realized that I needed the Suzuki wrench to get the filter out (remember, the bike was garaged for 5 years or so). Back to the dealer again.
By 6:00 pm the job was done. My back & shoulder hurts like hell and I couldn't ride the bike the whole day. Just because I wanted to do things my way.
I just hope, whith all the lessons learned today, the 4,000 miles service won't take more than two weeks.
But with a $65.- an hour rate you think twice before taking your bike to the Suzuki dealer for something so easy as an oil change, don't you?
That's what I though this morning, so I went to buy some Oil & filter and got ready to spend "an hour or so" in my Kat (my first full faired bike).
Then the nightmare started. Two hours later I got back to the dealer for help: the screw from the lower fairing was broken, so i needed a special tool to get the thing out. They did it at no charge and I got back home.
It was 4:00 pm when I realized that I needed the Suzuki wrench to get the filter out (remember, the bike was garaged for 5 years or so). Back to the dealer again.
By 6:00 pm the job was done. My back & shoulder hurts like hell and I couldn't ride the bike the whole day. Just because I wanted to do things my way.
I just hope, whith all the lessons learned today, the 4,000 miles service won't take more than two weeks.
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