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Bigdog - some folks have lousy relations with dealers and the reasons are legion.  So they project that ALL dealers are rotten & then yadda yadda yadda.

Mike

A very valid point!
I do a lot of my service but I also have an excellent dealer.
The dealership I call home takes great care of us.

 

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Bigdog - some folks have lousy relations with dealers and the reasons are legion.  So they project that ALL dealers are rotten & then yadda yadda yadda.


Anyway, I do my own service - have for years.  Dropping old oil into a pan & pouring new oil in ain't 'zactly rocket surgery.  Checking torque on bolts ain't brain science, neither.  Got a rear tire to change this week & don't use a dealer/indie for that one, either. You learn more & know more about your bike (and yourself) when you wrench it yourself - "Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance."

And that experience builds an excellent bullchit shield for those times you do require the services of a motorcycle "professional."

[iski]

OH! 

Now I know.

Thanks for telling me.

 

It is not often that I am thanked for telling someone they are a chithead. 

We need more chitheads on the site like you, Mrs.We.   

[iski]

Mike

A very valid point!
I do a lot of my service but I also have an excellent dealer.
The dealership I call home takes great care of us.

And that experience builds an excellent bullchit shield for those times you do require the services of a motorcycle "professional."

My local dealer is superior in many, many ways to what I read here & hear elsewhere.  Are they perfect?  Nope.  Do I do everything they recommend? - nope.  Do I listen to them when they recommend? - yep.

Doing your own service and as much wrenching as you are able gives you the knowledge (can be a dangerous thing) to decide stuff for yourself as well as how to go about it.  Wish I had more time - work gets in the way lots - I default to the dealer for some stuff due to time constraints.