A decent example of making a friend at a dealership, the 2014 Vstrom650 got a recall notice. I call the dealer closest to me, which is NOT where the bike was purchased. Service manager tells me " we look at it, determine if it needs the doohickey, Suzuki oks the fix, we order the part on the recall form and two weeks later you get the bike back" , me says "really?? you cant have a part on hand" service guy says "Suzuki ships us the part no charge based on the recall #, its not a stock part, thats how Suzi wants it done" I says " geez , two weeks?" he says " Did you buy the bike from us ???" I say "no, on a recall does it make a difference? " knowing what he was saying...........
Sometimes the $500.00 you saved buying a bike in Collingwood when your local the Hamilton area wasn't a savings at all.