| You should still get the service book stamped regardless of who does the work.
On the subject of warranties, a dealer cannot decline a warranty if the servicing has not been carried out by an official dealer if the owner can prove that the servicing has been carried out by a competent mechanic (i.e. qualified motorcycle mechanic). Though most people still stick with a main dealer for all their servicing during warranty.
There've been a couple of trading standards cases on this, I'll try to find the relevant pieces. |