clairm wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:03:When I bought my S40 last week, the dealer said that it was very important that I bring the bike back after 100-200 miles and have everything checked out, and that they would only charge me $150 for my trouble. Does this sound reasonable? My only concern after 120 miles of riding is the squeaky front brake, and I found a couple thing on this board that might fix the problem. I mean, what is the dealer going to do for $150 that I couldn't do myself???
I think yours was probably made about the same time as mine was. A large Austin dealer says between 600 to 1k mi, I think 200 mile is to soon - EXCEPT check the belt, mine was out of spec at 300 mi. At 630 I changed the oil, and maybe at 1000, I'll do the valve thingy. As for the squeaky front brake, "live with it".