[Ducati] RE: Is your dealer shoving it in your pooper?

[brianfortv at cox.net]

Trust a car dealer? I don't think so! They are out to make as much money as possible in sales and service. When I had a Lexus and had to take it to the dealer, it was "I wonder how they are going to try to rip me off today?"  New window motor at  $450? I don't think so, I just need the little plastic roller that goes back and forth in the track.  $1300 for a seat track? I did it myself for $200 in parts and 1 hour of work.  Simular experiance with other brands. Trust a bike dealer? Hummm, I don't know...  The one here is owned by a car dealer.

Brian

> Will some bikes require extra attention at that first service?  The day that
> any of these manufacturers:  BMW, Mercedes, Lexus, Rolls Royce, Ferrari,
> Lotus, Maybach, Bently, John Deere, Mack, Aprilla, or Ducati announce that
> their vehicles of all kinds will not ever need anything more than the minimum
> required maintenance at the first interval will occur some time after I have
> long left this world and will be accompanied by a freezing over in the place I
> will likely be assigned.
> 
> The article did have one dealer specifically state that adjustments beyond the
> basics would be covered under warranty.