Are you a perfectionist?

[rustyrider]

But the irony is that we do take short cuts, but because we did them, and know about them, it is ok.  If someone we paid to do the job did then we are not happy!  Actually that might be a bit unfair - If someone was honest and said "I serviced your bike but didn't put a pressure gauge on the tyres as they looked about right" then would that be ok?

No that wouldn't for me but what would be OK is leaving a bolt out because it's such a bitch to get at and there's plenty of others holding whatever it is on.  Then when it starts to leak oil, we know why that bolt should have been there.  If somebody else has done it and not told you, then you want to know why it's starting to leak oil.......

Somebody once told me the best person to buy a car from was a mechanic.  It'll have hundreds of faults but he'll be able to tell you exactly what every one of them is.