26-07-14, 12:30 AM
There's a few folks on this forum, I would take their word as it stands and not check up on it. PaulSmith is definitely not one of those.
Andy, you argue? You've got the wrong fella :rollin I do miss some of the barneys that went on, on here (Iano, anyone :lol :lol ), some of these bairns don't have a clue how to argue :angel Get me, old foccer.
Back on topic, having a go at lew is utterly pointless, achieves nothing other than bad feeling. FWIW, I've got a pretty high level of contempt for dealers full stop. In the last 13 months, I've had atrocious service from my local BMW & Triumph dealers (safety critical and major engine work messed up that would have resulted in engine failure, respectively), and before that from a Yamaha dealer (again safety critical). I've got a bike in that Yamaha dealer right now (because I simply didn't have the time to do it myself) - I'm picking it up tomorrow, going to be interesting to see if there's anything screwed up this time.
Just because you're paying someone a small fortune, well that's no guarantee of quality. As others have said, know your bike, learn some basic bits and pieces, you'll save yourself a fortune (and maybe your life), and it'll be more interesting as well :thumbup
Andy, you argue? You've got the wrong fella :rollin I do miss some of the barneys that went on, on here (Iano, anyone :lol :lol ), some of these bairns don't have a clue how to argue :angel Get me, old foccer.
Back on topic, having a go at lew is utterly pointless, achieves nothing other than bad feeling. FWIW, I've got a pretty high level of contempt for dealers full stop. In the last 13 months, I've had atrocious service from my local BMW & Triumph dealers (safety critical and major engine work messed up that would have resulted in engine failure, respectively), and before that from a Yamaha dealer (again safety critical). I've got a bike in that Yamaha dealer right now (because I simply didn't have the time to do it myself) - I'm picking it up tomorrow, going to be interesting to see if there's anything screwed up this time.
Just because you're paying someone a small fortune, well that's no guarantee of quality. As others have said, know your bike, learn some basic bits and pieces, you'll save yourself a fortune (and maybe your life), and it'll be more interesting as well :thumbup