How to document self-made oil changes?
Hi all,
last June I bought my first motorcycle, a '23 Ducati Monster SP, which had around 9.6k km on the odometer at the time.
I had an issue with the catalytic converter being faulty (cracked metal), so I brought it in to my local Ducati dealership a couple of weeks ago (issue was taken care of under Ducati Red extended warranty), so I took the opportunity to have them do an annual service as well.
The previous owner had a Ducati receipt for the 1000km service and a receipt for a full service (oil change, coolant change, brake fluid change) from an independent garage from Jan this year.
He told me he'd done oil changes yearly, but these are the only two receipts I got; I figured that since the bike runs well, given the age of the bike and mileage, it's not ideal, but should be ok nonetheless. I figured I'd have Ducati take a good look, perform an annual service, turn off the service light and ascertain that everything is good, so that I have a fresh Ducati invoice to start from.
Thing is, the annual service set me back around €380 for essentially a glorified oil change and most of that is labor (parts are around €100 and I live in a HCOL area). I foresee that my next big milestone is the first Desmo service in a couple of years (I got quoted €1900 for it, it'll probably be more by the time I get it done), so I thought I'd do my next oil change myself next year. There's a deal for an oil change kit from Ducati for around €100 presently and I like working on my bike. I'm thinking that with all the stuff that's going on around the world it's a good price to secure now. I could get an even lower price by getting a 4L bottle of Motul 7100 15w50 and a HighfloFiltro filter on Amazon, but I think I want to stick with Ducati stuff ahead of the Desmo service.
I am just curious on how to document this, should I ever resell the bike. I'm not too concerned about Ducati's warranty, if I get a last warranty extension it'll expire in early 2028, it's mostly about reselling it to any 3rd party one day. How do you guys do?