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Originally Posted by dieg0oo (Post 170396)

Thanks Dave, and to all of you guys, for the precious advise.

I'm a rather new biker (had my first bike, a TT600RE, for less than an year; done 14,000 km), and I am still learning.
Also, I have to say that i've always been a rather useless mechanic.

Although these bikes seem very simple, I'm still not that confident in doing things on my own,
and when a yamaha dealer told me that i need to service it every 6,000 miles... to me it's honestly still quite unclear what are the bike needs and periodical maintenances, and if I can do them myself or not...

All I've done so far is changing oil and filter, lubricating clutch, throttle cables and chain... but in just one year, the bike has always run perfectly.

I am willing to learn, and i like it, but I'm still gradually getting the right knowledge and tools (at the mo, even taking the tank off, in order to replace the spark-plug seems a big job for me!)

thank you all for your help!

Diego

I've been messing with Bikes for years and all I really intend doing to this is Oil n filter changes adjust and oil the chain and spray bits of WD40 here and there, I was concerned about the tappet noise and my Bike has only done about 5 k miles but my brother in law who is an engineer and knows a lot more about Bikes than me says its because its a big Air cooled Single and shouldn't worry about it.

That's why I asked is there something else I should know but it seems not, so save your money and a lot of time and messing about dropping it off at a Bike shop and change the Oil n Filter yourself being careful not too over tighten any bolts.

I have slight criticisms about the quality of some of the parts and finish of my Bike.......... but I think its pretty dam good and hope to keep it for years and maintain it well. :)

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Originally Posted by dieg0oo (Post 170187)

Hello guys
how important is it, in your opinions, to keep the bike serviced at a yamaha authorized garage?

Diego
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As a consumer vote with your money! Do not reward bad service unless absolutely necessary.

And also it is most often good to support small local service industry anyway. This applies to motorcycle service as well as cafeterias etc.

I second all the opinions above saying go for the independent operator or that Suzuki (?) garage.

Also highly recommend WEmoto for parts great value and fast service.:thumbup1:

I went to my local Yamaha dealer (Padgetts at Batley) with a fairly minor problem on my '84 Tenere that would be easily fixed. The guy who does all the servicing, repairs, etc wasn't at all helpful - infact he was nothing short of arrogant. He said I might as well scrap my bike as it wasn't worth fixing.

If I has turned up on a brand new bike that they had sold me it might have been a different story.

I haven't had many good times at dealers - I think they are all the same.
It's probably a money thing and times are hard?

Tom:rolleyes2: