Do it myself my friend, it's as easy as getting a cracked cylinder head
I leave the servicing to the stealer at the moment but for routine stuff I'm happy doing the coolant re-fill myself.
I don't understand the fear factor about vacuum filling among techs, let's face it, they manage it in BMW dealers
Almost all modern automotive set-ups use vacuum filling and the only difference between our bikes and a car set-up is the size of the radiator cap orifice, or rather its lack of size.
The vacuum device I bought off t'internet claimed it had plugs for all sizes of radiator and it certainly had one for the K bike; about forty squid from memory. Of course, you have to have a compressor to power it but I have heard of a vacuum cleaner being used with success