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Originally Posted by alanmcorcoran
It is statements like these that make me feel like taking my bike to the dealer for service is the absolute correct thing for me. ("I KNEW I shouda parked the damn step motors! No wonder my throttle body wouldn't sync!")
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Different strokes. To me it's all part of playing with my toys. I love computers, and I love motorcycles. Now I get to play with both at the same time! Also, I checked part of the work that was done by the dealership for the 600 mile service. I let the dealership do that for record/warranty reasons. I had it done at possibly the largest and most highly regarded BMW dealership in the USA, which happens to be in NH. If not the top dealership, then certainly one of the 2 or three top. And they treat their customers right in every way they can. As a dealership, I can't say enough good things about them. But even they overfilled the crankcase oil by about 200 ml, and the throttle body sync was ever so slightly off. Every time I've had occasion to go in after a dealership mechanic on any bike, I've found something, generally minor, that surprised and disappointed me. Give me the tools, a little time to learn the ropes, and nobody is going to get my bike to run as sweet as I will, because I'm not on the clock, and the only thing I care about is that I'm the one who's going to ride it. The money I save is icing on the cake.
But, Alan, you are right. If you don't enjoy it, and don't want to do it, and don't mind paying the dealer, then you should let "The Man" do it, absolutely. It's your bike, and your ride - you should enjoy it in the way that gives you the most reward.
I know I'm kind of unusual in this respect. I've always wanted to take things apart - see how they work - fix them. Back in the days of DOS I used to program home use applications (financial, phonebook, games) in assembly language. For fun. I don't know of anyone else who ever did that. I could, right now, name every part and its function, of every pistol, revolver, rifle, and shotgun (about 200 in all in over 50 years) I've ever owned. Did my own action work on my guitars. Built 2 view cameras back in the 70's. That's just me.
So like I say, different strokes.