11-05-2025, 09:16 AM
This is a bit off the original topic but I also complete most of my own maintenance (mostly because I really enjoy working on bikes and to save a bit of $$) but at the 20,000 mark I brought my bike into the dealer to do the valve check. At the same time I asked them to do the rear shaft verification. I remember I received a "look" from the service guy when I didn't authorize all the other work. In the end, my valves were all in spec and I received a $400 cdn charge which I remember thinking was high because the valve train didn't require to be touched. I imagine swapping any shims out would probably bring it up to an easy $1,000. What ticked me most off was they never completed the drive shaft inspection. This summer I went to a different dealer and asked about the rear drive inspection because I'm now at 34,000kms and they wouldn't do it unless I got a complete inspection on the bike. My take on this is the bmw dealership network are all a bunch of money grabbers and ignore any customer loyalty unless your wallet is wide open......... 