[canyon1]

Has anyone here had the valve adjustment or done one? I questioned the Yam dealer here and they said that they had never done an adjstment on the Stryker. The 1300 engine yes but not on a Stryker. This may not be a big deal but I cringe everytime I have to take any vehicle in for service. That is why I do most of my own work. We've all been ripped-off before but it's not the money that concerns me...it's the quality of the work. BTW, The estimate was 3 hours at $75/hr.

 

[straightjacket]

I believe they are just tappets so most of the time is just getting to them? Should be an easy adj?

 

[VERTAS]

I spoke with the service guy at Yamaha Saturday about my 600 mile tune up and he said that he wanted to check the valves but it was included in the $200 price.

 

[kraaazymike]

I spoke with the service guy at Yamaha Saturday about my 600 mile tune up and he said that he wanted to check the valves but it was included in the $200 price.

The owner's manual even says the bike doesn't need valve check until 16k miles. But if you want to help our economy and spend $200 on a oil change and bolt tightening, by all means

 

[VERTAS]

Yea, I was thinking the same thing. The service guy said he just wants to make sure they seated properly. I assumed the $200 initial tune up is a requirement to keep the warranty up and going. Is that inaccurate?

I figured the oil change would run around $50 to $60 and the rest is to pay for the labor of tightening the belt, the suspension check, etc....
They agreed to do the lowering wishbones from PCS for me for $99. I started to just do it myself but the bolts were so **** tight and I didn't have anyone help to me. Seems like a fair deal to me, but what do yall think?

 

[Mentat Ix]

Ho hum. Looks like I need to brush up on my maintenance schedule. I thought the first valve adjustment was at 24k.

Looks like I'll be doing mine this weekend. :-\

 

[straightjacket]

Checking the valves is allways a good idea, if you can do it yourself! Just for piece of mind. It's really hard to fork over that kinda money for a basic service, look into the manuals its really not that hard?

 

[XVS13]

I thought mine were a little noisy so I had the dealer check them during the 600 mile service. No charge.

 

[sdsting]

Head michanic at the Yam dealer told me that on this bike the valves should be checked every 4k

 

[74novaguy]

Talking with my dealer. He said that hes rarely had to adjust them on the 1300 at 16k. and even if you did its pretty easy. just a feeler gauge and some basic hand tools.

 

[toby]

Head michanic at the Yam dealer told me that on this bike the valves should be checked every 4k

Head mechanic better go read the manual. ???

 

[MNStryker26]

I dropped my bike off for the 4,000 mile service and they tried to charge me for a valve adjustment. They didnt even have a maintenance schedule for the Stryker and instead tried using the V Star 1300. I made them pull up the service manual and show them how much they dont know. I think I could probably do everything myself but for me it is kind of piece of mind. I am not sure if I am doing all of the checks correctly.

 

[11Stryker]

I thought mine were a little noisy so I had the dealer check them during the 600 mile service. No charge.

Hey XVS- drill them pipes and all them little noises go away. LOL JK

 

[AHam]

Head michanic at the Yam dealer told me that on this bike the valves should be checked every 4k

That's a scam, report the dealer to Yamaha. Mine tried that and I called the factory to find out if they had the service memo and could fax it to me, they said that there wasn't any such memo or service bulletin. I called the dealership back and mentioned it to them and they backed off, but now I won't take my bike to them for service or repair. I'm using a local hotrod/bike shop that specializes in high end cars and bikes. AND he told me that if I need something minor (less than 1.5 hours) I can usually get it in and out same day, unlike my Yamaha dealer that had me make an appointment to drop the bike off for my 600 and didn't start work for a day. I got the bike back 3 days later!

 

[sdsting]

Yeah after reading these posts I don’t think I’m going to take my bike back to the dealer, I’ll probably use the high performance shop that is doing my pipe/air/controller mods for future service.

 

[toby]

Yeah after reading these posts I don’t think I’m going to take my bike back to the dealer, I’ll probably use the high performance shop that is doing my pipe/air/controller mods for future service.

Yes sdsting, even though the Yamaha shop where I bought my bike the mechanic will let me watch and explain what he is doing and why I still have two privet shops I go to. One high performance V Twin shop. But they Yamaha mechanic told me from day one that everything is so easy and infrequent that I should do it myself. And the first 30 days they looked it over for free and ran me through the checks..
Oh and did you get my message that I am going to be in SD the last week of June? Right by where you are?

 

[sdsting]

thanks for the info Toby, and yes I did get yoru msg. looking forward to hooking up. June 28th right? please email me the dates/times when you know for sure. thanks, Terry

 

[XVS13]

Yeah after reading these posts I don’t think I’m going to take my bike back to the dealer, I’ll probably use the high performance shop that is doing my pipe/air/controller mods for future service.

I let my dealer do the 600 mile service and was thinking about doing the 4000 mile service myself. I was a mechanic for a good many years so it's no problem. But now I'm thinking I'll let them do all the work on it. I know them and know if anything ever goes wrong with the bike, I will have no problem getting it fixed, no questions asked as they will be the only ones who have ever touched the bike.