Joe Duffy Motorrad - 4 day tyre change

D3V!L

Picture this, you rock up to a big shiny show room in Finglas to see the latest and greatest bikes Der Fatherland has to offer and are promised the sun moon and stars when handing over 40k of your hard earned.

The reality is quite quite different..... My self and my missus spent the guts of 40 grand this time last year on two bikes. A 1200GS Adventure and a F800 Adventure. All singing all dancing. Fast forward a couple of months and she decides she wants an R Nine T. Grand they said and made the whole process of test riding bikes and trading the old one back in seamless. As they would do when you're giving them money.

Now here's the fun part. Last weekend she picked up a self tapping screw on the front tyre. Called the BMW recovery service which is free with your warranty. Also free is a replacement bike while yours is being fixed, there's none available strangely (usually loads for test drives). The bike was picked up on Monday evening and she was offered a hire car to tide her over.

We got to the rental location and they refused to give her the car because guess what ??? She had a bike insurance policy which didn't cover a car. This was all arranged by BMW customer service here in Dublin.

The bike left our house and with Car-Tow on Monday and actually went missing for 22 hours until it arrived in the shop. The recovery company actually said they can't find it.

The shop fitted a new tyre Tuesday evening and it was another 24 hours before it was returned with Car-Tow due to us not being at home for the day. The bike turns up and has a different tyre on the front than what was ordered. Seemingly a model that's used on a S1000XR.

Herself takes the bike down to Cotters the next day after work and got the right one which tool under 30 minutes. The wrong replacement was returned to Joe Duffys to a shirking service manager.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Ahhhh Joe Duffy's ~ ok, I guess you can imagine the smug look on my face right now!.

[I hate to say I told you so, but I....]

I've also posted many times that I don't think there's a single time I left my bike in with them which I didn't have to return it to have work fixed to my satisfaction again.

D3V!L

Amber Green Barricade wrote: »

Ahhhh Joe Duffy's ~ ok, I guess you can imagine the smug look on my face right now!.

[I hate to say I told you so, but I....]

I've also posted many times that I don't think there's a single time I left my bike in with them which I didn't have to return it to have work fixed to my satisfaction again.

Ok ok , you can tell me you told me so now

arybvtcw0eolkf

D3V!L wrote: »

Ok ok , you can tell me you told me so now

I'll wait until you're in the Gypsy Rose again and I have a live audience :P

Wonda-Boy

If I was buying a BMW in this country I would be straight down to Kearys in Cork.....and the ride home would be bliss.

blade1

D3V!L wrote: »

Picture this, you rock up to a big shiny show room in Finglas to see the latest and greatest bikes Der Fatherland has to offer and are promised the sun moon and stars when handing over 40k of your hard earned.

The reality is quite quite different..... My self and my missus spent the guts of 40 grand this time last year on two bikes. A 1200GS Adventure and a F800 Adventure. All singing all dancing. Fast forward a couple of months and she decides she wants an R Nine T. Grand they said and made the whole process of test riding bikes and trading the old one back in seamless. As they would do when you're giving them money.

Now here's the fun part. Last weekend she picked up a self tapping screw on the front tyre. Called the BMW recovery service which is free with your warranty. Also free is a replacement bike while yours is being fixed, there's none available strangely (usually loads for test drives). The bike was picked up on Monday evening and she was offered a hire car to tide her over.

We got to the rental location and they refused to give her the car because guess what ??? She had a bike insurance policy which didn't cover a car. This was all arranged by BMW customer service here in Dublin.

The bike left our house and with Car-Tow on Monday and actually went missing for 22 hours until it arrived in the shop. The recovery company actually said they can't find it.

The shop fitted a new tyre Tuesday evening and it was another 24 hours before it was returned with Car-Tow due to us not being at home for the day. The bike turns up and has a different tyre on the front than what was ordered. Seemingly a model that's used on a S1000XR.

Herself takes the bike down to Cotters the next day after work and got the right one which tool under 30 minutes. The wrong replacement was returned to Joe Duffys to a shirking service manager.

Yeah but in fairness though, that does sound like they are improving!!:pac:

stewygriffin

I must be lucky so.
Cause Joe Duffy have been nice and quick with my bike and working on it.
Even got a replacement bike of them too.


But sure look every now and again,all companies and shops will have glitches.

Did you get your money back for returning the tyre to JDM?

Riva10

Recently a friend purchased a new 1200GS from Joe Duffy. Sad to say he ignored the advise on here about Duff Motorrad On the way home to Cork he discovered that the speedo was in MPH. No problem he thought as he can surely change it . Arrived home and checked the handbook. No instructions to change it to KPH. Contacted Joe Duffy and was informed that the bike is MPH and cannot be changed. and refused to help further as apparently he bought the bike as seen. He had sat on the bike in the showroom but did not drive or turn it on. He contacted BMW Ireland and in fairness to them they have .
My advise on Joe Duffy is believe what you read here. As to my local Keary's . Unless they have changed big time, STAY AWAY. It is not so long ago that they had no dedicated motorcycle mechanic and the car mechanics were doubling their duties. I cannot say if this situation has improved,

Bohrio

Riva10 wrote: »

Recently a friend purchased a new 1200GS from Joe Duffy. Sad to say he ignored the advise on here about Duff Motorrad On the way home to Cork he discovered that the speedo was in MPH. No problem he thought as he can surely change it . Arrived home and checked the handbook. No instructions to change it to KPH. Contacted Joe Duffy and was informed that the bike is MPH and cannot be changed. and refused to help further as apparently he bought the bike as seen. He had sat on the bike in the showroom but did not drive or turn it on. He contacted BMW Ireland and in fairness to them they have .
My advise on Joe Duffy is believe what you read here. As to my local Keary's . Unless they have changed big time, STAY AWAY. It is not so long ago that they had no dedicated motorcycle mechanic and the car mechanics were doubling their duties. I cannot say if this situation has improved,

Weird, they changed mine (k1300r) from miles to km on the same day within 10 minutes. I would assume this would also be possible on newer GSs.

Never had a problem with them, just recently did the service and had no problems (so far). But I will keep an eye out!

Riva10

Bohrio wrote: »

Weird, they changed mine (k1300r) from miles to km on the same day within 10 minutes. I would assume this would also be possible on newer GSs.

Never had a problem with them, just recently did the service and had no problems (so far). But I will keep an eye out!

Only thing I can think of is my friend ordered the low frame version, so possible it was an English import (remember The Stirling Edition) and as such may not easily be changed back. He has since had the speedo unit changed so it was not just an electronics issue.

mjsc1970

Lads, I've an 06 650 GS I've had from new from JD's.

That bike I use as a commuter and racked up over 100km on it. The servicing has been costly and in fairness some of the costs have been due to my own neglect.

However, over a ten year period I felt I was always properly looked after and always had use of a loan bike when necessary.

Can't say I've had a bad experience. Just saying.

blade1

I still prefer using mph:o

Bohrio

Riva10 wrote: »

Only thing I can think of is my friend ordered the low frame version, so possible it was an English import (remember The Stirling Edition) and as such may not easily be changed back. He has since had the speedo unit changed so it was not just an electronics issue.

Mine was a UK import, brought it from the UK after summer. But you are correct, I dont feel there were no differences between mine and any other irish model

Del2005

blade1 wrote: »

I still prefer using mph:o

You go faster in metric

blade1

Del2005 wrote: »

You go faster in metric

Lies!!!
Do 100 in mph and do 100 in kph.
Which one are you going faster??:p:pac:

Del2005

blade1 wrote: »

Lies!!!
Do 100 in mph and do 100 in kph.
Which one are you going faster??:p:pac:

While your plodding along at 100mph I'm doing 160kph

Sorry for the slight thread hijack, I've recently bought a k1300s. It's a UK import, clocks are in miles. Can it be changed to km? It's not really an issue for me but if it can be done relatively cheaply I might change it. Thanks.

Bohrio

Deleted User wrote: »

Sorry for the slight thread hijack, I've recently bought a k1300s. It's a UK import, clocks are in miles. Can it be changed to km? It's not really an issue for me but if it can be done relatively cheaply I might change it. Thanks.

I did this on my k1300r and I think they didnt charge me anything. Maybe 10 euro or so. Took them a few minutes but you might want to ring before hand.

Bohrio

Just to make it clear I am referring to the odometer and on board computer not the speedometer as such, mine has both mph and kph.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Over a four year period I've only had one, ONE positive experience with JD Motorrad.

Tbh I think most of the negativity in dealing with them is one upstairs who I spoke to the OP about last night.

That said almost each and every time I had work done by them the bike had to be returned for something to be rectified.

But said person upstairs, how I never dragged him across his desk I don't know.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Oh, I often joke that I loved the boxer engine and than if the GS was made by a Japanese company I'd buy one in a heart beat.

Its a lovely engine, I actually miss it. But damn BMW throw a saddle onto your back and ride you to hell when it comes to costs of parts and repair.

GerryDerpy

Stay away from Kearys too. Very incompetent mechanics in my experience.

And I can never trust those that have positive things to say about a BMW main dealer. If you are the type that spends €180 per hour labour you are probably not knowledgeable enough to pick up on their poor workmanship.

Live65a846d0ee

The ones defending JDM are the ones that have no problem spending thousands every week on their bikes. And we all know what JDM cares about the most, the ones giving them massive amounts of coin. No way will they risk losing such money machines so they will be provided with a proper service due to the amount of cash they spend in there while the rest of us suffer. I only had 1 dealing with JDM and it was enough to prevent me from going back there again. Now I thought I was the only one but looks like many others experienced the same problems.

stewygriffin

Live65a846d0ee wrote: »

The ones defending JDM are the ones that have no problem spending thousands every week on their bikes. And we all know what JDM cares about the most, the ones giving them massive amounts of coin. No way will they risk losing such money machines so they will be provided with a proper service due to the amount of cash they spend in there while the rest of us suffer. I only had 1 dealing with JDM and it was enough to prevent me from going back there again. Now I thought I was the only one but looks like many others experienced the same problems.

AS IS USUAL you have no clue what the hell you are talking about.

You didnt deal with the Motorad Department so dont be talking through your ar%e.

You come on to this forum and all you do is stir up crap and cause fights.

Go and do something usefull like riding your bike and learn about road conditions.


Ive had it with you and all the crap and rubbish you post here.

You really need to wind your neck in and cop on here on this forum.
Stop ruining threads and trying to create arguements with other bikers to suit some sort of agenda you have.Several threads you have done this on now.

blade1

Live65a846d0ee wrote: »

The ones defending JDM are the ones that have no problem spending thousands every week on their bikes. And we all know what JDM cares about the most, the ones giving them massive amounts of coin. No way will they risk losing such money machines so they will be provided with a proper service due to the amount of cash they spend in there while the rest of us suffer. I only had 1 dealing with JDM and it was enough to prevent me from going back there again. Now I thought I was the only one but looks like many others experienced the same problems.

What was the problem and what did they do?

stewygriffin

Oh and yeah for the record,I was in the Motorrad department earlier on today,on the R1,got parts off them.Then went to Cotters,got parts of them too,and then into Bikeworld.
My S1000rr is in Mototuning being mapped and dynoed at this very moment.
And the 996 is in my garage with the wheels and bodywork off being tuned up and made better.


So I get around on the bikes,and dont just defend Joe Duffy Motorrad,I speak from my personal experience with them and with all other bike shops.
I do alot of work on my own bikes too,so its not about spending thousands each week on my bikes.Motorrad actually did some extra work on my bike,at no extra cost,because I get on well with everyone up there and they dont ripp me off either.Even when it comes to certain service parts,they are actually cheaper than them being got in the UK or Germany by myself.And with JD Motorrad they come in within 2 days too,get a text to say the parts are ready for collection.

So as is usual Live65a846d0ee,you have no clue what the hell you are talking about.TYPICAL.:rolleyes:

stewygriffin

Amber Green Barricade wrote: »

Oh, I often joke that I loved the boxer engine and than if the GS was made by a Japanese company I'd buy one in a heart beat.

Its a lovely engine, I actually miss it. But damn BMW throw a saddle onto your back and ride you to hell when it comes to costs of parts and repair.

Its gone from Bikeworld.;)

arybvtcw0eolkf

stewygriffin wrote: »

Its gone from Bikeworld.;)

I know, it was sold last week.

stewygriffin

Amber Green Barricade wrote: »

I know, it was sold last week.

You bought it back??:D

stewygriffin

GerryDerpy wrote: »

Stay away from Kearys too. Very incompetent mechanics in my experience.

And I can never trust those that have positive things to say about a BMW main dealer. If you are the type that spends €180 per hour labour you are probably not knowledgeable enough to pick up on their poor workmanship.

Thats gas.
Arent you the man who was complaining here a few months back about being charged 20 euro by Cotters to fit a tyre you bought off the internet.:pac:

GerryDerpy

stewygriffin wrote: »

Thats gas.
Arent you the man who was complaining here a few months back about being charged 20 euro by Cotters to fit a tyre you bought off the internet.:pac:

Haha I love your type stewy, looking up post history because you have F all arguments. But you are skewing what I said...I complained about the stinking attitude, and went on to say I don't blame them for charging 20 quid..

More power to you if you can afford to pay JD's. Money > Sense.

GerryDerpy

stewygriffin wrote: »

My type?????

Yeah I am certain type indeed,more so than your good self.
Sure you never even bothered to see if Cotters would have price matched the tyres for you,which they probably would have done.But then you were complaining about it.

I pop in to them from time to time to get parts as I like to modify my machines,and sometimes the lads in the Motorrad section will sort me out with a quick health check on the OBD diagnostic scanner for free.
They sorted out the "lamp code" when I changed over to flush mount LED lights on the front of the S1000rr.
Same when I went from a 190 section rear tyre up to a 200 section rear tyre,they sorted out the traction control and abs systems to suit the bigger tyre,for free.


Eh where is my S1000rr now?
Its in with Gary in Mototuning being mapped and dynoed.We aiming for north of 200bhp on my machine with some more fettling.

I use alot of different companies and bike shops for all my bikes.:)
Oh and I am sensible too,I know what to look for,and where to get it.;)

Just so happens that Joe Duffy Motorrad give me a good deal on certain parts and these parts are in most cases cheaper for me,than it would be if were to get them in from UK or Germany myself.Motorrad get them in quicker too.

Oh and I work on my own bikes too,if you care to look back over the many posts and pictures I have here on this forum.;)

I must reiterate that I complained about the attitude in Cotters. I have been in Cotters many times, prices are good, no issue with them. That single experience is not relevant to this topic - you brought it up.

Cool...its good that you take the time to give balance to the experiences people have had with them. My experiences with BMW (not JD) have been woeful. I can't get value for money from them. And you may have to accept that you get better service due to the money you hand over through the years. Fair enough.

Why don't you quote and attack the mod Makikomi for his criticism of BMW?

stewygriffin

GerryDerpy wrote: »

I must reiterate that I complained about the attitude in Cotters. I have been in Cotters many times, prices are good, no issue with them. That single experience is not relevant to this topic - you brought it up.

Cool...its good that you take the time to give balance to the experiences people have had with them. My experiences with BMW (not JD) have been woeful. I can't get value for money from them. And you may have to accept that you get better service due to the money you hand over through the years. Fair enough.

Why don't you quote and attack the mod Makikomi for his criticism of BMW?

Well Im sure Cotters were a tad annoyed that you rock up with an internet tyre looking for it to be fitted.

They are trying to run a business at the end of the day.
And they would have price matched you,if you had bothered to ask.

Because unlike you he has had in person dealings with Joe Duffy Motorrad and I know what hes been through.

Thats his personal experience....and Ive spoken to him in person about it too.I know his bike too.

You havent had personal experience with Joe Duffy Motorrad.
You are just jumping on the band wagon and trying to say that because I had good experience with them,that I know nothing or dont know bad workmanship.

I know my bikes and I can say that so far Joe Duffy Motorrad have done good by my bike,given the amount of stuff I had done to it and some of the issues in getting the electronices to work with certain items I put on the bike.

stewygriffin

Oh and I know nothing about Kearys in Cork,so I will not say a word about them.
Ive no personal experience with that BMW dealership.That was be unfair and wrong to do so.

GerryDerpy

stewygriffin wrote: »

Well Im sure Cotters were a tad annoyed that you rock up with an internet tyre looking for it to be fitted.

They are trying to run a business at the end of the day.
And they would have price matched you,if you had bothered to ask.

So why not just tell me they won't fit it? Grand. No problem. I had the tyre in my hand, no point asking for a price match. For the record I bought my most recent tyre off them.

stewygriffin wrote: »

Because unlike you he has had in person dealings with Joe Duffy Motorrad and I know what hes been through.

Thats his personal experience....and Ive spoken to him in person about it too.I know his bike too.

You havent had personal experience with Joe Duffy Motorrad.
You are just jumping on the band wagon and trying to say that because I had good experience with them,that I know nothing or dont know bad workmanship.

I know my bikes and I can say that so far Joe Duffy Motorrad have done good by my bike,given the amount of stuff I had done to it and some of the issues in getting the electronices to work with certain items I put on the bike.

OK, I concede to that. You are 100% better placed than me re Joe Duffy. But I am still not convinced that you can extract VALUE from €180 per hour labour. If you value the free coffee, the large white tiles, the receptionist's greeting then that's fine.

I am convinced now though that you are knowledagble about bikes and workmanship, but believe you may be an exception to the typical BMW regular customer.

GerryDerpy

stewygriffin wrote: »

Oh and I know nothing about Kearys in Cork,so I will not say a word about them.
Ive no personal experience with that BMW dealership.That was be unfair and wrong to do so.

You don't need to experience €180 per hour in every BMW dealer to feel it is poor value.

stewygriffin

GerryDerpy wrote: »

So why not just tell me they won't fit it? Grand. No problem. I had the tyre in my hand, no point asking for a price match. For the record I bought my most recent tyre off them.



OK, I concede to that. You are 100% better placed than me re Joe Duffy. But I am still not convinced that you can extract VALUE from €180 per hour labour. If you value the free coffee, the large white tiles, the receptionist's greeting then that's fine.

I am convinced now though that you are knowledagble about bikes and workmanship, but believe you may be an exception to the typical BMW regular customer.

Its not about any of that,I get certain service parts of them cheaper than I could get them off the internet.
They look after me up there.

And for the record,my bike was not bought from Joe Duffy Motorrad at all.

I lean alot and I like to mess around with my bikes,Im not afraid to get stuck in and get dirty with them either.

This whole "more money than sense" talk is absolute rubbish in my situation.
Im savvy with my money and im sensible too.

At the end of the day,I love my bikes and aint afraid to try new things with them.And I will allways give credit to companies who do good by me.

GerryDerpy

stewygriffin wrote: »

Its not about any of that,I get certain service parts of them cheaper than I could get them off the internet.
They look after me up there.

And for the record,my bike was not bought from Joe Duffy Motorrad at all.

I lean alot and I like to mess around with my bikes,Im not afraid to get stuck in and get dirty with them either.

Cool. I have no experience re parts prices, but you should drop your bike in for a standard service for the craic and see what the bill is. Don't think you'd be happy!!

Edit - Fcuk sake stewy you edit faster than a S1000! I retract my Money > Sense for you. Apologies.

stewygriffin

GerryDerpy wrote: »

Cool. I have no experience re parts prices, but you should drop your bike in for a standard service for the craic and see what the bill is. Don't think you'd be happy!!

Edit - Fcuk sake stewy you edit faster than a S1000! I retract my Money > Sense for you. Apologies.

I know the service prices.;)

They did 1st major service for me.
Gary @ Mototuning did the last service for me,and hes currently mapping and dynoing the bike for me.
Bit more timing adjustment and some fettling and hopefully be north of 200bhp.

Anyway Im not here to argue,life is too short for all that stuff.

GerryDerpy

stewygriffin wrote: »

I know the service prices.;)

They did 1st major service for me.
Gary @ Mototuning did the last service for me,and hes currently mapping and dynoing the bike for me.
Bit more timing adjustment and some fettling and hopefully be north of 200bhp.

Anyway Im not here to argue,life is too short for all that stuff.

Jaysus you will eat rear tyres with that power. Enjoy :cool:

Live65a846d0ee

stewygriffin wrote: »

AS IS USUAL you have no clue what the hell you are talking about.

You didnt deal with the Motorad Department so dont be talking through your ar%e.

You come on to this forum and all you do is stir up crap and cause fights.

Go and do something usefull like riding your bike and learn about road conditions.


Ive had it with you and all the crap and rubbish you post here.

You really need to wind your neck in and cop on here on this forum.
Stop ruining threads and trying to create arguements with other bikers to suit some sort of agenda you have.Several threads you have done this on now.

Take a chill pill dude
Now there are too many assumptions in your post.
1. There is no way for you to know if I did or did not deal with JDM, I did so what you wrote here is called defamation, Oxford reference of defamation:
''the act of defaming; false or unjustified injury of the good reputation of another, as by slander or libel; calumny''
2. I do not stir up crap, that is your opinion, again see above for defamation.
3. I ride my bike all the time.
4. That is your opinion, in my opinion I do not post rubbish. As far as I know we still have freedom of speech in this country, you disagree with me and that's fine, however just like I am not stopping you from posting your opinions so you should not stop me too.

Best regards,
Live

Riva10

stewygriffin wrote: »

Oh and I know nothing about Kearys in Cork,so I will not say a word about them.
Ive no personal experience with that BMW dealership.That was be unfair and wrong to do so.

I have had and continue to have experience with Kearys in Cork. As a former BMW owner I found them next to useless for anything except sales of new motorcycles and I mean "Sale". Their trade in prices were not even in the ball park. Their only redeeming feature was their coffee and nibbles. As the motorcycle sales are in the same premises as the BMW car sales, access to the coffee machine was free gratis. As I said at the start I continue to have experience with Kearys. Each time that I bring my wheels to Lee motorcycles for tyres, I walk to Kearys (100 mtrs) and avail of their coffee and nibbles. Well you have to, do'nt you It's nice to slum it sometimes.

batman_oh

180 quid an hour is hilarious. With the amount of 16/17 reg BMW bikes floating about they must be cleaning up!

D3V!L

batman_oh wrote: »

180 quid an hour is hilarious. With the amount of 16/17 reg BMW bikes floating about they must be cleaning up!

So loosing two customers through mistreatment wouldn't make a blind bit of a difference. They simply don't care about their customers because in their own opinion there's no negative side of it.

stewygriffin

Live65a846d0ee wrote: »

Take a chill pill dude
Now there are too many assumptions in your post.
1. There is no way for you to know if I did or did not deal with JDM, I did so what you wrote here is called defamation, Oxford reference of defamation:
''the act of defaming; false or unjustified injury of the good reputation of another, as by slander or libel; calumny''
2. I do not stir up crap, that is your opinion, again see above for defamation.
3. I ride my bike all the time.
4. That is your opinion, in my opinion I do not post rubbish. As far as I know we still have freedom of speech in this country, you disagree with me and that's fine, however just like I am not stopping you from posting your opinions so you should not stop me too.

Best regards,
Live

You are some man for posting rubbish,because your last post was absolutely pointless and clueless and directly aimed at me,and I know it was.

And yes,if you look at the threads you post on,you do stir up things on purpose.You pit biker against biker.Its been noticed that you do this,and its like you have an agenda here when you post on this bike forum.

So who did you deal with in the Joe Duffy Motorrad Department?.........thats the actual motorbike department up there.

What bike was it?
What was the problem?

Please do tell me,cause Id love to know.

Blade1 asked you aswell,and you have yet to answer him too.

blade1 wrote: »

What was the problem and what did they do?

So please do tell us all here.

Zascar

Play by the rules or I'm locking this. Any time a discussion happens about X garage is rubbish and Y is great - it ends in tears.

stewygriffin

Zascar wrote: »

Play by the rules or I'm locking this. Any time a discussion happens about X garage is rubbish and Y is great - it ends in tears.

Yep,sad buy true,which is unfortunate.

stewygriffin

batman_oh wrote: »

180 quid an hour is hilarious. With the amount of 16/17 reg BMW bikes floating about they must be cleaning up!

Well compared to the Japanese machines and their pricing,its alot of bike for the money.
Ducati and BMW will do well from the Japanese spec and pricing mistakes this year.

Once the BMW is out of service warranty,then a goood indy mechanic or do it yourself is the way to go.

The mechanic in Cotters (Stewart) is BMW Motorrad Germany certified mechanic,he used to work for Joe Duffy BMW,so he knows his stuff when it comes to the Beemers and servicing them.Has all the BMW diagnostic equipment too.

He did a bit of work for me on the S1000rr there recently,and the lad did good too.

blade1

I have crossed most bike shops off my list of people who work on my bikes.
I've had trouble with people since my first bike(Honda 70) back in 1988.

Only had it a few weeks when the new chain and rear sprocket that had been just fitted by them came off and broke some bits on the bike.
Gave it back and told them to fix it.

6 weeks later and after calling in every week, still not fixed so flipped the lid and grabbed your man by the neck and told him give me my money back now.

Just recently I needed a new staunchion put on an upside fork.
I gave it to a lad that had not long started out on his own after been with a dealers for years.

He cross threaded the staunchion when tightening it and it got stuck half way in so it wasn't fully in and tight against the o ring inside.
Hence,the first bumpy road I came to, the fork oil started pissing out.

There are some good mechanics out there but also a lot of guys that don't seem to care or will cover up something if they fùck up.

Same with cars.
I actually wouldn't bring my car to anyone I know in my area.

stewygriffin

blade1 wrote: »

I have crossed most bike shops off my list of people who work on my bikes.
I've had trouble with people since my first bike(Honda 70) back in 1988.

Only had it a few weeks when the new chain and rear sprocket that had been just fitted by them came off and broke some bits on the bike.
Gave it back and told them to fix it.

6 weeks later and after calling in every week, still not fixed so flipped the lid and grabbed your man by the neck and told him give me my money back now.

Just recently I needed a new staunchion put on an upside fork.
I gave it to a lad that had not long started out on his own after been with a dealers for years.

He cross threaded the staunchion when tightening it and it got stuck half way in so it wasn't fully in and tight against the o ring inside.
Hence,the first bumpy road I came to, the fork oil started pissing out.

There are some mechanics out there but also a lot of guys that don't seem to care or will cover up something if they fùck up.

Same with cars.
I actually wouldn't bring my car to anyone I know in my area.

Same here,couldnt service the car myself due to lack of time and it was in need of an oil change.
Good indy mechanics garage down the road from me,the chap that runs it is eastern european.
They do some job and the prices they are charge are alot cheaper than alot of irish indy garages.

Well known irish tyre company crowd wanted 99 euro for a service on my car,this particular local garage did it for 70 euro.Same oil to the same spec of my car and same spec of oil filter and air filter used too.

So I suppose whether it be a car or a motorbike, its horses for coarses.You have to shop around or do it yourself.:)

blade1

That's it.
Do most stuff myself but sometimes need someone to do the odd thing.
Another time on a Saturday night I had to track down the owner of a bike shop in Cork after I got stranded after they had my bike all day long and broke down even before I got out of the city.,
Found out where he lived and called around 7.30pm and told get out and fix that fùckin bike before I explode!!
Again bought the bike off them a few weeks earlier.

I'm usually the quietest man on the planet!!:pac: