Servicing costs for a 'big' bike?

[Little Miss Trouble]

Now my little GPX has gone to her new home I can seriously start looking for a bigger bike.
I have my eye on a few, just wanting to know what sort of servicing costs I should expect on a 600cc+ bike particularly for the BIG services (I will be learning to do basics on whatever the next one is myself so will be saving a bit there.)

[James Deuce]

$600-$900 for the valve adjusting ones.

$100-$200 for the others.

[The Pastor]

I think the average price is a tube of ky and a month of doctors bills after the ass raping you get from the grease monkeys

[jafar]

I think the average price is a tube of ky and a month of doctors bills after the ass raping you get from the grease monkeys

This from a twofiddy polisher.

[The Pastor]

this from a twofiddy polisher.

last bike was 1000cc sports bike you bmw riding hillbilly.

[hang0ver]

last bike was 1000cc sports bike you bmw riding hillbilly.

Hahaha...

[Forest]

What make and/or model of big bike are we talking about?

There's a huge variation in service cost between a Bandit and a 1098r.

[slimjim]

doesn't really . normally big cc less major problems, regular home servicering of the bike is the big pay-off, however it may depend to in what model of bike.

[jafar]

last bike was 1000cc sports bike you bmw riding hillbilly.

Notice that's not current bike

Nuffin wrong with a BMW or being a hillbilly.

Maw where's me grit's & me shotgun? I gotta go shoot me a Renegade

[Pixie]

Buy a bandit 600 - 1200 and do the servicing yourself

[madbikeboy]

Servicing costs are pretty cheap on the Thou. I change oil myself ($20 for a filter and $70 for oil. Valves need to be checked soon, that'll be expensive.

Stick with a 600 - the real difference is consumables. I can't believe how quickly tires wear out. I get maybe 1000 kilometers. Maximum. And chains... Hmm.

[HungusMaximist]

Stick with a 600 - the real difference is consumables. I can't believe how quickly tires wear out. I get maybe 1000 kilometers. Maximum. And chains... Hmm.

It's because of all those pansy burnouts you do..

[slimjim]

Servicing costs are pretty cheap on the Thou. I change oil myself ($20 for a filter and $70 for oil. Valves need to be checked soon, that'll be expensive.

Stick with a 600 - the real difference is consumables. I can't believe how quickly tires wear out. I get maybe 1000 kilometers. Maximum. And chains... Hmm.

...1000km's....yea right ! ..you missing a 0 on that or what..you buy half used tires..

chain life should be up around 40000 kms +for big bikes ..shit the xjr had sprockets and chain changed at 54000km's...however it was cleaned and oiled more than the wife....however yet to get 22yrs out of a chain..lol

[HenryDorsetCase]

What make and/or model of big bike are we talking about?

There's a huge variation in service cost between a Bandit and a 1098r.

given the 12000km service intervals for the 1098, you'd expect it to be cheaper than the bandit, right?

[vifferman]

Yeah, what they said.
The big thing is the tyres, chain and sprockets. Budget on say $500-$600 for tyres every year to 18 months, depending on how many km you do, and how hard you ride (you can kill a pair of tyres on one hard ride or trackday), and about $300 for chain'n'sprockets every few years (depending on how you look after them, and how much wet waether and/or dirt roads you ride).