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Mar 20, 2018 | 07:41 PM

Jcrews005

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Oil changes

Was wonding if there are any warranties or policies out their that help cover the cost of oil service changes?

Mar 20, 2018 | 07:59 PM

cdonis

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Was wonding if there are any warranties or policies out their that help cover the cost of oil service changes?

nobody should pay to have it done. Its very easy. K&n filter and a few quarts.

Mar 21, 2018 | 09:55 AM

durtyburt

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Was wonding if there are any warranties or policies out their that help cover the cost of oil service changes?

=Never heard of such a thing

Mar 21, 2018 | 12:09 PM

Geoff

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Never heard of a formal program. Closest thing I've seen is a dealer offer a free 1000 mile break-in service, including change.

Mar 21, 2018 | 01:46 PM

aviscomi

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nobody should pay to have it done. Its very easy. K&n filter and a few quarts.

+1...biggest waste of $ by not doing it yourself

Mar 21, 2018 | 02:01 PM

Jcrews005

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Thank you for the feed back, I think I’ll find someone else to do it or do it myself. Just paid $300 for just an oil change, ridiculous.

Mar 21, 2018 | 02:44 PM

TeaRunner

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Spend the next $300 on a jack. Do them yourself, takes 20 minutes.

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Mar 21, 2018 | 04:31 PM

Uncle G.

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Never heard of a formal program. Closest thing I've seen is a dealer offer a free 1000 mile break-in service, including change.

It's not "free." It may have been folded into the purchase price somewhere, but it's not "free."

that said, I've always let the dealer do the first service just to make sure there's nothing bad starting to show up in case there's an issue later on. Every subsequent service has been done by me.

Last edited by Uncle G.; Mar 21, 2018 at 04:32 PM.

Mar 21, 2018 | 06:11 PM

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Bone Doc

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Some dealers offer pre-paid maintenance plans. Of course they're not free but you don't pay anything at the time of the service.

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Thank you for the feed back, I think I’ll find someone else to do it or do it myself. Just paid $300 for just an oil change, ridiculous.

I find it hard to believe you walked in, said "all I want is an oil change and nothing else" and they charged you $300.

If you had a factory service performed (1000 mile service, 5000 mile service, 10000 mile service, etc.) then you didn't pay for JUST an oil change. They check other things on your bike in addition to the oil change.

What factory service did you have done?