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is it worth doing them?
I done 2 of them so far, I'm close to 5000 miles so next one will be due soon, but it cost aroung £150 each time.
do you guys keep doing them?

Boloney wrote:is it worth doing them?
I done 2 of them so far, I'm close to 5000 miles so next one will be due soon, but it cost aroung £150 each time.
do you guys keep doing them?

Nope. Never even took it in for its 600 mile service.

Just changed the oil. A teacups worth and checked it over

At that price, how many services until you've bought the bike twice? I don't treat mine any different than any bike I've had, before. The bike I sold before downsizing to this one was 40 years old. I must be doing enough and I spend nothing like that amount.

I only had the 1st one done as I figured it was worth keeping the extra 6 months warranty up in case things went wrong early on - since then I've racked up near 6000 miles over 17 months and only done the oil change so far (and coolant reservoir checked / topped up). Not cleaned the little hose thing as it looks ok and not changed the spark plug yet as the bike starts and riding perfectly and I get great economy so things must be ok.
I will change the plug and air filter in due course. Something major may go wrong, but with a quoted £900+ for five services over 2 years (1st service was quoted as £70 but was £83 with VAT and green tax! so dealer prices may be even higher) I'm taking my chances. I may lose out or be quids in.
Just 2-2.5 years of use (purchase cost, tax, fuel, insurance, clothes, etc) it would be the same cost as using the tube to get to work and I can still sell it and be in profit - so it's proved to be a great investment.

I service my own. I'll admit, I've not done the valve check, but the guys at my local dealer said it wasn't worth bothering. They confirmed that not doing the valve check would have no impact on my warranty.

honkerman wrote:They confirmed that not doing the valve check would have no impact on my warranty.

Are you in the USA?

gn2 wrote:

honkerman wrote:They confirmed that not doing the valve check would have no impact on my warranty.

Are you in the USA?

Location is in my sig.

honkerman wrote:I service my own. I'll admit, I've not done the valve check, but the guys at my local dealer said it wasn't worth bothering. They confirmed that not doing the valve check would have no impact on my warranty.

I'm in the same boat, do all my own work, and a no valve job will only affect warranty only if the operating condition shows that a valve job is the problem. Other than that, I can't see it affecting anything. I was a bike rep for American Honda for seven years in the 1980s. We wouldn't throw anybody out Of warranty unless the lack of maintenance affected the scooter operating parameters.

Do it yourself. Get the service manual or follow the how-to guides here... http://hondapcx.org/viewforum.php?f=3

honkerman wrote:

gn2 wrote:

honkerman wrote:They confirmed that not doing the valve check would have no impact on my warranty.

Are you in the USA?

Location is in my sig.

Ah, I see it now, warranty conditions are different in the UK, deviating from the schedule voids the warranty.

Boloney wrote:is it worth doing them?
I done 2 of them so far, I'm close to 5000 miles so next one will be due soon, but it cost aroung £150 each time.
do you guys keep doing them?

Your issue is with English prices. Here, we will pay for labour (maybe 3 quid) and oil (maybe 2 quid) and get good service. In Thailand, nobody bothers changing their own oil - the money saved would amount to less than 10 minutes of your income for a good hour's work. (Washing and ironing clothes is the same story).

Actually, the main reason to do them is to stamp the official service book. You decide if it's worth it on the resale, then you decide to bother or not.