All Year Biker ACF50 Treatment

[melons]

My first (non 'Introduction' posts here, so please be gentle.


As I'm far too lazy and inept to do the job properly myself and had just purchased a new (to me) FZ1S that I wanted to protect from the winter elements I thought I'd try one of those professional application centres.  I attended yesterday and was so impressed that I posted some comments on the regular forum I use (http://www.therevcounter.co.uk/threads/106444-Acf-50/page4) and thought I'd share them with you lovely folk too. The post is pasted below....


"So impressed that I've pre-booked a session for next year. Booked with AllYearBiker at their East London franchise (based in Chigwell IG7 6DQ). I initially booked via their website which is utter pants as it lets you book any date without regard to other bookings the franchise already has, but after confirming on their website and a couple of phone calls they found a slot for me a few days later than my initial request, fortunately I have the week off so a Thursday 9.00am appointment was fine (Saturday bookings are predictably over subscribed).


Their East London franchise is operated by 'Winners Detailing' whose main business is err Detailing, and Colin, the bloke running it can only be described as passionate & professional. Whilst the standard AllYearBiker service appears good enough, it's not thorough enough for Colin who insists that every nook and cranny of the bike should be meticulously cleaned (almost a full valet) & every element of the bike 100% dried (using a bike dryer), prior to applying the ACF50 which he in effect applies twice, first via an atomiser (?) which is then wiped down with a microfibre cloth heavily saturated with ACF50, then he goes over the entire bike again, this time with a lightly coated (with ACF50) microfibre cloth before finally buffing the entire bike to showroom glory, this last element (post initial ACF50) application took an hour and a half! and they make no apologies for the amount of time they spend and won't give you the bike back until they're happy with it, they will however drop you off & pick up from a local tube station if you don't want to spend half a day there.

I'd recommend this guy without reservation, his thoroughness & patience were incredible, the AllYearBiker service typically takes (I believe) under two and a half hours, where as Colin's version, well I arrived at 9.00am and they started working on the bike as soon as it was cool enough, excepting a 10 minute sandwich break they worked constantly and handed the bike back to me not far short of 2.30pm"

[mr self destruct]

I get mine done by All Year Biker twice a year and can't recommend them highly enough!


Unless you have a Scottoiler.
My local guy freely admits he hates them and has broken the nozzles on loads of bikes including mine.
I make a point of taking it off before going to him now otherwise it costs an extra £27 for a new pair.

[Dead Eye]

I have it done as well and try to have it done twice yearly, but didn't do it back in September. However, mine is now back to a leisure item so I generally don't go out in the rain like I did last year when I was commuting on it

[Exupnut]

How much do they charge?

[Dead Eye]

£60 a session, but I believe you can book 2 sessions for a cheaper overall price (something like £100 instead of £120 I think)

[darrsi]

I have it done as well and try to have it done twice yearly, but didn't do it back in September. However, mine is now back to a leisure item so I generally don't go out in the rain like I did last year when I was commuting on it

Crikey, Fazersharp II