Morning all Just wondering your thoughts on service stamps in the log book and whether they're worth maintaining or just doing the servicing at home? Basically I've always done my own servicing on my bikes/cars but now I've actually got a nice clean low mileage bike for a change I'm not sure whether to get stamps in the book etc as its got a full triumph service history up till now. The bike is a 2007 and I got it with 2.5k miles on the clock and the previous owner had it serviced every year without fail (one year he only did 400 miles between services....) and I've put just over 1.3k miles on it since last summer. So do I service it this year myself and take it for the usual 6k, 12k, 18k mile services at the garage and get the stamps or is it worth maintaining the log book as it is?
It really depends if you want to sell it later or not - a full service history shows it's been maintained by someone reputable and not someone who doesn't know what they're doing (or doesn't do it). Now of course it doesn't really mean that it's been maintained properly... if the stamps were Laguna or Ongar or Fowlers then I'd not pay too much attention to them! All I can do is say what I'd do in your case - do the interim service myself but get the 6k etc done by a professional.
To be honest, I don't think dealer service history adds any monetary value to a bike, it just might make the difference between you choosing that one or another. I think the deciding factor however would be how the bike looks/sounds. If I had a chose between a bike with some kit on it and a standard with service history I would opt for the one with the extras. The service history doesn't tell you anything about how aggressive or not the bike has been ridden. That said, I prefer taking mine to the not so local dealer as I like the service I get. Got my 12k service coming up though and I might consider that elsewhere.
In my experience just because you get a stamp in the book from a dealer doesn't mean the person knows what they are doing. My last dealer service was laughable the things I noticed in the car park after. So waste of money IMHO
Once I’ve paid off my bike in just over 2 years time, it will have best part of 60k otc. Doesn’t seem worth maintaining a “full service history” for that really.
I think the money you save in doing it your self is a lot nore than you may loose when it comes to sell. It also depemds on our competence when it comes to reliability. Sent from an Android
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think about how much extra you were willing to pay for the bike. If the seller had said it's only got 2,500 on it, it's had the 600 mile service and that's it. or it had a 600 mile stamp and he said he changed the oil evry 6 moths or year, what would you have paid for it? how much less? (probably less than what the services cost him) Also when someone comes round to your house to buy the bike, will he see a garage full of tools and a service book full of receipts for service parts?
In warranty dealer stamps are very useful-possibly vital. Out of warranty their value diminishes as goodwill/warranty gestures become less likely. My bike is 08 and will get another 6k/annual stamp at MOT time in June-probably the last I will trouble with. Last year I took it in and told them I'd done the oil and filter so only had the check element done.
My thoughts are always that with the warranty stamps you are catering to the person that next owns the bike....I've heard the usual "You will be protecting your investment"-line from my dealer....total BS really, as buying a bike is about as good an investment as throwing your money out of the car window on the freeway. I don't disparage people who subscribe to the practice, I just adhere to a different train-of-thought when it comes to buying stuff....I buy things to keep, not with a view to selling them on in a few years....I would never buy a black car just because it has $500 better re-sale 5 years down the road, for example...that's just buying the colour car the next person wants, and that's just plain ludicrous to me.
Cheers guys, all valid points. I have no plans to sell in the near future so I think I'll service myself on a yearly basis and just get the major valve clearances done at 12k miles.
I agree with you about laguna Maidstone but the boys at laguna triumph in ashford are a top bunch of blokes and all the time they are there I will continue to take both my bikes there for servicing.
A lot of the time it does depend on your relationship with the dealer. If you've put a lot of business their way then they are probably more likely to do a good job for you... ideally they should treat every customer the same but this isn't an ideal world and of course they are going to treat some better than others.
yeh mate just keep hold of paper work for parts, oil ect. By the time it comes to resale servicing costs from a dealer would probably be higher than the price difference between a dealer serviced bike and a privately serviced bike. For me its piece of mind that when i have serviced it all the checks and parts have been done. When i got my 675 it came "serviced" i changed the filter about 2 weeks later it was black as anything so i checked the plugs these hadn't been done either. I guess the tank was to much effort for them.
