Cost for 20,000 mile maint

[bone crusher]

I have ran 3 businesses over my lifetime I am fully aware of the costs of doing business. I will tell you what a dealer charges is gonna vary on location volume and many other variables for sure. I want you to consider this.. a spyder with 20000 miles thats two years old is worth what say maybe 11,000 dolars resale. So a 20000 mile service costs almost 1/10 the entire resale value of the motorcycle...does that sound reasonable to you? I have a 2003 jeep that I bought 5 years ago. It has 72000 miles on it and I have had zero issues with it. It has been to a shop zero times for service. Cost of an oil change 29 bucks every 5000 miles. Now I know thats comparing apples to oranges some but still these are both vehicles designed in essence to get you from point a to point b. All of my harleys required some dealer service from time to time but I NEVER paid that much for any service. The real issue I think is that the bike requires waaaayyyyy to much dealer service of waaaayyyy to many parts. I love my spyder and will continue to ride it and service it to the best of my abilities. Paying 900 for a service every 20000 miles isnt gonna happen foe me. I will wait till something fails and replace whats broke. It theorectically sounds cheaper to me. I would venture to guess that if you kept a spyder for 100000 miles you would pay more to service it at a dealer than you paid to buy it...does anyone think that sounds messed up or what?:chat:

Your argument makes no sense...the value of the vehicle and the cost for service have nothing to do with one another. My 1992 BMW probably has a book value of about 2000.00, but a timing belt change is 1000.00, does that mean I don't have it done and just wreck the engine when it breaks?

As far as running businesss, I have 3 myself, at this time. Again, this means nothing unless you run a Spyder dealership.

I find that my dealership is fair and easy to work with. I pay them money and don't question too much as my bike seems to always work fine...be it normal maintenance, 1st and 2nd updates, etc...they always work to help me out...for example, they didn't get the plate for the parking brake repair so they took it off a demo...very cool move.

When you buy an expensive toy, the costs for operating it might be expensive as well. If you wish to service your bike, more power to you. I don't have the time or the expertise to do so, so I'll gladly trust my dealership...if we all did our own work, dealerships would continue to fold and then when you really needed something, you'd be SOL.

Believe it or not, BRP has extensive training for their techs. Dealerships have to send their techs to many classes to maintain their platinum status. Find dealerships that qualify for this and trust them to work on your bike.

As far as shop prices go, 100.00/hr is high...I agree with this...prices will vary around the country but I tend to think 75.00/hr is fine...