Although it's a bit the other way round.

I took my 2022 Husqvarna Norden in for it's 18,500 mile service (valves
etc.).

Came in at £943.43 (plus £6.35 for the train) - that was quite
something I thought.

However, in good news they agreed to replace the sticky fuel cap under
warranty. Which turns out that requires all locks on the bike to be
changed (ign, seat and cap).

There was some umming and ahhing about replacing a fork stanchion which
had some damage. Very tiny pits that led to a seal weeping - "Normal
wear and tear". The stanchion alone was over £400 and I'd need to get
some special tools.

Anyway, they've just agreed to that as well.

Turns out Husqvarna/KTM less fussy than Triumph.

--
Simon

sweller wrote:
> I took my 2022 Husqvarna Norden in for it's 18,500 mile service (valves
> etc.). Came in at £943.43 (plus £6.35 for the train) - that was quite
> something I thought.

Blimey. My S1000XR cost less than that for its big service, including a new rear tyre and with four times as many valves to check.

Mind you, its second (first full) service cost almost four grand, so the lord was very much in taking away mode that day.

> However, in good news they agreed to replace the sticky fuel cap under
> warranty. Which turns out that requires all locks on the bike to be
> changed (ign, seat and cap).
>
> There was some umming and ahhing about replacing a fork stanchion which
> had some damage. Very tiny pits that led to a seal weeping - "Normal
> wear and tear".

In one year? Cheeky.

> The stanchion alone was over £400 and I'd need to get
> some special tools.
>
> Anyway, they've just agreed to that as well.
>
> Turns out Husqvarna/KTM less fussy than Triumph.

Same dealer?

ogden wrote:

> > There was some umming and ahhing about replacing a fork stanchion
> > which had some damage. Very tiny pits that led to a seal weeping -
> > "Normal wear and tear".
>
> In one year? Cheeky.

They said they viewed fork seals as consumables (especially on an off
road bike) but the damage was caused by the defective fork leg.

It looks quite weired, almost like damage. The chrome hasn't lifted or
pitted in the rusty old fork leg way - it's like lots of tiny dings.
The chrome is soft? No idea, but they've agreed to replace it.

> > Turns out Husqvarna/KTM less fussy than Triumph.
>
> Same dealer?

Different dealers but when I had a leaking fork leg on my Tiger 800 the
dealer in Thesalonika had to do some interesting admin to get paid for
it and it was done as part of a service (FOC).

--
Simon

ogden wrote:

> Mind you, its second (first full) service cost almost four grand, so
> the lord was very much in taking away mode that day.

£4K!! Had you crashed it?

--
Simon

sweller wrote:
> ogden wrote:
>
> > Mind you, its second (first full) service cost almost four grand, so
> > the lord was very much in taking away mode that day.
>
> £4K!! Had you crashed it?

Rear shock electronics had failed almost as soon as the warranty ended, and I had a ding in the front wheel that I hadn't noticed. Bike needed an MOT for an imminent trip and I didn't have time for a cheaper fix.

Quite vexing, as it ate the money I'd earmarked for refreshing the race bike, which ended up being scrapped instead.

On 11 Oct 2023 09:23:33 GMT, "sweller" <sweller@mztech.fsnet.co.uk>
wrote:

>I took my 2022 Husqvarna Norden in for it's 18,500 mile service (valves
>etc.).
>
>Came in at £943.43 (plus £6.35 for the train) - that was quite
>something I thought.

Approx half a big service on my H2SX. Which, of course, has 4 four
times as many cylinders, so I obviously benefitted from some economies
of scale :-)
--
Champ
neal at champ dot org dot uk

I don't know, but I been told
You never slow down, you never grow old

Champ wrote:

> > Came in at £943.43 (plus £6.35 for the train) - that was quite
> > something I thought.
>
> Approx half a big service on my H2SX. Which, of course, has 4 four
> times as many cylinders, so I obviously benefitted from some economies
> of scale :-)

It has eight cylinders?

--
Simon

On 11/10/2023 13:33, sweller wrote:
> Champ wrote:
>
>>> Came in at £943.43 (plus £6.35 for the train) - that was quite
>>> something I thought.
>>
>> Approx half a big service on my H2SX. Which, of course, has 4 four
>> times as many cylinders, so I obviously benefitted from some economies
>> of scale :-)
>
> It has eight cylinders?

He's had a bang on the head, you know.

--
Eddie eddie@deguello.org

sweller <sweller@mztech.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
> Champ wrote:
>
>> > Came in at £943.43 (plus £6.35 for the train) - that was quite
>> > something I thought.
>>
>> Approx half a big service on my H2SX. Which, of course, has 4 four
>> times as many cylinders, so I obviously benefitted from some economies
>> of scale :-)
>
> It has eight cylinders?

<cue Monty Python mountaineering sketch>

--
FJR1300A, GL1000, KLR650A6F, EX250J9A, DR200SE, Vespa Ciao

On Wednesday, October 11, 2023 at 7:33:10 AM UTC-5, sweller wrote:
> Champ wrote:
>
> > > Came in at Ł943.43 (plus Ł6.35 for the train) - that was quite
> > > something I thought.
> >
> > Approx half a big service on my H2SX. Which, of course, has 4 four
> > times as many cylinders, so I obviously benefitted from some economies
> > of scale :-)
> It has eight cylinders?

It would do if Allen Millyard got hold of it.

On 11/10/2023 10:23, sweller wrote:
> Although it's a bit the other way round.
>
> I took my 2022 Husqvarna Norden in for it's 18,500 mile service (valves
> etc.).
>
> Came in at £943.43 (plus £6.35 for the train) - that was quite
> something I thought.

Good grief, the last 1290 was "only" £615 for the 18k service

Pip Luscher wrote:

> > It looks quite weired, almost like damage. The chrome
> > hasn't lifted orpitted in the rusty old fork leg way - it's like
> > lots of tiny dings.
>
> Out of interest, was it round the back and inside of the chrome
> slider?

No, outside on the side.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/fBqhkyPTjrYMPM9P8

I hope I've managed to clear the GPS data...

--
Simon

On Thu, 12 Oct 2023 17:42:30 +0100, Hog <york996@gmail.com> wrote:

>On 11/10/2023 10:23, sweller wrote:
>> Although it's a bit the other way round.
>>
>> I took my 2022 Husqvarna Norden in for it's 18,500 mile service (valves
>> etc.).
>>
>> Came in at £943.43 (plus £6.35 for the train) - that was quite
>> something I thought.
>
>Good grief, the last 1290 was "only" £615 for the 18k service

Makes the couple of hundred quid I very grudgingly pay for the
Energica seem pretty reasonable. Not convinced that an EV should need
such regular servicing, though they did find a couple of things were
loose, apparently, which surprised the hell out of me.

--

-Pip

sweller <sweller@mztech.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
> Pip Luscher wrote:
>
>> > It looks quite weired, almost like damage. The chrome
>> > hasn't lifted orpitted in the rusty old fork leg way - it's like
>> > lots of tiny dings.
>>
>> Out of interest, was it round the back and inside of the chrome
>> slider?
>
> No, outside on the side.
>
> https://photos.app.goo.gl/fBqhkyPTjrYMPM9P8
>
> I hope I've managed to clear the GPS data...

I believe the default setting in Google Photos when sharing via a
link is to hide the location metadata. If you share it to specific
people then there is an option to make the location visible.

--
FJR1300A, GL1000, KLR650A6F, EX250J9A, DR200SE, Vespa Ciao

On 11 Oct 2023 12:33:07 GMT, "sweller" <sweller@mztech.fsnet.co.uk>
wrote:

>Champ wrote:
>
>> > Came in at £943.43 (plus £6.35 for the train) - that was quite
>> > something I thought.
>>
>> Approx half a big service on my H2SX. Which, of course, has 4 four
>> times as many cylinders, so I obviously benefitted from some economies
>> of scale :-)

>It has eight cylinders?

oh. I thougth a Huski anything would be a big single

I'm somewhat out of touch with modern motorcycles

--
Champ
neal at champ dot org dot uk

I don't know, but I been told
You never slow down, you never grow old

Champ wrote:
> oh. I thougth a Huski anything would be a big single
> I'm somewhat out of touch with modern motorcycles

Husqvarnsa are badge-engineered KTMs these days.