I had asked yesterday about whether I should do the initial maintenance myself or not and I thank everyone who responded. I was wondering how critical is it to do the initial maintenance at 600 miles or can you go over this a little before you do the maintenance. I was wondering about taking it in at about 800 miles or so because I can't get it to the shop right now and I would still like to ride it.
What I did was my own service at 600 miles (documenting that I did it in my maintenance log), and then I took it for an additional service at 1000 miles.
However, the first oil change is critical (and usually done very early....200? 300? miles), so if you haven't changed the oil, roll up your sleeves and get to it! It's easy! :icon_mrgreen: (I save my oil and filter receipts for maintenance proof for warranty purposes).
Yeah the warranty is the biggest thing that I would like to maintain because that way I have proof that maintenance was done on the bike at regular intervals. That way if anything ever goes wrong with the bike while it is under warranty they can't say anything about abuse of the bike. I'm planning on taking the bike to the place that sold it to me and they said they could do the maintenance for $142 plus tax but that he needed it from today (Tuesday) until Thursday. I asked how come two days and he said that it takes more than an hour an half and that is all that they are charging me for labor. Does this sound right?
Uh...without oil change (since I'd all ready done that), my independent bike shop had my bike for about an hour, and they charged me for an hour of labour (I think their hourly is about $90). They did the same thing again for me at about 4K miles (I did oil change; they did tightening, lubing, inspecting, etc). I would be hopping mad if someone wanted to keep my bike for 2 or 3 days for routine maintenance! :nono:
P.S. And the oil change takes maybe 20 minutes?
That's why you should do it yourself, bike shops take forever and charge a lot. Going a little over 600mi probally won't hurt anything but you could screw yourself on the warranty if something goes wrong down the road, even if it's unrelated. So if you do it yourself or take it to a shop, don't go past 600.
:cheers: