..... Seems a lot of honest dealers out there. I'll find out what my dealer says in 2,000 miles when I have to get it done. I just can't see them telling anyone not to spend money when the book calls for it.
UMMMM, I think many of them are Honest to a point, but if pressed further thay may admit they had NEVER done one before, and this was the case for A LOT of dealers the first 3 years out with this bike....they simply did not have the clearcut methodology, or confidence in doing the job, let alone had they done any of them.... (even though the 1400Ninja was out prior, most never got high miles by the time the new Conni was released...and most didn't care to have them maintained by dealers either), so the dealers seemed to all be saying it didn't need it, or they pulled tha plastic off and put it back on, or maybe some did actually go thru the motions but said they "were within spec", because they didn't want to get hosed on the flat rate.
I believe there are still a lot of dealers out there that are actually afraid to tackle this job, and tie thier shop up till it's done, and they simply say it doesn't need to be done yet.
That being said, I had about 8-10 actual hours of "work" invested in mine the first go, but feel confident having the shim maps I made, I can accomplish everything second time in about 6 once I have shims. The key word is waiting for shims.... They time consuming part is actually mic'ing, and removing and measuring evrything the first time.