| Again...I hear what your saying Wilf...and what you do at Motorapido is just fine with me...but I don't believe for one minute that 75% of dealers (official or otherwise) out there who charge £500+ for a major service will be stripping the forks right back to the component parts.
1) Because they can't be arsed.
2) Because they don't know how/don't have the parts (as you say regarding ohlins)
3) They are rushed off their feet and don't have 5 or 6 hours to do this job.
I know for a fact a major dealer who when I asked if new fork oil was needed a few years ago for my 24 month service, they said...'we'll take the caps off the forks and have a look at the oil'. As it was they thought it was fine and did nothing...but about 3 months later I decided to get my forks resprung, and the guy who did it for me was amazed at the state of my 'internals'...basically the oil hadnt been changed since the forks lefts the factory and they were in a right state.
I also now know having done my DR350 enduro forks several times myself, that the fork oil can be changed as often as the engine oil if used hard.
[Edited on 22-2-2006 by Harv748]
[Edited on 22-2-2006 by Harv748]  |