RE: Post break-in service oil level (high) - 3

I'm checking my receipt as I type this, granted hours here and tax differences aside vs the US - but this was of course at the BMW dealer

Regular 1000 kilometer service - 142 EUR (with 25% VAT it's 178)
included 33 EUR worth of service (this would be 1 hour), 19 EUR for oil filter, 76 EUR worth of engine oils (4L), and the rest are negligible gaskets/seals and software control

In your case I hope it was a mistake or a simple miss-click in the system as they were doing the invoicing, $540 sounds like a big 30.000km service and parts or someone accidentally pulled a RV service item instead of motorcycle.

672 miles, first service in 2017 was itemised as
C 0000119 11.00 AW - £82.50 - the labour cost
M 8859 4.00 AW - £56.32 - the advantec oil
L 9993 0.18 AW - £ 3.55 - rear bevel drive oil -

These are the only bmw itemised actions, the rest of the £157.44 was for sump gasket £1.04, oil filter - £13,12, final drive O-ring £0.50 (Uk £157 + vat for total £188.93.

Even allowing for 5 years of inflation I think £250 would still be extreme.

I now use a mongrel-mix on servicing with my local main dealer (Ocean Plymouth) which because of last 4 years/covid/low miles I carry out yearly oil/filter/bevel oil changes at home.
I now time a 2 year service (without oils) to get the brake fluid changes, any service updates/recall checks etc and they are great for this support.
Obviously I will still get all 12/18/24k services 'on mileage' as per owners manual.
Last year the brake fluid change, with the intermediate service was only £132 - + vat for a total of £159.56 -
I guess adding the earlier info then a full service of this type with all oils would still only get to under £250 for this, maybe just over £300 for a full service?
My 12k service, plugs,air filter etc and all the above all oils changed and new Michelin tyres fitted came out at £498 + vat total of £598 ( £262 plus vat for the tyre fitments)

Honestly - why visit a dealer - £££££ - outside warranty.

The bike is so easy to maintain.

Anyone with a bit of spanner sense can do it.

Routine service parts readily available online for pennies compared with dealer rip off fir same part .

If you can’t do it it yourself then ask a nearby bike spanner