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Re: HFM????

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Subject: Re: HFM????
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by: Hog - Fri, 2 Jun 2023 18:50 UTC

On Monday, 17 April 2023 at 19:30:20 UTC+1, Hog wrote:
> On Sunday, 9 April 2023 at 16:43:43 UTC+1, Champ wrote:
> > I took my H2 SX on a moderately decent European trip last year, and
> > couldn't get it serviced before I went. So I just did the oil and
> > filter myself, and decided it would be ok. Which it was.
> >
> > It's a 2018 bike, and now way past the mileage for a proper service,
> > by which I really meant the valve clearances, and I read there was a
> > measurement required on the supercharger (lord knows what one does if
> > it's out of range). And it needed a chain and sprockets. And the
> > leaking clutch slave cylinder fixing.
> >
> > So in it went to Jason Griffiths Motorcycles. I know Jason moderately
> > well, as he's still very involved in racing, and he did advise me that
> > this was going to be expensive, and I braced myself for the best part
> > of a grand, or maybe a bit over.
> >
> > When I got the bill it was ... over 1900 quid!!! £850 on parts, £770
> > on labour, plus the VAT. FFS!!
> Owch. that's 911 service territory.
> Superduke major services at 18k are not trivial, requiring tank/airbox/radiator removal to shim, 2 spark plugs per cylinder replaced, one conventional, one unusual/expensive. £280ish
>
> I wonder what services on the new 'Busa cost, in comparison.
>
> I dumped my 1000SX, which was bought with 3Y warranty, after discovering the service interval was 4k (duuuh 8k I'd thought). Services seemed to be £180 and up. 1500 miles a month riding.

Fark, £280 was the 9k service. The 18k was £680ish

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HFM????	Hog