Rang a few kawasaki dealers and seems the 7500 mile service is £480
Just ordered a set of spark plugs, brake fluid, oil, oil filter, sump plug and washer for £88 and will be doing the job myself.
£400 in my pocket and I'll do a better job with much more tlc and better parts. I ordered high specification brake fluid and silkolene race spec full synthetic oil.
Blade wrote:Rang a few kawasaki dealers and seems the 7500 mile service is £480
Just ordered a set of spark plugs, brake fluid, oil, oil filter, sump plug and washer for £88 and will be doing the job myself.
£400 in my pocket and I'll do a better job with much more tlc and better parts. I ordered high specification brake fluid and silkolene race spec full synthetic oil.
Definitely a win win
How does that affect your warranty Blade?
Happiness is not a destination. It is a way of life.
They list the 7500 mile service and 24 month service at the same interval but big difference on price and very confusing.
No Cookie valve clearances not looked at or even the coolant changed.
The xtra money over the £229 I was quoted covers spark plugs, grease head bearings and sync throttle bodies. All are jobs I can do myself and have the grease and vacuum gauges for sync throttle bodies anyway.
Blade wrote:Rang a few kawasaki dealers and seems the 7500 mile service is £480
Just ordered a set of spark plugs, brake fluid, oil, oil filter, sump plug and washer for £88 and will be doing the job myself.
£400 in my pocket and I'll do a better job with much more tlc and better parts. I ordered high specification brake fluid and silkolene race spec full synthetic oil.
Definitely a win win
How does that affect your warranty Blade?
No effect on warranty and I have it in writing from kawasaki. Blade doesn't make school boy mistakes or get caught with his pants down
Blade wrote:You may have had the 24 month service Kwacky.
They list the 7500 mile service and 24 month service at the same interval but big difference on price and very confusing.
The bike was about 12 months old when it had the 7,500 service.
What are the differences? I'll check the invoice when I get home. I know the oil and air filter have been changed. They asked me if I wanted the air filter changing early as it was getting grubby.
I'm not sure which year SX this is for but I presume they're pretty much the same
It was Kawasaki Birmingham. If you tell them your mate with the green 2014 sx had it done there they should remember me. You can mention my name if that helps.
I know that they have quoted different prices for the same service. I think it depends if you've had your bike from there. Hopefully they should be flexible if you're a referral from a repeat customer.
