I just had this done too and the price was the same $389 for me. They also do the final drive, what gets me $40 for 180ml of final drive oil from bulk container. What adds up are shop charges, including disposal fees. The dealership is a good size with lots of people they all need to be paid, plus the dealership supports our local BMW club in a huge way so I don't mind paying because the dealership does give back to the club. I live over 80 miles each way, too many of those miles are very high traffic city miles so I do my own service but I do like to have the brake in service done by the dealer. They do go over a lot. They also found a fault with the instrument cluster, they sent this to the mother ship, a replacement is on order. My GS-911 doesn't show a fault. Nor do I see any problem but I'm sure this is a very pricey part plus labor to fix so I'm glad they got it. FYI it faulted 255 occurrences.
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Any good reason to have dealer do the 600 mile service ??
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I just had this done too and the price was the same $389 for me. They also do the final drive, what gets me $40 for 180ml of final drive oil from bulk container. What adds up are shop charges, including disposal fees. The dealership is a good size with lots of people they all need to be paid, plus the dealership supports our local BMW club in a huge way so I don't mind paying because the dealership does give back to the club. I live over 80 miles each way, too many of those miles are very high traffic city miles so I do my own service but I do like to have the brake in service done by the dealer. They do go over a lot. They also found a fault with the instrument cluster, they sent this to the mother ship, a replacement is on order. My GS-911 doesn't show a fault. Nor do I see any problem but I'm sure this is a very pricey part plus labor to fix so I'm glad they got it. FYI it faulted 255 occurrences.
If there any good reason why the dealer has to do the 600 mile break in service ?
The only thing I can't do is hook it to a BMW computer / software
As an add-on to this thread - I'm in Canada and I would like to know what the normal price is for the first service at most dealers. Anyone care to share?
gsinnc
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As Paul noted my dealer did ALL the checks and the tech spent a couple hours on the bike. But thanks ghat is my dealer and I can’t speak for all dealers.
My dealer absolutely did not spend a couple hours on my bike.
This is the second new bike I've purchased from this dealer. They have good mechanics, but they sell so many bikes they take short cuts. I'm with you on the giving back to the dealer network thing, but this is a near $30K motorcycle. There is a limit to how much giving back I'm willing to do. I've support this dealership for years buying things I didn't really need for too much money.
Now they're making meg-bucks. I'm not the least bit concerned with their ability to break even. They don't support any local clubs to my knowledge. They pay their mechanics well and run a good shop unlike a lot of the joints in our area. Great, but they give me the same stories when they don't want to do something. Their labor rates are nuts. Things like these routine services are flat-rate and it's even higher because they spend minimal time on the bikes. I know because I waited for it.
gsinnc
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That’s a shame. My experience with the half dozen BMW dealers I’ve visited across the country has been positive. Sounds like it’s time for you to find a new dealer.
