Suzuki Hayabusa 12,000km service costs?

[SMOKEU]

e-bay or e-bay uk for a whole 2nd hand pump incl gasket perhaps?

There's a guy in the USA on the gixxer.com forums who makes them and he has a very good reputation on that site so I'll see what sort of price he can do. Other forum members say his parts are always good and prices are very reasonable.

[bogan]

Suzuki wanted to charge me $223 for a fucking little gasket for my GSXR. The one that goes between the fuel tank and the fuel pump assembly. It's a normal servicing item as this gasket needs to be replaced every time the fuel pump assembly is removed (it has to be removed to clean the in tank fuel filter). $223 for a little fucking rubber seal. Seriously. WTF is up with that? Can you really blame people for avoiding dealerships when they're just going to rip the customer off at every step of the way?

There's a guy in the USA on the gixxer.com forums who makes them and he has a very good reputation on that site so I'll see what sort of price he can do. Other forum members say his parts are always good and prices are very reasonable.

If the best alternative is a guy who makes them, I'd suggest it isn't NZ dealerships doing the ripping off.

What are the stakes anyway? bit of fuel leakage, of big ball of flames? I've always had good results with gasket goo...

[mossy1200]

Because mechanics do smaller jobs, billing out a customer your smoko time could add an extra 30 bucks onto a job that would only cost 50 if they caught you at a better time. Turns out the guy has a mate who got the same job done by another shop, and he did get the better time. Reckon the first guy is likely to form an unfavorable opinion about your charge out rates?

At the engineering company I worked at they made us bill out smoko breaks, but we were encouraged to put it on the bigger jobs; which beinge an engineering co, we had a lot more of.

I do jobs ranging from 15mins to 150 hrs.
If im on a shorter job ill have smoko after I have finished.
If the job is for a homeowner who offers a coffee I dont charge it.
If im on all or half day jobs ill charge it if I have a break. Often I dont take morning or afternoon breaks as I like to go home on time and my work day isnt over if a smaller job isnt complete. The boss at our work is give and take. Finished the jobs 30mins before days end equals go home without pay penalty. Work a extra half hour is no issues, give back the time.

Make a point to never overcharge a service and the follow on work continues. Overcharge and you wont be asked to return. Thats simple stuff.

[caspernz]

Just got the Bike back from the dealer, Gen 2 'Busa, from having it's 12k service , Oil, filter and check check etc, Inspected everything = normal service, nothing major and no valves or engine work done, steam cleaned, chain cleaned and checked my radiator blah blah . Charge was $395.00 incl, wtf ?

How much are these guys charging the spanner time at ?


Tell me I'm Mr Scrooge .....

Yep, Mr Scrooge, apart from not knowing what the itemised account said...what's the trade-in for a Hayabusa on a GN250?

[nzspokes]

Suzuki wanted to charge me $223 for a fucking little gasket for my GSXR. The one that goes between the fuel tank and the fuel pump assembly. It's a normal servicing item as this gasket needs to be replaced every time the fuel pump assembly is removed (it has to be removed to clean the in tank fuel filter). $223 for a little fucking rubber seal. Seriously. WTF is up with that? Can you really blame people for avoiding dealerships when they're just going to rip the customer off at every step of the way?

E-mail this guy, hes in Whitford. Real GC and will probably have one for f/all.

http://www.smebike.com/about_us

[300weatherby]

Roger from Road and Race does just as good a job as the big dealerships and charges me less than half what the dealerships do. I've had no problems with his work and he doesn't try to screw me out of every single cent like the big dealers all do.

Roger is great, I think he undercharges cause he understands what it's like, he should charge more in my opinion, cause we need guys like him around and for that to happen he needs to make a decent quid.

[Katman]

Roger is great, I think he undercharges cause he understands what it's like, he should charge more in my opinion, cause we need guys like him around and for that to happen he needs to make a decent quid.

Often it's not because you 'understand what it's like' but rather to maintain the upperhand.

Not one single customer has ever queried the labour I've put on a jobsheet.

I like it that way.

[DEATH_INC.]

You must have a good job.

Why? And, well, yes I do, at least at times....but the pay is shit.

[DEATH_INC.]

Suzuki wanted to charge me $223 for a fucking little gasket for my GSXR. The one that goes between the fuel tank and the fuel pump assembly. It's a normal servicing item as this gasket needs to be replaced every time the fuel pump assembly is removed (it has to be removed to clean the in tank fuel filter). $223 for a little fucking rubber seal. Seriously. WTF is up with that? Can you really blame people for avoiding dealerships when they're just going to rip the customer off at every step of the way?

Um...what makes you say they are ripping you off? That's what they cost, you know it, your choice if you want it.
Do you KNOW what it cost to produce that little gasket?
And btw, I've re-used them a couple of times with no issues if it's not damaged.

[Gremlin]

I'm constantly dismayed that far too many people will blindly flock to large flashy dealerships in favour of small independant workshops.

An increasing number of bikes with complex electronics can only be fully handled with factory tools. Funnily enough, those tools are not available to any person that asks. Ergo, authorised dealer it is.

My BMW will remind me when it gets close to service, either on km or time... any errors logged by the ECU are checked and cleared, etc etc.

[DEATH_INC.]

I have Andy.

I'm constantly dismayed that far too many people will blindly flock to large flashy dealerships in favour of small independant workshops.

I've seen plenty of questionable practices and dismal treatment of customers by mechanical businesses who's bottom line is simply covering their inflated overheads.

I suspect it's for warranty purposes. While you should still be covered I've seen warrantys voided due to minor stuff that wasn't done as specified by an independent shop (in this case non oe oil filters)
I suspect you have a standard charge for services, regardless of the time it takes, like most shops do?
Yes, in some cases their service can be crap. But you still have the choice to deal with them or not.

[DEATH_INC.]

An increasing number of bikes with complex electronics can only be fully handled with factory tools. Funnily enough, those tools are not available to any person that asks. Ergo, authorised dealer it is.

That's not entirely true...you can get the code readers/re-programmers....for a price. But what small business can afford 10k + for a tool they may only use a couple of times a year. Yet another expense the business needs to pass on....wanna pay 6k for a service

[neels]

Short answer is that the hourly rate charged covers the cost of being in business plus hopefully some profit for the people who put their money up to start said business in the first place. If you don't like paying for someones time to do stuff to your bike, do it yourself.

[rant]This opinion may be slightly coloured by the fact that I'm not too much of a numpty to change my own oil, and after being red zoned in chch and paying a lawyer $300+gst an hour to do work I didn't ask for in the first place, relatively speaking workshop rates are fucking cheap[/rant]

[zippy]

Not sure about the GSXR 1300s but my GSXR 1000 had its 11k service which requires the throttle to be balanced as per the manufactures recommendation, so if they followed the recommendation it would seem that your bike would have also have this done too. Could that have added to the time/cost?

[nzspokes]

An increasing number of bikes with complex electronics can only be fully handled with factory tools. Funnily enough, those tools are not available to any person that asks. Ergo, authorised dealer it is.

My BMW will remind me when it gets close to service, either on km or time... any errors logged by the ECU are checked and cleared, etc etc.

Im not sure with bikes but cars you can normally manually set them into diagnoses mode. Then they flash error codes on the dash. Do bikes do that?

Ive done it with my Commodore and my Maxima. And reset them.