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Taking bike in for first service (600 miles), how much you think this is going to cost?

Don't you get the first service free when you buy the bike as part of the deal? I am sure a few people had this conversation a year or 2 ago. I'd check before you write the cheque.

[CK & AK]

Chris, some of the ducati dealers do give you the first service free - some dont!

Often depends on how hard you knock them on the purchase price, and whether it is a franchised dealer - or a Ducati own store.

Me - I have to pay for mine - but as I knocked the dealer much more than the cost of a first service from the purchase price, I'm happy about that. (more like the cost of the next 3 services....)

C

I would ring them first and ask them... if you'd bought the bike from a 'decent' shop in the first place and not from those mardy arses at coventry you might have got a 'discressionary rate" as at ducmanchester -eg £228 for 6000m service

How bloody much!!!!!!!
they only have to change the bloody oil!!!!
you jest yes?

you have pm kev.

The 'official' line is that Ducati no longer include the first 600 mile service in with the RRP of the bike.

As CK says, some dealers will do it FOC, some won't.

You's pay's yer's money's etc etc....

Cheers.

Lee.

HIYA BANSH........

I think you gonna be talkin' around £210 for a 600 miler if you have to pay.................



At least **** Turpin wore a mask!!!!

[CK & AK]

Banshee - cost for 1st (600 mile) service on my M750ie 2 years ago, was £124.
2nd one (6000) was about £200 if I remember right, and the 12,000 was £280 ish.

First service should take them about one & a half hours (or so Ducati recco), oil change, lube all round, check all fixings etc.
Your dealer should have told you what the costs shoud be: Parts/labour & vat. Some only charge for the parts & consumables tho.


Collecting mine after work tomorrow from its 1st service - and not costing much more than 2 years ago (this time for the M1000)

C

My 620ie had it first service at Riverside Northampton in November. I can't recall the exact price but I remeber it was just under £100 and £25 less (yes less) than they quoted when i booked it in!

It wasn't FOC cos I negotaited a good discount when i bought it (and it wasn't from Riverside)

Ducati man came in and said "how you do that big scratch down your can?" i thought he was joking.....he wasnt

i now have a BIG scratch on my pride and joy....

£200.27 on my 620ie. I've been told that a 6000 miler will
be about double that !

Cheers,

Pete

[Paranoid Dave]

Banshee - how did you get a big scratch and not notice it? If it's more a surface scratch then get the cans polished up to hide it?

I reckon they did it and you should ask them for a free service as repayment

[CK & AK]

So - how much did you pay Banshee?

C

come on boy tell us!

Aint had it back yet, give em a chance they only had it a week