11-05-15, 08:39 AM
(10-05-15, 02:55 PM)Morganinaboat link Wrote:Took the 1999 in for a "service" at the local bike shop and also asked about checking the choke (had to run it with choke 1/2 on or it would cut off at stoplights). Was told they would change oil & filter, lube, and adjust brake calibers, etc. I came back to find a £150 bar tab waiting on me. Seems like thats 3 x's higher than I anticipated. Oil was routine shop grade and the filter was as well. Claimed 90 minutes worth of work on the bike to do all that. Nothing done to adjust choke issue that I can tell. Was informed that I need new carb rubbers for an additional 225 installed. I said no thanks and rolled on down the road. Did I just totally get reamed or is that about right for a "service"?
I'd say they put a bit more time into it than you think but didn't explain to you properly what they did. If it had to run with half choke on all the time to keep it going it must have been running like a bag of shite and it's unlikely the choke cable was the problem. So it would have taken a bit of time to track that down and fix. Adjust brake calipers? That doesn't make any sense. Did they take the calipers off and clean them? Or bleed new fluid through? Oil and filter is fairly straight forward as long as all goes well. 150 is a bit steep but it's definitely not 3x higher than it should have been. You hardly expected them to do it all for £50 with parts included in that?