Who does good servicing in Auckland?

[strandedinnz]

Hiya,

Any recommendations for reputable servicing in the Auckland area ?

When I first got my bike I got a full service done by a shop in Auckland (valve clearances checked etc), for peace of mind and a good starting point for it's service history while I have the bike.
I since did an oil/filter change and found a few things that were done wrong (really basic stuff .. missing o-ring, incorrect parts used), so now I don't have that warm fuzzy peace of mind feeling any more and want someone to redo what was done.

(it also narked me off when I emailed the shop who did the work and get shoveled a big steaming lump of horse crap as answers that I even I as a bike DIY novice could recognise was crap)

Any good pointers ?

Thanks.

[iYRe]

George at Motorcycle Doctors. Wont use anyone else, and he comes to yours.

[eSOL]

Hiya,

Any recommendations for reputable servicing in the Auckland area ?

When I first got my bike I got a full service done by a shop in Auckland (valve clearances checked etc), for peace of mind and a good starting point for it's service history while I have the bike.
I since did an oil/filter change and found a few things that were done wrong (really basic stuff .. missing o-ring, incorrect parts used), so now I don't have that warm fuzzy peace of mind feeling any more and want someone to redo what was done.

(it also narked me off when I emailed the shop who did the work and get shoveled a big steaming lump of horse crap as answers that I even I as a bike DIY novice could recognise was crap)

Any good pointers ?

Thanks.



What shop did the intial checks?

[jellywrestler]

What shop did the intial checks?

here's a guy whose even pays someone to do an oil change then has the nouse to say it's all wrong?
something doesn't add up here

[strandedinnz]

here's a guy whose even pays someone to do an oil change then has the nouse to say it's all wrong?
something doesn't add up here

Ummm ... a full service is usually a bit more than an oil change, I got them to do valve clearances and what not, which is out of my league of DIY maintenance. I can however do an oil change and then notice that there is no o-ring behind the filter, and that the crush washer used with the drain plug was in fact a plain old washer .. .so finding 2 things wrong with just changing the oil makes me wander what sort of half-arsed job they did with the valve clearances and other stuff they claim to have done. And then leads to me asking for reputable people to do the service stuff I can't do.

[strandedinnz]

What shop did the intial checks?

Probably not wise for me to name and shame, but they are in Auckland and not a little back street shop.

[fyrgem]

George at Motorcycle Doctors. Wont use anyone else, and he comes to yours.

+1 George does an excellent job and doesn't cost an arm and a leg! :2thumbsup

[swbarnett]

George at Motorcycle Doctors. Wont use anyone else, and he comes to yours.
Ditto. And he does tyres too; at very good prices.

[iYRe]

Probably not wise for me to name and shame, but they are in Auckland and not a little back street shop.

more of a reason to name and shame..