In Greensboro, NC there is a nice, elderly Dr. Smith who bought his brand new play toy bike from the Suzuki dealership in 2001 and  he took it back to the dealership each year for servicing and inspection.

For a Stealership, they treated him reasonably kindly, only charging him  between $368 and $647 for each yearly "inspection time servicing" soaking.

(yup, each & every year he carried it back to the dealership and he OK'd every item they told him about).

He paid for "age checked, out of date tires" and multiple carb re-balancings at $279 in labor per re-balance.  He bought batteries every other year religiously.   He had his gas tank cleaned and re-sealed twice.

I am reading the man's entire whole service record, and it says he had no real unusual issues with the bike whatsoever -- mainly because as a Dr's springtime play toy it never got used for very much, ever.  Condensation in the tank and letting the gas evaporate completely out (putting condensed gas crud in his tank) was his MAJOR issue.

9,000 miles in 15 years.    600 miles a year on average.    

We do that in a 3 day Dragon weekend, easy.

His last service bill at $647 AND THEN IT GOT SICK AGAIN which was the final straw that led to my roving trailer being able to scoop up the good doctor's machine and bind it up tight with my 8 cycle straps so it could not escape on the trip home.  

It is running really really well and I am more than pleased with my newest bike.

Purty, ain't it?

and another

That sure is a clean bike. Ride the wheels off it - somebody has to.

You capture trailer looks as good as this...

http://geekologie.com/2016/11/the-grappler-police-bumper-a-car-chase-e.php

verslagen1 wrote on 11/14/16 at 11:42:45:



Yup, the forums recommend moving the RR to somewhere else.

10:1 compression, runs 87 octane gas, makes 55 hp

It is a 15 year old bike and Blue Book range between good and excellent is exactly what I paid for it.  

Where I made out was the completely anal maintenance done on the bike by the stealership -- that gas tank SHINES from all the attention paid to the de-crudding that has been done.

Now, I like the way it looks, but I am going to lose the buddy seat completely as my toe hangs on it when mounting.

Oldfeller--FSO wrote on 11/14/16 at 13:41:02:


That's too bad, looks like a pretty decent back rest.

OF,
Congrats on the new bike  
Sounds like there's nothing you need to do to it other than sit on it and ride.  Hope you enjoy it.

I bought a 96 Virago 535 a while back with 6000 miles on it. Haven't had much time to mess with it. But, it will get ridden as soon as I have the time to get the misfiring situation fixed.

If I'm not mistaken, that's an Intruder VS800GL, from the rear drum brake (larger Intuders had single discs, front & rear, if memory serves.)