Do you do your own servicing?

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How much servicing do you actually do yourself?

None, take it to a garage every time
2
4%
have a go at minor servicing ie plugs, filters & oil anything else it goes in the garage for
11
20%
do most servicing myself only take it to the garage if i have to
26
47%
Never take it to a garage i do everything down to a complete rebuild.
16
29%
 
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Do you do your own servicing?

Post by masterofinsanity »

Just wondering how many people actually do their own servicing on here??
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I selected third one down, but 'taking it to the garage' for me is taking it to my dads work smiler I'm fortunate enough to have 2 mecahnics in the family.
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Post by Caz »

depends on the bike really, and how much time I have and how lazy I'm feeling.

The runner - done everything on, including having the engine out and in pieces..... but it is a 2 stroke!
The ZXR - again, done everything on it to date
Gixer - didnt have time on my side, and the bike shop is 2 mins drive from where I work - so it went in there for valve clearance check..... other than that, I do everything myself.
So I selected 3rd one down, if I had the time - it would be the bottom one! But I dont have enough hours in the day to do what I want to as it is!
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Post by Mori Man »

Take it to a garage if i really have to , no time, no tools ect...

Now with access to the shop workshop that is going to be extremely rare :smt001

I also don't do my own oil change shocking cause i buy 45 litres bulk from the shop i bought the ZRX from and it works out at half the price of me doing it so that's a no brainer (including oil filter too) :excited

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Only thing I go to a garage for is to have tyres fitted and MOT's.
You pay someone else up to £60 an hour to do a job as quick as possible but puts no real care into it.
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on the ZXR i done all the work that needed to be done by myself with help from here, mainly because its a nice simple piece of mechanics. but for me CBR im screwed and a little scared to do things myself. i mean obviously things like the brake fluid oil etc yea ill do that no probs but when its engine related i think it will go the garage.. althoe it may be ok while i own it as it is bullet proof after all :smt004
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Post by Jamz »

I've clicked the 'never take it to a garage' option, but that's not entirely true.

I take it in for tyre changes and as yet haven't done forks but would be willing to have a go time and tools allowing. And occasionally I'll find an electrical problem stumps me - but I'll put in a hell fo a lot of hours myself trying to sort it.
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Never taken the ZXR to a garage. 675 will only get serviced via a dealer, i want to keep my full triumph service history :smt002
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Post by rene »

i've never taken a bike to a garage apart from to get it MOT'd but i selected the 3rd because i would i could afford it lol
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Post by Jamz »

rene wrote:i've never taken a bike to a garage apart from to get it MOT'd but i selected the 3rd because i would i could afford it lol
Good point! I quite like working on my bike once I've got started - but if I did have the cash I'd have a personal mechanic/bike washer and wouldn't miss it at all! :smt003
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Mostly myself. Id do most things but when it comes to the motor ive always left it to someone who knows better than me.
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what are these garage/mechanic things ?
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zimm wrote:what are these garage/mechanic things ?
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RedexRobB wrote:
zimm wrote:what are these garage/mechanic things ?
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really ?

f*** DIY ! im gonna earn some money and get one of them !
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RedexRobB wrote:
zimm wrote:what are these garage/mechanic things ?
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Moments after that picture was taken, she pulled the trigger and started spinning round as the wheel satyed stationary.

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