Went into dealer whilst under warranty, from here on in though it's in my hands...
Oh and Jenny, it's screw and locknut, not shims on the Ten, so it's all good.

UT, you are going to burn in hell for that middle management bull****.

Gulp! �2000 of warranty work. I thought everyone says these bikes are bulletproof. What did that entail?

Was just thinking the same thing! 2g's of work is a hell of a lot. Please tell.

@Tom: What, 'VFM'? That was just laziness. I'm not important enough to know management speak ;)


Regarding warranty work:

- I know it had the loom and rectifier changed before I bought it (usual, well known connector fault). ICBW but I think this is about a grand's worth of work from what others have said on here.

- Ignition barrel/key wore and got difficult to operate, so I got that replaced, which also meant seat and filler cap locks, plus I think they had to replace (rather than reprogram) the ECU because of the key-based immobiliser.

- A few minor things, cush rubbers, sprocket carrier bearing, oil breather catch tank.

I could be wrong about the �2k, but I don't think it's far out. It's the electronic bits that cost the big money.

How very dare you! ;)

Graham, I don't think any bike is bulletproof, just some are tougher and less maintenance heavy than others. The Ten is one of them, it just donks along happily.

Ok, I'll concede that one. But it is true - I don't have a lot of free time to spend half a day or more making sure I do everything on the service schedule, and if it takes me a month to get round to it, it's at least a thousand miles overdue. So I can see there being occasions where �180 to just have it done for me is good value.

Being a Light vehicle mechanic I do it all myself.

u srs bro?

For the last 10 years or so I've been paying others to do my oily work - but with the Tenere I've decided to do it all myself - even though it is still under warranty.

I was (once) an engineer and could weald a spanner with the best of them, and as I will be on the road doing a likely 30,000km run next year, I thought I should get under the Z's skin a little before the off - if for no other reason than to ensure my toolkit is complete and sorted.

I can see the arguments either way, and a lot depends on your skills, workspace and financial position, etc, but I have to say I'm having such a blast messing around with the bike that I am beginning to regret having handed this work over to others in the past. :075:

Pat

Like Barcelona Pat i felt uneasy/frustrated paying others for tasks that i now see are relatively simple especially since buying the "Haynes manual" my other main gripe about handing it over to dealers/garages was that mine and others always came back with little scratches, nuts undone, oil everywhere etc etc so this and the fact that i can no longer afford to pay others gave me the incentive to start learning/tinkering and after doing some small simple things that previously the garage did for me i regret not doing things sooner!
Now that i have stripped things down and looked in places that you normally cant see it also gives you an indication of how its all put together and works which will come in valuable when out on the road/touring.
PS "you tube" helps alot also!
steve...