My Multi needs its dealer stamp. Sorry, it needs an oil service (7500 miles). I cannot decide whether its more sensible to do a belt change myself and let a dealer do the oil service or get the dealer to do the lot. I have been quoted £450 for a belt & oil service. There used to be someone on this site that sold belts, anyone know who please? Regards keith
@Exige is your man for belts. https://www.ducatiforum.co.uk/threa...-belt-2v-coil-kit-link-forum-discounts.36761/
I would always use genuine belts and for £450 for a service with belts doesn’t seem unreasonable plus you would get the peace of mind of a guarantee
@Desmoboy I see you are in Stevenage so not to far from you is a 1 man band http://www.scorpioracing.co.uk/ on the outskirts of Bedford. Always lots of Italian bikes when I go there and while it is not a flashy place by any means , Peter Knight who is the mechanic , is friendly and knowledgeable. Also very reasonable @ £50 an hour and not VAT registered which all helps. Might be worth giving him a call ?
Agree with above. Changing belts is quite straightforward. There is stuff on YouTube and the ExactFit stuff is right (wheras there is an awful lot of shi... on YouTube!).
Does it need belts? If it's on 7500 miles, it'll only need them if its at 5 years old, otherwise it's 15k miles
That sounds like a really good price. Do you mind saying who it was? Trying to get a good price 15k service for my son's Scrambler that'll satisfy warranty terms.
I see you want the stamp in the book, but surely they will record what they did or didn't do so i dont get that you would go to the trouble of doing the belt part of a service but not the oil and filter part yourself? In fact if you are going to take it apart and have the kit and know how to do the belts, why not do everything your self or if the stamp is that important let the dealer do it.
The bike is 5 years old in May. I had actually just done an oil change at 6500 miles myself, using MOTUL 300V. The Dash lit up with the 7500 oil service warning so i decided to get the dealer stamp. I actually see no reason to ask anyone else to change my oil but hey ho ! a future buyer will expect to see the relevant stamps. I always change oil much more frequently than the prescribed mileage anyway. If the consensus here is that £450 is a good price for oil & belts then i will just go ahead and get them to do exactly that.
Though don't you need the valve service too at that mileage, doubt that £450 will cover that along with belts and oil service?
I know we have quite a few threads on service stamps and it's still worth keeping that in mind. Most official dealers will not stamp and reset your service light and book, if you do it or for work they will not have done themselves. it's worthing asking before you make any choices.
The bike is 5 years old and out of warranty, if the stamp means something to you for future resale value (subjective area not to be explored here) then that is your choice and cost, £450 is probably reasonable for that peace of mind
Also Duncan at Bikers Realm is worth a shot. He has worked on my 749, SF, 1198 and now BMW. Great guy, has his own mint 916 tucked away in the corner, and only at WGC - http://www.bikersrealm.co.uk
I can proudly say that I have no stealers stamps in any of my bikes or cars for the past 30 years! And because I added all the notes in the service book, kept receipts, and actually did a service myself so know exactly what has been done, never ever lost market value when selling. Buyers of second hands do not look for stamp, look for well maintained cars/bikes. If a potential buyer first question is "do you have all the dealer service history?", then I sell to another one.
It is interesting that people are doing their own belts on the 1200, just watch a video, she'll be right mate no worries, when the 1200DVT is anything but easy and even the workshops struggle to get them right for some reason? Speaking from personal experience here, never done them myself but my recent DVT belt change turned into a six month debacle with the service guy eventually finding it to be out one tooth on an intake cam. How does a very experienced, Ducati career mechanic get it wrong? He even rechecked it and didn't spot the issue.
Laava, Had it done by yourself or a independent small garage, the mistake could also have happened however wouldn't take you or the garage 6 months to get it sorted. Problem with dealers is the burocracy and dangerous excessive confidence involved. I encourage and help when I can, anyone who's willing to do small jobs themselves.
I am exactly the same mindset as you Rover but would have been totally out of my depth with the DVT, in contrast, my S4R I would have done easy peasy with a quick google tutorial. Has put me off wanting to own another "hi tech" bike that's for sure...
