DeepBlueRider
Junior Member
Hey Carlos - or the moderators, we skeptics need another option on the poll for those with trust issues. :Flash:
Yup. If someone can add new option to the poll, please add "Trust issues " :thumbup:
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Hey Carlos - or the moderators, we skeptics need another option on the poll for those with trust issues. :Flash:
I just don't trust the previous owner.
1. oil change
2. air filter change
3. complete brake job
4. spark plugs check up
5. coolant flush
I think we need to clarify what a shop is.
The independent shops I work with are outstanding. 4 brand dealerships are terrible, and I don't consider them a shop, but a store.
The Aprilia dealer I work outstanding too.
So a blanket statement isn't accurate.
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I'm doing the same. Everything , every-f****ng-thing. I've learned that lesson somehow hard way. One month after getting a bike, my wife completed MSF and we've got bike for from used bike dealer (not exactly dealership - more like boutique with used bikes).
They claimed they did all the service. Initially everything seemed ok, but after another month or so (as ours experience level up) I started questioning braking force and hanging throttle issues.
While braking issues were easy fix - flush black goo out of system, hanging throttle was long one. It took me almost a year to get to the bottom of it. Someone who was working on bike assembled choke lever wrong way and it was never fully closing choke bypass Easy to say now, but it was misassembled perfectly. You wound't tell if anything is wrong Those two things were wakeup call for me.
Now when I'm getting new bike every possible replaceable part goes.
EDIT: Oh, BTW: I've found also lo-jack draining batter after 18 months of having a bike
I did refer to MOST shops.
I do have one local, independant shop I have frequented for over two decades and trust them completly.
The issues I've had we're with a Honda/Yamaha shop and 2 Kawasaki shops. I won't own anything other than Japenese (owned a HD twice), so I can't speak for the other foreign bikes. I have personally worked on my friends Ducuti's and BMW's on occassion.
I know the local BMW dealer, most of the folks by name. If I owned a BMW, I wouldn't hesitate going there..
But back to the question, I trust myself more, wrenching on my bike than I do anyone else..
First and foremost, I like to tinker. It's probably in my blood - both of my grandfathers could repair anything. My dad is a diesel engineer and when I was a kid, he would always bring me whenever he was working on our car. One time we literally had to take our car apart (after an accident), had the frame repaired by body works guys, and then re-assemble. Fun times, but we didn't have a choice - in Russia at that time buying a different car (even used) was out of the question. I did not follow in my parents' footsteps and ended up getting a degree in business (albeit with tech concentration), but need for tinkering is there still.
Second, somewhat related reason - to learn - I'm curious about how things work - anything from a 3-pin lock to UP 3985, and motorcycle to me is one of the pinnacles of mechanical thought - it's a darn engine on two wheels!
It also amazes me how little some people know about how things around them operate. I realize we live in a more specialized society, but I think we should not lose at least some understanding of what machines around us do. Anyways, that's my thought, I just hope to pass it on to my future kids.
Third reason - it's cheaper. This one somewhat arguable if you take into consideration write-offs on "learning experience" and some tools that I get, but who's looking at that, right?
time and past experience usually the right set of tools And confidence can speed it up by great statement At least in my opinioncall me weird but I don't consider anything to be "hard" when working on any bike or car anymore, there are just things that require different levels of time.
My sentiment exactly (JK ).Because I don't have any friends!!!!!!
*Tear ...
I don't like paying someone to do something I can do myself.