I'll take that challenge.

 

That is absolutely correct, there are plenty of techs that WILL treat your bike BETTER than you do and take TONS of pride in their work, probably just as many as this place thinks sucks. But its like talking to a wall sometimes!

 

Bring it on up!

 

We have a very good dealer with very competent techs. That said, I do my own fluid changes and fastener checks at 2500 mile intervals. The dealer does the 10K. Has been working great on my bike and my wife's. It's a financial thing.

 

Precisely and that's exactly why I got tired of paying the dealer a couple of hundred bucks every time they did that kind of "service" No disrespect intended, but I'm not the Doctor and I was able to tell every thing they missed when the jiffy stand went up after the 1000 mile $200+ service. It sqeaked just as bad as it did when it was dropped off.

 

I am lucky enough to have a great service dept at the local dealership, they have made mistakes but they have always made it right. I try to bring my bike into the dealership every 10k. I have plenty of tools and a service manual but all of my mechanic skills were learned because I had more time than money, there's not much joy in it for me. I will change my fluids and put on accs because i'm not rich but I get some peace of mind after the dealer does a once over. My .02 if you're confident in your abilities and enjoy it or can't afford to pay the dealer do it yourself. If your dealer has a good service dept. have them look it over every 10k. If money isn't an object and time is tight have the dealer do everything. I know that if Fargo HD made a mistake on my bike and it left me on the side of the road they would make it right. I'm pretty grateful when I see some of the horror stories on here.

 

Good grief ... $340 for 10k service is cheap when you compare it to SF Bay-area prices. Dealers are quoting me $540

 

Up? Where the F is Up? Never been there.

BTW, you too cool to answer PM's?

 

90% of the time I take mine into the dealer. I work a lot of hours and do maintenance for a living. Most of the time I really don't feel like it nor have the time to do my own. I always used to ask for the same tech to have it done, don't have to ask for him anymore, they just know. He takes a lot of pride in his work and takes very good care of my bike.

Any issues that have come up, they have been up front about it and always made it right. It just shows me that if a trained tech can make a mistake then I KNOW that I can only difference is if they mess it up it comes outta their pocket and I do it's just more to come outta mine.

 

Never had any service done by dealer unless it's under warranty.