ramflyer1899
New Member
So I took my bike in for it's first service today and got a real good lesson.
First let me catch everyone up. I bought my bike in IL this summer before I moved to Germany. So my first service is being done by a German dealer and not the dealer that sold me the bike.
Well I was expecting just to drop off the bike and pick it up tomorrow, but what happened was completely different.
They make you wait for the mechanic and he goes over the bike with you and shows you what's up. Checks the oil, tires for nails etc. Standard stuff. Then he measures the lag on the chain asking if it has ever been adjusted. Of course not! I say - that's why I'm here.
Well it turns out the IL dealer just put the bike together and sent it out. The German dealer showed me the booklet of things that have to be done before the bike can be given to the new owner.
One is that the chain comes too tight from the factory because of the way it's crated. The dealer should be loosening the chain before putting it on the road. If the chain is too tight it'll stretch unevenly and quickly start making strange noised and become a danger.
So now I have to figure out how to get the dealer in IL to pay for a new chain. The German dealer also showed me all the places that should have been greased or lubed by the IL dealer but they were all bone dry.
So 500 miles on the bike and I'm having the pre-delivery checklist and actions redone. :banghead:
Oh he also mentioned that all the FZ6R's they've gotten have had too much oil in them so the first they they do is take some out.
First let me catch everyone up. I bought my bike in IL this summer before I moved to Germany. So my first service is being done by a German dealer and not the dealer that sold me the bike.
Well I was expecting just to drop off the bike and pick it up tomorrow, but what happened was completely different.
They make you wait for the mechanic and he goes over the bike with you and shows you what's up. Checks the oil, tires for nails etc. Standard stuff. Then he measures the lag on the chain asking if it has ever been adjusted. Of course not! I say - that's why I'm here.
Well it turns out the IL dealer just put the bike together and sent it out. The German dealer showed me the booklet of things that have to be done before the bike can be given to the new owner.
One is that the chain comes too tight from the factory because of the way it's crated. The dealer should be loosening the chain before putting it on the road. If the chain is too tight it'll stretch unevenly and quickly start making strange noised and become a danger.
So now I have to figure out how to get the dealer in IL to pay for a new chain. The German dealer also showed me all the places that should have been greased or lubed by the IL dealer but they were all bone dry.
So 500 miles on the bike and I'm having the pre-delivery checklist and actions redone. :banghead:
Oh he also mentioned that all the FZ6R's they've gotten have had too much oil in them so the first they they do is take some out.