[net.cycle] Kawasaki Extended Warranty

kal@trsvax.UUCP (08/07/84)

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trsvax!kal    Aug  7 12:57:00 1984

Almost a year ago we bought our 1983 1100 Kawasaki.  We've put almost 12,000
miles on it.  Kawasaki Motors sent us an offer to extend our warranty for an
extra 12 months for $193.00 or 24 months for $238.00.  The warranty seems to
cover everything that the original warranty covered.  Has anyone else ever
taken such an extended warranty ?  Is it worth it ?  Also, we've put a header on
the bike.  The warranty doesn't cover the exhaust system anyway.  But, will
this void any other part of the warranty ? The extended warranty is transfer-
able if we sell the bike, which we plan to do next fall.

Please mail responses to:

	!allegra!convex!ctvax!trsvax!kal
			or
	!microsoft!trsvax!kal

					Thanks,
					Kathy Ladewig

kal@trsvax.UUCP (08/17/84)

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trsvax!kal    Aug 17 15:24:00 1984

     Thanks to all of you who responded to my request for information about the
Kawasaki extended warranty.  Everyone that responded recommended not taking
the warranty.  Shortly after posting the request, we started having problems
with the bike starting.  We had the battery tested and the salesperson told us
we needed a new one, so we bought a new one.  That turned out not to be the
the problem.  However the part that is the problem is still covered under our
original warranty.  To me that is a pretty good indication that we may need
the extended warranty.  When something goes wrong before the warranty is up
you can bet something else is going to go wrong later.  This part for this fix
was $50.00.  It won't take many of these to add up to the cost of the
extended warranty.

				Thanks again,
				Kathy Ladewig