[ST] re: Tune Pricing

["Sanford, John" <JSanford@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I got to hang around Classic Cycle Company's service area entirely too much
last week, and the issue of the tunes came up.  Apparently, Triumph is now
REQUIRING the throttle body synching and CO2 analysis to be done when
loading the new tunes.  Since this takes about 1.5 hours, voila, you get an
additonal 1.5 hours labor.  (This came up during the prep of a new TT600
going out the door).  It may only apply to the TT600, or it may be across
the line.  I suspect they're tired of getting burned by Marc's jihad against
Triumph's fuel injection! ;-)

This applies to loading the new Engine Management tune, which may or may not
be necessary each scheduled service.


>Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 11:12:30 -0700
>From: James Wright <jwright@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [ST] Tune pricing?
>
>Well, I took the ST in for her 6000 mile tune yesterday at Munroe Motors in
SF, and while I >was there, had them sync the throttle bodies.  Now, it runs
much better (they uploaded the >latest tune and adjusted the fuel ratio
using an exhaust gas analyzer, one or both of which >apparently made a hell
of a difference - warms up a little rougher when cold but runs very
>noticably stronger at least in the bottom-mid range), but the tune plus
sync cost $360.  
>Even without syncing the throttle bodies, it was estimated at $280.  Is it
just me, or is 
>that really expensive for a tune that must occur every 6000 miles?  What
have other people >paid for the 6k service?  (Again, they did a great job,
the bike runs so much better it was >obvious riding away from the shop, but
just wondering about what normal pricing is for the >regular maintenance...)
TNX...
>
>-- Jim, Black 2000 ST now in SF...


John T. Sanford
Programmer/Analyst
Sunterra Financial Services
(702) 804-8683

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