Can anyone tell me what is NECESSARY service maintanence on a 04 R6 with 600 miles on it... I mean... $150 is really steep for an oil change, adjusting cables, and an overall inspection. Cmon, do they really do half of what they say they do... I mean other than topping off fluids... the inspection really doesn't happen unless there's some real miles on a bike.

if you could do all those things yourself, than save some $$. make sure if you do you consult your owners manual and factory specs. after putting some miles on your beast, some nuts and bolts can come loose, or loosen up, so those are good to check to.
I brought mine in for service @ 600, and it felt sweet afterward, tighter throtle control, clutch, chain slack removed to spec, etc... they even washed it and put chain wax/lube on, along with fluid changes/checks.
also if you have the documentation of proper sevices if anything were to go wrong you would have less of a hassle getting it covered by warranty. good luck.

Remember, your bike isn't like a car...it comes shipped in a crate and the final assembly happens at the dealer by some minimum wage grease monkey. 600mi is enough for some of those bolts to loosen up, and by the 4000mi service something important might have fallen off and caused some damage. But if you know what you are doing you can do it yourself. The fact you asked the question though makes me tell you "Take it to a qualified mechanic"

If I were you, check all your bolts, screws and fasteners to spec. My bike at 200 mi. had the right clip-on bolt back out till it was finger loose !!! Dealer said "don't ride it truck it in" before that I told him that I was riding a "high risk" twisty road and that I found it loose, on a rest stop.. He said "thats why we have the 600mi. check" Uhh should I wait til it comes off????

Okay... so here's a follow up on what I did to my bike for the first service. I did the first oil change myself, just to get all the metal shavings out of there. I cleaned and lubed the chain up too. I went thru pulled off the fairings and made sure all the bolts were tight, well the important ones. That's it. At 1200 Miles, I did my first service to check out the bike. It felt so much better after all the work done on it. I recommend the first service done at your dealer.

Yea gotta second that, best thing to do is get it serviced at the dealer first time around, and get what you need to change the oil there after. But once mine came back from the dealer it ran soo much smoother, just shifted nicer, reved nicer, everything was adjusted to where it should be

But like dyezak says about a minimum wage grease monkey, he's probably the same guy doind your service routine. Coming from years in an auto garage. Most noises are in a drivers head. And knowing that a "professional" is doing the work is enough to put it to rest. Reccomend learning the tricks of the trade and doing your service yourself.

Get this book:
http://www.haynes.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10001&productId=13707&langId=-1

Then you can do it yourself.

Check out ebay. Most of the time you can pick up a copy of the yamaha service manual for a couple of bucks. It'll say it's on a cd-rom, but really somebody just takes the original and scans it into a acrobat file. It's a start and really inexspensive.

I called my Yamaha dealership and the guy in Service was a real prick. I mean, he was so snotty and to top if off, he wants $250 bucks!

Is this guy crazy? Just for a oil job? So I called my local Cycle store and the guy said he would charge me less than $100 bucks...

I agree with you guys on getting the best maintenance for your bikes, but a 600 mile service should NOT be 250 bucks.

It may be an issue if you have problems later on in the life of the bike if you have a factory defect. Yamaha may not accept the fact that you went somewhere else to get your service done.

I hope I never have that problem, and as far as the service, I'll go to my friendly neightborhood bike shop... :)

Sprokkett

I called my Yamaha dealership and the guy in Service was a real prick. I mean, he was so snotty and to top if off, he wants $250 bucks!

Is this guy crazy? Just for a oil job? So I called my local Cycle store and the guy said he would charge me less than $100 bucks...

I agree with you guys on getting the best maintenance for your bikes, but a 600 mile service should NOT be 250 bucks.

It may be an issue if you have problems later on in the life of the bike if you have a factory defect. Yamaha may not accept the fact that you went somewhere else to get your service done.

I hope I never have that problem, and as far as the service, I'll go to my friendly neightborhood bike shop... :)

Sprokkett

Yamaha will back you up as long as you have records. Keep a log of when you changed the oil, filter, lubed the chain, replaced the brake fluid, tires, etc. It makes it much easier down the line when you go to the dealership with a problem and 8 pages of spreadsheet marking the milage and date of all the service. Whether it was done by you or by somebody else.