Maintenance costs?

[chickridin]

If you have an extended warranty, and the repairs fall under that warranty, you should not be paying anything, let alone labor. The only thing you might have to pay is a deductable if it applies.


You, of course, are correct. What I really should say is, in my case, with this maintenance agreement, after 3 years (and maybe less based on 6 oil changes and 6 inspections) my out of pocket mx costs will naturally go from zero to what ever it takes for normal things. I've got to put my son, 2 sons-in law and 4 grandsons on notice that I expect a lot of help in a couple years, so read up.hyea:

Tuck

Ahhh....now that makes sense. I'm jealous.....I wish I had a crew to train!

 

[Sarge707]

My maintenance costs equal the parts total and I do the labor as I have all the time in the world to do it.
Dealer had it in the shop for a month early on to check computer things and its been in for bulletins and the DPS and ALL that cost nothing.
If your retired Getting to know the Spyder can save a LOT of $$$.nojoke

 

[tobor9]

I had to take off the front tupperware the other day to put on some of the lights on my wife's RT and will never gripe about $$ of maintenance again!! what a pain in the:cus:,must be 20 pins and about 6 screws,most of the pins are in the tunnels and hard to reach. I don't know how often they have to pull off the front but I never want to again!

 

[Grandpa Spyder]

I had to take off the front tupperware the other day to put on some of the lights on my wife's RT and will never gripe about $$ of maintenance again!! what a pain in the:cus:,must be 20 pins and about 6 screws,most of the pins are in the tunnels and hard to reach. I don't know how often they have to pull off the front but I never want to again!

Note to self, Do not attempt to pull off front Tupperware.hyea:

 

[BioSab]

The maintenance fees charged by dealers are absurd! I guess they have to cover the cost of all the watercrafts and T Rex that they have in the showroom that aren't selling.

I learned how to do my own oil changes(invest in a cordless drill).. Last week I had to replace the rear tire. The brp dealer wanted $134 for the tire and $250 to mount/install


Talked the dealer down to $121 for the tire took to a custom bike mechanic and had it installed for $60 and it was all done in less than and hour.. That saved me $200+... The best part was having all the custom HD and chopper riders asking questions as well as the mechanic coming up with ideas to trick her out.

 

[memphisdan]

The maintenance cost can be high and the frequency sometimes seem excessive but I am learning to do much of the maintenance myself. This has actually added to my enjoyment of the Spyder. My plan is to do the 3, 6 and 9k maintenance my self and letting the dealer do the 12k less the oil change and front end lub which I will do. I will also only take it to a dealer who has a BRP trained mechanic. I now have about 31,000 happy miles on my RT.

 

[mtbear]

600 mile svc

Just had my 600 mile svc and it was 149.99.
$64.40 hr labor at my dealer, same as all of there bikes they sale and very informatent staff.
Is that comparable with other dealers?
mtbear

 

[mtbear]

Never mind I heard about prices already lol.
mtbear

 

[MidLifeCrisis]

Just had my 600 mile svc and it was 149.99.
$64.40 hr labor at my dealer, same as all of there bikes they sale and very informatent staff.
Is that comparable with other dealers?
mtbear

just called my local dealer and they said $340! Definitely need to find someone mkre reasonable, but almost all of our bike shops are owned by the same rip off artist:banghead: