well, i finally hit the 500 mark and need to take my bike into get the first maintenance done, but what are they actually doing? is it something i can do myself? I figure they change the oil and filter but what else do they do?

 

What's your bike. And yea, basically just a filter/oil. Maybe check chain tension, tire pressure and maybe a few fasteners. Nothing beyond that

 

i have a 2003 sv650

 

yeah from what i've been told its the biggest waste of $180 (thatst what they charge here) basically an oil change, chain tightening, check fluids etc. i dit it myself

 

well, i just got the shop manual for a 2003 and i cant believe how little they actually would be doing. I am going to do my own tonight.

 

they change oil, check the chain, check coolant, torque your bolts etc etc.

the only thing that could be hard that they do do is the throttle body sync. or carb sync. It's not very hard to do. don't skimp on it as on my r6, after 1000 miles, the throttle bodies were pretty off and the mileage was going down. I dn't think from the factory, they sync them too well.

 

The sync job is the dealer's responsibility in that whole "setup" thing they charge you for. The last dealer I was at had the most incompetant guy setting up the bikes...