tinmann840
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I'm in the stealership this morning for some small odds and ends. Stuff like the fairing bolts, washers and nuts for the windscreen, a 15 amp fuse for the headlight and 2 turn signal bulbs. I already know they are going to beat me over the head price wise but I don't want to wait on stuff like that thru the mail and figure I can bite the bullet on this one. I've called ahead to make sure they had what I needed as not to make a blank trip. I called with the part numbers and they confirmed they had the parts in question.
I get there and there is guy in line ahead of me already and I catch part of the conversation. He's saying, "It installs on your bike and gives you the actual Miles per hour." The counter person goes in the back comes out and says we've never heard of anything like that. I don't know how long this has been going on and I see a 60% off all Shoei helmets sign and get distracted. After a while this guy gets pissed and says "Anyone that knows anything about bikes should know what I'm talking about. Please get someone out here that knows something cause obviously you don't have a clue about bikes." They have my attention again. So the parts manager finally comes out and tells the guy that there is no such thing on the market like that. I step in now. Sure there is, It's called a speed healer and it's been on the market for years. I personally have one on my bike. The parts manager tells me he's never heard of it and goes back to masturbating or whatever the heck he was doing. The guy leaves and now I'm standing there for 10 minutes and everyone has left the counter. I guess they had a real circle jerk going on in the back.
So finally this lady comes out and asks what I needed. I tell her I called about these parts and handed her a printed list. She leaves and is gone like forever. Finally comes back and say we don't have these in stock. Didn't I call up there not 15 minutes before to make sure. No need to get my blood pressure out of wack so I leave without saying another word. Drive 20 miles across town on a hunch to Barney's Motorcycle and Marine not expecting a lot but lucked up and they had everything I needed plus it was cheaper than if I'd had ordered it online.
It just goes to show that just because they work in a bike shop doesn't mean they know a lot about bikes.
I get there and there is guy in line ahead of me already and I catch part of the conversation. He's saying, "It installs on your bike and gives you the actual Miles per hour." The counter person goes in the back comes out and says we've never heard of anything like that. I don't know how long this has been going on and I see a 60% off all Shoei helmets sign and get distracted. After a while this guy gets pissed and says "Anyone that knows anything about bikes should know what I'm talking about. Please get someone out here that knows something cause obviously you don't have a clue about bikes." They have my attention again. So the parts manager finally comes out and tells the guy that there is no such thing on the market like that. I step in now. Sure there is, It's called a speed healer and it's been on the market for years. I personally have one on my bike. The parts manager tells me he's never heard of it and goes back to masturbating or whatever the heck he was doing. The guy leaves and now I'm standing there for 10 minutes and everyone has left the counter. I guess they had a real circle jerk going on in the back.
So finally this lady comes out and asks what I needed. I tell her I called about these parts and handed her a printed list. She leaves and is gone like forever. Finally comes back and say we don't have these in stock. Didn't I call up there not 15 minutes before to make sure. No need to get my blood pressure out of wack so I leave without saying another word. Drive 20 miles across town on a hunch to Barney's Motorcycle and Marine not expecting a lot but lucked up and they had everything I needed plus it was cheaper than if I'd had ordered it online.
It just goes to show that just because they work in a bike shop doesn't mean they know a lot about bikes.
