Awesome tyre deal & service

[Finn]

I went to a local tire shop on Sunday to get some new rubber and after 2 hours, they finally got to the rear wheel and couldn't get the nut off (single swing arm). Great.

I call the Doctor (Ian) at Motorcycle Surgery (behind Motomail - College Hill) and book the bike in. Their torque wrench max's out at 300Nm and they bent it. They jump in the van and go pick up the ass kicker of wrenches and manage to get it off. Job done.

It took them 2 hours in total and they didn't charge me any labour! That's what free fitting means. Ian also gave me a great discount on Pirelli Corsa's.

GO SEE MOTOCYCLE SURGERY FOR TIRES, SERVICE AND REPAIRS!!! YOU WON'T BE DISSAPOINTED.

[Mr. Peanut]

THEY CAN REMOVE WHEELS!? :gob:

[Finn]

THEY CAN REMOVE WHEELS!? :gob:

Yes, and they don't scratch them in the process either.

[Mr. Peanut]

You seem to get a lot of good service Finn. That aside, where you been?

[Motu]

It took them 2 hours in total and they didn't charge me any labour!

Being the smart business man you are....did you give them a bit of advice on this one? Afterall,they may not be there when you return for your next tyre.Or have they overpriced their tyres in stock to cover fuckups like this?

And isn't this the nut you got a torque wrench for....were you wearing glasses at the time?

[The Pastor]

Free fitting :O having always changed my car tires myself and on the odd time when I got a shop to do it i always got free fitting... I was surprised when cycle treads charged me $300 for a $240 tire... I wasnt too worried beucase it is a big job (other wise i'd do it myself) and it does take a little bit of time, and I wasnt the one paying for it... but if you get free fitting........

[marty]

isn't that nearly 400ft lbs? that's outrageously tight. even a 737 engine isn't held on that tight.

are you sure it wasn't a LEFT HAND THREAD? if the nut is on the RH side, then it probably is. many car wheel bearings are LH threaded on the rh side....

[Finn]

Being the smart business man you are....did you give them a bit of advice on this one? Afterall,they may not be there when you return for your next tyre.Or have they overpriced their tyres in stock to cover fuckups like this?

And isn't this the nut you got a torque wrench for....were you wearing glasses at the time?

I wouldn't call myself a smart businessman, just honest, oozing with integrity. Believe it or not, it eventually pays dividends. The fuck up was not their doing and they tried their very best to get it off and when they couldn't, went out and bought the mother of all wrenches.

I required a torque wrench (thanks Edbear) for all the other nuts that rattle lose on an italian masterpiece.

Their price for the rubber was cheaper than anyone had quoted me, not that I make a habit of tire kicking - excuse the pun. I appreciate service over and above price and I get that at Motorcycle Surgery. Then I tell everybody I know and so on and so on and so on... Business is actually a very simple recipe yet so many try really hard to fail at it.

[Finn]

isn't that nearly 400ft lbs? that's outrageously tight. even a 737 engine isn't held on that tight.

are you sure it wasn't a LEFT HAND THREAD? if the nut is on the RH side, then it probably is. many car wheel bearings are LH threaded on the rh side....

It is a left handed thread but unfortunately the guy at the "other" shop was right handed.

[Motu]

... Business is actually a very simple recipe yet so many try really hard to fail at it.

Like don't work for nothing...pretty basic really.You add in the ''free'' fitting to the price of the tyre,and also put in a margin for things going wrong.These days people really do expect something for nothing...someone has to pay for it eventualy,or the business goes broke.Who's paying for the 2 hours lost labour? They have to make money somewhere along the line to pay for it.

[Finn]

Like don't work for nothing...pretty basic really.You add in the ''free'' fitting to the price of the tyre,and also put in a margin for things going wrong.These days people really do expect something for nothing...someone has to pay for it eventualy,or the business goes broke.Who's paying for the 2 hours lost labour? They have to make money somewhere along the line to pay for it.

Oh brother.

[Mr. Peanut]

Feel the love.

[Motu]

Oh brother.

Take slow breaths and count to 10 - that's 7 on one hand and the 3 on your other.Don is looking for a job...could you give him some data entry work,he'll work a 12 hr day and you can pay him for 8.

[Finn]

Take slow breaths and count to 10 - that's 7 on one hand and the 3 on your other.Don is looking for a job...could you give him some data entry work,he'll work a 12 hr day and you can pay him for 8.

I think Don is a little over qualified but I'd gladly invite him to join the board. Helen will be looking for a job soon but since she's never worked an honest day in her life, is dishonest, lacks integrity and ethics and would frighten the staff, I don't think she'll be considered.

[Motu]

Helen won't be disadvantaged,she has lined all her and Peter's pockets,and filled their seperate mattreses too.Poor old Don was in and out so fast he didn't get his hand in the draw.

[Finn]

That aside, where you been?

Trying to get tires for my bike.

[Lucy]

Don used to run the reserve bank, his signature is on my money. Do you really think he didn't have time to get his hands in the draw???

[Motu]

Small change - he didn't get to write his own celery.

[Lucy]

Well, all I know is that the banker in Monopoly always used to win.

[toymachine]

I wasn't overly impressed with my experience at motorcycle surgery...

but hey, awesome luck getting no charge.

[marty]

Small change - he didn't get to write his own celery.

did he have salt with that?

[simonnn]

I have always found the guys at Cycletreads offer good service and prices and they are opne on Sundays.