14-09-13, 09:22 AM
3 hours/approx. £120 sounds about right to me for the service base price - although I'm a little surprised that labour rates in the bike trade haven't increased beyond this by now - depends on shop and make of bike I suppose, I'm guessing a BMW dealer would charge a higher rate, and don't want to know what a BMW car dealer would charge!
If they quoted a figure and then found further work required, they should have the courtesy to call you with costs before going ahead with that work. The mileage your bike is on wouldn't require valve clearances being done if the previous services had had everything done as per Yamaha schedules (25k miles).
Would be interested to hear the final outcome - cost, work carried out, what they said about further expense etc.
If they quoted a figure and then found further work required, they should have the courtesy to call you with costs before going ahead with that work. The mileage your bike is on wouldn't require valve clearances being done if the previous services had had everything done as per Yamaha schedules (25k miles).
Would be interested to hear the final outcome - cost, work carried out, what they said about further expense etc.