80 hours motor inspection

Theo

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According to the manual, the motor gears and bearings should be inspected every 80 hours or every 12 months, whichever occurs first, by a workshop.
Has anybody ever brought their Varg to a dealer to get this done?
In theory, if you don't do it, you will be skipping a maintenance task and they can void the warranty.
We could just bring it to the dealer and (provided they accept to do it) pay the price and whatever happens afterwards it's not our responsibility and should be covered by the warranty.
I just have never heard of a dealer disassembling the power unit.
 

Theo

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In the USA (in which I can see neither of you are located), I'm pretty sure they cannot make a warranty subject to services that cost $$

In order not to get lost in the ocean of Italian laws, I've asked an opinion to an AI and it's said that in these situations, here in Italy, it's likely that the warranty would be voideable both if I don't have the motor inspected by professionals who can certify that they have done it properly and if I do it myself.
Besides, the manual was available before I ordered my bike and I should have known that one of the conditions to keep the validity of the warranty is to do that inspection.
It also sounds like something acceptable to me, they must have their reasons to ask this.

My problem, maybe just psychological, is this strong idea ingrained in me that the power unit shouldn't be violated 🚫 because it's not an engine like the ones we know so well and I would feel secure only if they opened it at Stark Future's plant.
It seems to me that some Stark dealers aren't so experienced in motorcycles in general and who is experienced in electric motors? Can some possible training make them reliable to do those things? It's hard to believe that Stark has such control on what the dealers will do; will they use thread locker where needed, for example? What if I don't extend the warranty and the transmission falls apart next year because of a dealer's mistake, unlikely to be proved?
As far as I've understood, an electric motor like that is usually not supposed to be disassembled. I suppose that the inspection should consist of checking the bearings of the countershaft and the two gears that you can see when you remove the oil filler cap and not to disassemble the motor.
I also guess that the power unit can stay in the bike while they do it.
If I'll ask a dealer to do it, it will be someone who at least look like they have experience.
 
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