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I'm sitting hear all amazed when I see some of the posts that state words to the effect that the dealer did ALL RECOMMENDED services with Triumph recommended parts at 600 mile or 12, 000 mile and the 600 was 50 bucks or 500 for the 12K. Somthin' is rotten in Denmark. My dealer did the 600 (which was the last time a dealer did any scheduled maintenance on my bike I might add) and it was over $100. Oil, "recommended 4T Racing plus Triumph filter" was over $60 by themselves. There was over an hour of labor because it was done by the book. In a previous post I list some of the items on the 12K inspection. You don't take the plastic off, sync the TB's, ADJUST the valves to include removing the cams, change the fork oil, change the oil, change the coolant, lub the headstock, etc in an hour or two. Replace air and fuel filters. Matter of fact you need to leave the bike overnight so that the valves are cold. When you start adding up Triumph filters alone, you're over $150. I know I can't do most of the maintenance items as fast as an experienced garage mechanic and don't have the tools they have either, but I would guess it still takes a single mechanic four or five hours to do the complete list if done right. Methinks some of the bargains I see here aren't the bargains they appear to be.
[ This message was edited by: rodneybrown on 2006-03-08 11:43 ]
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