Did I Get Snaked/Gipped/Shafted?

[pepsduc]

and the cause of it all:
http://flickr.com/photos/bigiain/2238423424

big

One piddly liddle ball bearing caused all that drama!
thats firked!
was it easily replaced?
Dealers and mechanics are all the same.......instead of taking the time to correctly diagnose a problem, they just take advantage of your nievety and will keep taking your money until you finally scream 'no more!'

[Six95]

That's one crazy story Big.
Well I just built my bridge and mono'd over it!!! The oil is changed, the sump plug magnet was clean, the bike sounds and runs beautifully and Im never going back there. I will be asking for everyones recomendation when it comes time to do the valves. But that will be a while of yet.

[Super T.I.B]

That's one crazy story Big.
Well I just built my bridge and mono'd over it!!! The oil is changed, the sump plug magnet was clean, the bike sounds and runs beautifully and Im never going back there. I will be asking for everyones recomendation when it comes time to do the valves. But that will be a while of yet.

Sooner than you think, my recommendation is either Gowanloch or Flywheels.

[R_usty]

Sooner than you think, my recommendation is either Gowanloch or Flywheels.

BigIan, interesting story and one day I would be interested in the Frasers story.

For me, I have had Rob from Flywheels do all the work on my bike I don't do myself. As with Big, I use 5100 Motul (on Rob's advice and for the same reasons listed by BigIan) and change the oil every 3-4k.

The only other person to work on my bike has been George from Frasers - good news that he is now at Flywheels

Ciao, R_usty

[R_usty]

Oh, in the answer to the original question, looks like a YES.

Your oil and filter must be be changed at 1000 k's.

I have the workshop manual and that is what it says!