The dealer has broken my bike

Originally Posted by the white rabbit

Who was it then?

I have pm'd you with the answer

Originally Posted by hovis

blunder-road?



lol

No a bit further east but I won't name them.

Why not name them if what you are saying is the truth?

Originally Posted by thefallenangel

Suzuki trained technican doesn't mean competant.

Never my suggestion. My local isn't even a motorcycle mechanic and by the quality of his work regard him as competent. On the flip side, I have worked with a highly trained and qualified helicopter mechanic that I wouldn't trust to fix a lawnmower properly and who had the balls to brag about adventures which put him in a time and place where nine people died including a friend for what amounted to one lousy nut.

Cheers

Originally Posted by MattCo

Never my suggestion. My local isn't even a motorcycle mechanic and by the quality of his work regard him as competent. On the flip side, I have worked with a highly trained and qualified helicopter mechanic that I wouldn't trust to fix a lawnmower properly and who had the balls to brag about adventures which put him in a time and place where nine people died including a friend for what amounted to one lousy nut.

Cheers

My motorcycle mechanic isnt a motorcycle mechanic either; he's a car mechanic. But everythings the same right? Ok, he has been working on bikes ever since he got a triumph tiger cub about 30,000 years ago. Dad's, cant beat 'em.

You're right about "proffesionals" not nesaceraly (sp) being competant. I've got a good degree in chemistry (1st) but I'm cack at what I do, I wouldnt trust anything I make as far as I could throw it (not very far, as it happens, I throw like a girl)

The best thing to do is to learn how to do stuff yourself, and when doing something for the first time, ask someone who you know is competant to assist you (this is how me and my dad work on my bike). This way you can learn to do stuff correctly, or at least be able to go back on your work when something has gone wrong.

Originally Posted by alpinestarhero

My motorcycle mechanic isnt a motorcycle mechanic either; he's a car mechanic. But everythings the same right? Ok, he has been working on bikes ever since he got a triumph tiger cub about 30,000 years ago. Dad's, cant beat 'em.

You're right about "proffesionals" not nesaceraly (sp) being competant. I've got a good degree in chemistry (1st) but I'm cack at what I do, I wouldnt trust anything I make as far as I could throw it (not very far, as it happens, I throw like a girl)

The best thing to do is to learn how to do stuff yourself, and when doing something for the first time, ask someone who you know is competant to assist you (this is how me and my dad work on my bike). This way you can learn to do stuff correctly, or at least be able to go back on your work when something has gone wrong.

Just got in from Uni and the lecturer likes us because we have or are near the end of our apprenticeships because the full time students take twice as long to learn anything because they have no industrial experience.

And if it's a bit further east is it South Wales Superbikes? Bevans? (Not sure if they got a workshop)