My 2010 Fat Bob is closing in fast on it's 1000 mile service. Tucson H-D charges close to four hundred dollars for this service. I spoke to a technician at Biker's Bay and they offer the H-D 1000 mile service for about half the price. This tech assured me that they do the exact same service the H-D shop would do in accordance with the H-D service manual.

Biker's Bay is franchise motorcycle shop with several locations throughout the U.S. They work on all makes and models. According to their website, they have Harley Davidson trained technicians. They only use Castrol products and recommend I change to full synthetic at 5000 miles.

Does anyone have any firsthand (or secondhand) knowledge or experience with these shops? Seems like a good deal if the work quality is there. Thanks for the help!

 

I'm not familiar with the chain but, I'd give them a try. $400 bucks is retarded. I paid $230 for my 1k service at the local dealership here.

 

yeah about 200 dollars cheaper

 

It's even less if you do it yourself. And no, it won't void your warranty.

 

I changed the fluids and took my bike to a HD certified Indy. Paid $50, and the mechanic let me hang with him to watch as he explained each step, by HD ck list. Amsoil fluids, and filter about $50 bucks, so $100 total. Buy the service, electrical and parts manual for your ride and service it yourself. Have a buddy or Indy walk you through the first one and run top of the line fluids (subjective, I know) and you'll save hundreds, and quickly thousands. Its in no way difficult. There's no magic involved. You'll learn a lot about your bike, and probably have a real enjoyable time doing it. If you have basic tools, a couple of torque wrenches, loc-tite,etc. you're good to go.

 

Buy a service manual and a parts manual. Read the part for your needs this time. And start doing some work on your bike. It's not very hard to do almost anything in the book. Tools are cheaper then that $400 oil change or (1000 mile service) the same thing.

 

$50 manual and $150 worth of tools is a great start... Hell for $150 bucks you can swing a jack and a nice socket set. It's very satisfying...Some folks don't want to fool with it and if you can easily afford it then let somebody do it...$200 is pretty decent.

 

A I dont really have the time to do it myself, I have had Bikers Bay do the 40k and 50k on my bike. The did a good job for a lot less money.

 

cool, thanks for the info