I got my 2004 ST1300 serviced at Mick’s recently at 110’000 klms.
Check out the receipt and let me know what you think??
Cheers
Shiney
Just my thoughts....
- $73 for 4.3l oil seems a lot to me, it's about $38 for 5 litres in the car shops.
- Coolant seems expensive, I reckon 5l of the decent stuff would come in under $20 in the shops but I'm not 100% sure.
- Oil filters can be had for about $7 in Repco, for the 1100 at least - there will probably be one to fit the 1300, might even be the same filter.
- K&N air filter is about half that price on eBay.
- Spark plugs seem a decent price.
- Diff oil seems to be about 2x what it costs in the auto shops
- Brake fluid, I just bought 500ml for $5 in Repco
- Goldfren pads, I've never tried them myself - how do you like them? I was gonna try them on my FireBlade but the reviews on the net weren't so complimentary. Anyway, you can get them for about $35/pair on eBay. You can get other pads a lot cheaper, which I can't see being significantly worse than the Goldfren ones - best way to find out is to try them.
- Labour - This is the killer, of course it is free if you do it yourself. I reckon I can service my ST in under 6 hours including tea breaks, although I've never bled the brakes on a 1300 so maybe 6 hours isn't too far off.
I reckon you could have had change from $250 doing it yourself, more change if you went for cheaper (but maybe not worse) brake pads. Of course next time you'll only need to clean the K&N, not replace it which will be a fair chunk of the bill.
I would say that none of those jobs listed are beyond the ability of a novice.
Oh, I forgot - if you're an RACQ member you get (I think) 10% discount at Repco, saving a few more $$.