What is involved in doing my own Yamaha Motor maintenance and what are the costs?
o Dino offers the following advice: 1.) Get the F150 manual from Yamaha 2.) Get to know your service guys and buy all your parts and stuff from a local dealer. They will help you if you develop a good rapport. I think the guys at Boat Center are the tops. They are much better than any M/H/P dealer’s mechanics that I’ve met in my local area since 2000 when I bought my first RF18. I highly recommend any work on engines or systems that are not warranty going to them if you are in the area. They are a first class, clean operation. 3.) BTW, when I was speaking with the service guy at BC today, he mentioned that some of their mechanics recently returned from some training where there were guys from the military who were receiving training as well on Yamahas. He said one guy in the military mentioned they had as much as 5,000 hrs on some of their F150’s with just basic maintenance as described by the service manuals. Good compression, etc. They just use all the recommended products and servic
