go on ahead, take a cheap shot!

I have a good friend that is the head wrench at a suk-yamaha dealer....he`s a excellent mechanic. I wouldn`t put up with the bullshit he has to take off stupid customers for 150 grand a year....and there are some really really stupid so called mechanics out there. Thank god I have been working on my own bikes for the last 25 years and don`t have to rely on anyone....except some machine work and I`ve got that covered.Good Motorcycle mechanics are usually underpaid and under appreciated. It is a very high skilled job...thats why there is so many bad ones...not everyone can do it right. I ADMIRE A GOOD WRENCH........
 
Mechanics are fine Dealers suck. Check this out.When I bought my busa I paid for extended warr. & $899.00 for prepaid Maintance agreement. Thats suppose to cover all Scheduled Maintance, both parts & labor & it was added to my contract. So I go in with my wife as I'm Deaf, to the service dept. where I bought it & the Service manager tells me it'll cost me $155.00 to service my bike I told him I purchased the maintance agreement he said it did'nt matter. this was at 600 miles. So since then Ive been maintaining my bike . So A little angel kicks me in the head and says Wiz Dork! Wake TFU. I now have 5900 miles on busa called dealer, told the sales manager about my problem he says no problem sir bring it on in. So I did. They changed oil filter (3rd one now) & oil & lubed my chain. They did not change my cam chain tensioner or do any other work on it. I told them that my service agreement I wanted updated in case anything happens to motor. They stamped my paper. Problem I guess is me being deaf there was a communication problem between myself & dealer. Thats what my wife says. I told her bullshit everyone knows that all street bikes have an initalService/Maintance agreement. Now I guess I'm the only one getting screwed for the 100.00 an hour labor that I prepaid for & 4 qts oil! Kinda funny to me If I worked at a motorcycle dealer & someone came to me with there 1st Maintance of a street bike I think I'd ask or check the paper work to see if they bought the service agreement! Well just my great luck again ! take care my friends Wiz
 
Hey Kurt, shop is doing great for a first year deal. Most of our work is 85% HD so the American wrenches are getting a fair workout. Kinda miss all the easy Jap work at the dealer I worked for earlier but I am basically happier at this scaled down independent I work for now.
 
About to get enuff of all the cheap talk floating around about sorry, incompetent, geek stink mechanics in the world. Get this straight gys. Some of us love our jobs and want to keep them. Quit blaming the true-blue mechanics for the stupid messes that are the fault of the setup gys. It is the setup people who assemble the new bikes, not the commisioned mechanics. It is setup that overfills the crankcases. Give us a break, the real mechs know better and cares. And try to understand some of your problems are not the mech's fault at all. Ever thought the possiblity of operator error. Yes it really happens but the mech always gets the blame. I realize that some of you have gotten some bum wraps but please don't lump all of us in one pile just because something didn't go just right the first time.
Jay R Hammock
25 years of wrenching and still loving it.
 
Point taken and understood from my side JR.
I've had decent wrenches and I've had great wrenches. I've never taken my bike to a bad wrench because I try to evaluate an establishment before I take my ride to it. Either by inquiring about them from folks that have used them, visiting the place to buy parts and scoping out how organized and customer friendly they are etc.

I doubt the folks that have made these blank remarks feel that all wrenches are the same. But it would be proper to word things so as not to offend the folks that take pride in the work they do. I can tell from the conversations on this board that I wish I was closer to some of the better wrenches to take advantage of their quality of work.

Jok
 
Actually most are very inquisitive about it and many admit to reading about it already. Some may scoff at it but I have not witnessed it so. You would be surprised how many HD people know about the mighty Busa. Word has gotten around fast, almost as fast as the Busa itself. The first night I appeared at the local drags, the people were leaning out of their seats or standing to see this thing run. Bike has generated alot of excitement in many corners of the biking world.
Jay R Hammock
 
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