$250 in St. Charles, MO.
jdog

 

I have my 1k service scheduled for Wednesday. I saw this thread and was considering maybe doing it myself. I thought maybe they should check it to see if there are any problems I don't recognize.

Still not sure..

 

I don't think it's a bad idea to let your dealer do the first service if you can watch them do it. The shop I bought my bike at let's you stand around and watch. I picked the mechanics brain while he worked because they were charging me no labor so I didn't mind if he stopped to talk to me or the others milling around and waiting for their service. The guy was happy to answer all my questions and give me tips on doing the maintenance myself, installing pipes, etc. Even though it was a 500 mile round trip to take mine back to the dealer on the 1000 mile I'm glad I did it. I learned a lot.

It would be a snap to do ALL of the maintence yourself with the aid of the service manual if you have any mechanical aptitude at all. I bought one and will be doing my own from now on. The only reason I took mine back to the dealer to begin with was the fact that the dealer and Harley want you to believe that if they don't do your service with them that it voids the warranty and your screwed and I fell for that. My belief is that the only reason they want to do it at 1000 miles is because they figure that you've had the bike long enough to decide that you need more chrome. While you wait for your service their hope is that you'll go drop $1000 on some other stuff and then pay them $50 to $100 an hour to bolt it on for you. I'll bet that's happened to more people here than just me!

 

230 dollars incl/Syn3 ...which, by the way, actually seems to make the bike run cooler and shift smoother...have heard that some don't like it, but it seems to be working well for the Bob...

 

$320 including syn3--Atlanta area.

 

$325.00 with syn.oil

 

going to do mine myself. have had enough of the dealer's prices. planning on this friday and will take pictures to prvide proof if case of any warranty questions. also going to save all receipts.

 

For all of those who are going to do your own 1000 mile service yourself, make sure you have a torque wrench and do not overtighten the oil drain plugs. I wish someone would have reminded me. The drain bolts go back on with very little torque. You are working on an aluminum engine and you do not torque anything too much or you will strip the threads. Careful!!!!!!!!!!

 

You guys are killing me. It's just an oil change and inspection, maybe tighten a few bolts. Man, save yourselves some dough and do it yourself.

My 1000 mile service cost, let's see...

5 qts of Mobil 1 $30
Oil filter $10

Total cost-$40

 

$26.73 for the Synthetic oil……… But I would have paid more just to hang out and look at the clothing sales girl !