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Dealer 2 5.26%
DIY 24 63.16%
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Old 11-22-2009, 07:23 PM   #1
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Do you maintain you own bike(s) or do you take it to the shop?
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Old 11-22-2009, 07:29 PM   #2
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I've always been a DIYer....
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Old 11-22-2009, 07:39 PM   #3
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Either do it myself or have a friend help. A good friend worked at a dealership as a mechanic for most of his life.
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Old 11-22-2009, 08:02 PM   #4
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So far its DIY. Hopefully by Tuesday I will have another bike that will eventually need maintenance at the shop.
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Old 11-22-2009, 08:17 PM   #5
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There's no option for Leon doing my maint.
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Old 11-22-2009, 08:17 PM   #6
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all my regular maintenance and small repairs are done at home, any large repairs (engine rebuild sorta thing) I would prolly leave to a dealer. But as a testament to my amazing abilities, the only thing I ever have done at the dealer is to have them change my tires for me.
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Old 11-22-2009, 09:01 PM   #7
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all the regular stuff... unless I'm time pressed... which seems to be the case alot.

on the DRZ though... I'm doing all...
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Old 11-22-2009, 09:28 PM   #8
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I've never taken a bike to a dealer...ever.
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Old 11-22-2009, 09:28 PM   #9
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Dealer? Oh! the boneheads you have to go to for a new bike!

Nope, I do my own work. If I had space for a NoMar, I'd do tires too.
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Old 11-22-2009, 10:23 PM   #10
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There are only a select few shops I'd ever let touch my motorcycle (long distance trip emergencies excepted). One of the reasons I have a motorcycle is that I can work on ALL of it without too many specialty tools or the need for a "shop".
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