Changes at Bay City Motorcycles [Archive]

Bassmatt

22nd June 2011, 16:22

Popped in for the first time in 6 weeks or so and the place is full of new faces.
Was bluntly told Dave wasnt involved anymore and no sign of Mark the mech or the foreign parts chap.

I had a pretty good relationship with all three of those guys and always found them a pleasure to deal with.
Anybody got the goss on whats happened/happening?

Stirts

22nd June 2011, 17:06

jaffaonajappa

22nd June 2011, 17:45

:psst: They sell bikes now.

Ohhhhh. What did they sell beforehand?

Maha

22nd June 2011, 17:48

Have the Pink/Green uniforms turned up yet?...:drool:

Madness

22nd June 2011, 18:36

I liked Dave, a very trusting man.

DMNTD

23rd June 2011, 07:16

Yep some interesting changes in at Bay City Motorcycles!
PM sent...

nodrog

23rd June 2011, 07:41

Ohhhhh. What did they sell beforehand?

Hyosung's

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Grant`

23rd June 2011, 07:55

Hyosung's

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Hey my first bike was a Hyosung and it was great taught me how to ride slow and not to fall off. I believe DMNTD could trade up to one of these?

I have always had great service out of there in my dealings with them so would shop again :2thumbsup

nodrog

23rd June 2011, 08:09

Hey my first bike was a Hyosung and it was great taught me how to ride slow and not to fall off. I believe DMNTD could trade up to one of these?

I have always had great service out of there in my dealings with them so would shop again :2thumbsup

You are such a meaniehead, he's going to need big cuddles now :lol:

one-speed

23rd June 2011, 08:32

Yea there's a funny looking dude in there wearing green shoes :weird:

748south

23rd June 2011, 09:24

Stirts

23rd June 2011, 10:54

Yea there's a funny looking dude in there wearing green shoes :weird:

THEY ARE SHOES :gob:

I thought he had jammed his feet up the arses of two large green lizards!!

241307

Stirts

23rd June 2011, 10:58

I think it's called Karma?

No silly....it's name was Dave :shifty:

i thought he was a pretty alright guy .............for a pommie

BAY CITY MOTORCYCLES

23rd June 2011, 11:15

Well i've had a run in with the past operator before, good riddence if he's one of the ones gone, the way he treated customers i'm surprised the whole staff didnt end up at the end of the dol line.

I think it's called Karma?
Sorry to hear that you have had a bad experience at BCM in the past.
I can assure you that things are far more focused and friendly now :2thumbsup

THEY ARE SHOES :gob:

I thought he had jammed his feet up the arses of two large green lizards!!
LOL...Lizard green Ms Oooompa! :dodge:

Stirts

23rd June 2011, 12:20

LOL...Lizard green

I know, I know......I LOL'd too.

241316

BAY CITY MOTORCYCLES

23rd June 2011, 12:33

I know, I know......I LOL'd too.

I know not who that may be! :lol:

nodrog

23rd June 2011, 12:56

I know not who that may be! :lol:

its some skinny Mofo!

one-speed

23rd June 2011, 13:32

I know, I know......I LOL'd too.

241316

Yeah thats him :innocent:

Kermit250

24th June 2011, 14:22

Me always had pretty good service. Other mechanic still there, he's pretty good too, quiet dude though.

Will be interesting to see what happens.

Maha

24th June 2011, 14:27

I know, I know......I LOL'd too.

241316

He seems have shed an outer layer and lost his spots....:(

TomJ

24th June 2011, 16:55

[QUOTE=Kermit250;1130093664]Me always had pretty good service. Other mechanic still there, he's pretty good too, quiet dude though.

have always had good service from the store and will continue to recommend. Just had 25k service on the ZZR and she is running sweet as.

Highlander

24th June 2011, 17:31

have always had good service from the store and will continue to recommend. Just had 25k service on the ZZR and she is running sweet as.

Couple of times I have been in there I couldn't get them to acknowledge my existance. Not even when I had found what I was after and stood at the parts counter with my wallet out. Ended up just walking out leaving the stuff piled on the counter - don't think they would have noticed if I had walked out with it. :(

I hope for their sake that things have changed dramatically.

boman

24th June 2011, 17:54

Couple of times I have been in there I couldn't get them to acknowledge my existance. Not even when I had found what I was after and stood at the parts counter with my wallet out. Ended up just walking out leaving the stuff piled on the counter - don't think they would have noticed if I had walked out with it. :(

I hope for their sake that things have changed dramatically.

That could go for alot of motorbike stores up in Auckland too.

redhat

24th June 2011, 18:01

Just bought a bike from BCM, they were more than helpful with everything. Always have been everytime I go in. :2thumbsup

Highlander

24th June 2011, 18:06

That could go for alot of motorbike stores up in Auckland too.

I guess you can't please all of your customers all of the time, but working on that theory I did give them several chances.

If I was looking for something I'd go back there but they wouldn't be in the first couple of shops I visited.

boman

24th June 2011, 18:22

I guess you can't please all of your customers all of the time, but working on that theory I did give them several chances.

If I was looking for something I'd go back there but they wouldn't be in the first couple of shops I visited.

That is true. But some shops make no effort at all. They forget that it is a battle out there for the consumers dollar. My local bike store Mr Motorcycles, in Pukekohe, have been fantastic. Always looking after the customer. No matter how busy they are. Some shops need to learn alot.

Geeen

24th June 2011, 20:06

Must pop in tomorrow, has been a good 3 or 4 years since I had a look in there. Wasn't to impressed back then, hope its changed for the better.

Old Steve

24th June 2011, 20:24

I can't say enough good things about BCM. I didn't buy my bike from them but got it checked out and they were great then and have been great since. They let me ride the demo Hyosung ST-7 only a week or two after I got my full license, and arranged for Kawasaki to bring down the W800 so I could take it out overnight.

I get GLORIA's 10,000 km services done there, but Brendan in the workshop has been all too happy to adjust my chain tension when I dropped in. And they dont seem to mind me popping in and drooling over all the bigger bikes, which isn't bad considering the time they must spend cleaning the bikes after I've left :drool:

They've really helped me over my first 15 months of bike riding, I feel comfortable at BCM, can't say more than that.

DMNTD

25th June 2011, 07:19

I hope for their sake that things have changed dramatically.

Heh....if you call employing me as 'dramatic', then yes things have changed!

Grubber

25th June 2011, 07:25

That is true. But some shops make no effort at all. They forget that it is a battle out there for the consumers dollar. My local bike store Mr Motorcycles, in Pukekohe, have been fantastic. Always looking after the customer. No matter how busy they are. Some shops need to learn alot.

Ditto to that. Have had a couple of dealings with them and they are pretty good with the service side of things. Real helpful guys in there.:2thumbsup