anbark22 Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 I just received a quote from my local Honda dealer for the 8000 mile service. They quoted 4 hours labor (@ $130.00 per hour) plus parts and supplies. That's a minimum of $520.00 just for labor. Ouch!! The service manual calls for inspections only (no valves) and replacement of the oil, filter and clutch filter (DCT). Any thoughts, comments or experiences on this matter? Thank you, anbark22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monk Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Get them to itemize the hours per each thing listed in in the 8k inspection......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericlw Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 you need to do the work yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilprofessore Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 130 $ per hour? Your dealer is specialized in aerospace vehicle In Italy I spent 110 Euro for 12k km service. I suppose in USA che cost is lower, considering that all bike parts are a lot cheaper than in Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum CEO HispanicSlammer Posted December 24, 2011 Forum CEO Share Posted December 24, 2011 My thoughts are that you would be wasting money for something you can do yourself, those inspections can be done in less than 4 hours and at most replacing brake pads and oil are job you can do your self for $100 parts or so? $500 for basically not much work and with parts on top of that - is not worth it in my opinion. I can see if your a busy man and don't have the facilities to do such a job but certainly that work can be done cheaper by a competitor, a smaller shop or another dealer for much less. Jacksonville FL there are a few members of this site from there that might even be willing to help you do the job yourself, garage space or tools on loan? This is what this site is for, mutual help, and perhaps find a buddy to ride with on those summer days. I know dealers are not all bad but that quote for the work done is just not what I would pay for what the service manual calls for? I would ask for an itemized work order first just to see how they justify that? I know apex sports here in my town does not charge that much for simple work, maybe for a valve adjustment - for which it would be justified cause I just did that job myself and $500 would be reasonable for a pro to do a valve inspection on a vfr1200, oil change and brake pads NO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer fotodadi Posted December 27, 2011 Member Contributer Share Posted December 27, 2011 Nothing to doing things yourself. Save yourself some cash and get to know your biker "personally"!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 I just received a quote from my local Honda dealer for the 8000 mile service. They quoted 4 hours labor (@ $130.00 per hour) plus parts and supplies. That's a minimum of $520.00 just for labor. Ouch!! The service manual calls for inspections only (no valves) and replacement of the oil, filter and clutch filter (DCT). Any thoughts, comments or experiences on this matter? Thank you, anbark22 Let me guess. Honda of Jacksonville gave you this quote? Save the money and change your own oil. No special tools required. It's on my list of things to do this weekend. I'm well over the 5 year mark and I'll be doing the coolant and brake fluid as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum CEO HispanicSlammer Posted March 24, 2012 Forum CEO Share Posted March 24, 2012 2 hours in my garage, thats was it! Did it myself, everything listed in the service manual plus what I thought needed done on top of that with accessories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millertm Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Wow I thought the dealers were costly here in NM, the most I pay at the Duk shop is $80 and hour. The Suzuki, Kaw and Honda shops are $75 and hour. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vfrflanders Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 I found out the VFR 1200 is a quit an easy bike to work on, but it's a learning process. The first time it took me more than 2 hours just to take the fairings off (I didn't want to damage anything). Now I can change the airfilter within half an hour. Once you get to know your bike, it's fun too. One of the advantages of the PGM-FI unit, if you forget something (for example to connect a plug), it will generate an errorcode on your dash and this way the fault is easy to detect. Have fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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