I take nothing for granted and negotiated the free first service as part of the deal with my 1290 last year.
Just had the 30K service done and been pleasantly surprised at the servicing costs so far.
Nunquam Non Paratus
Nothing except nothing is free in this life, ask any man that's been married for years. For instance, I thought that the servicing from my first wife was 'free'...well that was rather naive of me, she threw the rider and he had to pay for her previous services rendered for another sixteen years, even though other blokes were riding her... and that was after being told by many blokes who new better, and who had run up against these 'servicing charges' before...second time around I approached things differently but life doesn't change, it just finds other ways of doing the same thing differently...if you love your ride just pay the tax and enjoy all the other benefits you will receive...it's a far safer journey, that way...
All these problems can be fixed. It's amazing how repairable ECUs and the like are. Trouble is, you get an auto sparky with '30 years experience' looking at it, but they stopped learning 20 years ago. Oh, box full of confusing shit is broken, innit, we'll have to replace that, and the dealer wants 4 figures for a new one. Into the bin goes an ECU which could be fixed in an hour for nix.
In the grown ups world, people that fuck up usually wear it, rather than expecting Mummy/Daddy (sorry, the dealer) to fix it. Sometimes dealers will sort em out anyway, as a bonus. But this is totally at their discretion and if they don't, you're a dickwad for holding it against 'em. Treat it like an unexpected top-up on your coffee at the cafe.
"It's hard to keep an open mind, when so many people are trying to put things in it"
Hope this helps.
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