Haldanes

[Woodman]

Fair enough I think slaging off bike shops is usually one sided.

But if someone tried to charge me $50 to change a freaking tyre I'd go postal. I mean Fuck off that's like $150 an hour, more like $200 p/hr. I've seen a lot of tyres changed. Not even Plumbers charge that. They don't pay the chaps doing that anywhere near that amount so fuk that.

Why spit the dummy??? Can you just not ask them in a nice friendly reasonable manner? Is going postal something you do on a regular basis when you have an objection? Do you really think getting their back up will help the situation?
I have regular customers that I look after very well, and the main reason is because they are reasonable people who are great to deal with. I also have grumpy pricks that moan and groan and treat my staff like shit no matter how you treat them. The opposition can have them.

[Maha]

Fair enough I think slaging off bike shops is usually one sided.

But if someone tried to charge me $50 to change a freaking tyre I'd go postal. I mean Fuck off that's like $150 an hour, more like $200 p/hr. I've seen a lot of tyres changed. Not even Plumbers charge that. They don't pay the chaps doing that anywhere near that amount so fuk that.

I have a minimum charge of $130 p/hr...it is a set rate that could take anywhere between 20-60 minutes. If I happen to feel generous on the day I may reduce the charge (giving the circumstances) to say...$60-70?

Some people operate under the old mates rates system and thats fine.
I have driven to south auckland before today and did a job for banana cake....

[Pixie]

Did it occur to you that the 'lady' didn't know you from a bar of soap?

In my experience...a lot of 'racers' expect everything for nothing, and think they are something they're not.

Well that "bar of soap" is no longer a customer.
Who's the loser?

[Pixie]

Sorry dude, the chip on my shoulder ain't nothing to do with bikes. I accept I'm an old female who started riding in her 30's and will never be fast. I ride because I absolutely love it, and when I'm not having fun, I stop riding and just spectate. The chip on my shoulder goes way back before I even knew what a bike was.

What I do seriously get fucked off about is motorcyclists, of any description, slagging off other motorcyclists because they do not ride the same sort of motorcycles as them. Oh, excluding cruisers, but that's because I don't understand them yet.

Have a look in the racing forum and see how often buckets, sidecars and motards get slagged off. They've commented that none of those three classes should be allowed at race tracks they're at, because sidecars spill oil, buckets crash and motards are just boring to watch. I've been to race events off and on since the 80's (teens), and I've enjoyed watching the sidecars. I've enjoyed watching motards. I used to hate seeing Robert Holden, Roger Freeth and other crowd favourites crashing, but they did. I hated waiting for another ambulance to take the patient to the hospital so the race meet could continue.

My bucket "racing" is a f'ing joke, and I don't consider my riding racing, I consider me a mobile chicane, but so long as I'm having fun, I'll continue to do so. I enjoy watching close racing, and will cheer on whomever I like.

If that constitutes a chip on my shoulder, get a f'ing life. I will pull out of a race because a) I'm hungry b) I'm trying to watch the racing in front c) I need a pee d) I'm bored and not paying enough attention to what I'm doing, so therefore a danger to myself and anyone coming up behind me

Yeah, I enjoy watching super bikes, I enjoy moto gp, but the racing in superbikes is better than gp, I just am a Rossi fan (oh, these days more an anti Stoner and Lorenzo person, but there's life in Rossi so don't rule him out just yet, he still has more character than anyone else in the GP paddock, wherever he finishes).

I seriously am sick of the nz "premier class" riders putting down other classes just because they're out there having fun. Never mind they help to pay for the "premier" class track time. And yeah, I'm passionate about it. No one person is better than the next person, they may have had more luck, been born into a better financial family, blah blah blah, but we've all had choices to make over time, and background can sometimes help with that.

Anyway, the chip on my shoulder is fine thank you. I'm not a race head, will never be one, but enjoy riding whatever bike I'm chosing to ride for the moment. I do road, bucket, these days very limited trials and trail riding and used to love riding my adventure bike. I commute to work on my bike, tour the countryside, spectate where I don't have enough balls to participate (but totally admit to that).

Sorry I don't bow down to racers who think they're god (read previous posts, Rossi is god, get over yourselves, Agostini was god before him, and we don't know who's next but if it's Stoner, he's an Aussie and I'm now atheist).
An old hag, with no real competitive edge, having a lot of fun on the bucket and road bikes.

Excellent post

you tell'em maw

[Crasherfromwayback]

Well that "bar of soap" is no longer a customer.
Who's the loser?

I think they'll survive.

[koba]

Is going postal something you do on a regular basis when you have an objection?

Totally unrelated to the completely boring and irrelevant topic of this thread; When you say "postal" do you mean it as a witty play on the fact that the rant or whatever is delivered by means of a 'post' on an internet forum?

Or do you refer directly to the common US parlance of 'Going Postal' which stems from workplace shootings in the US Postal Service?

[koba]

Fair enough I think slaging off bike shops is usually one sided.

But if someone tried to charge me $50 to change a freaking tyre I'd go postal. I mean Fuck off that's like $150 an hour, more like $200 p/hr. I've seen a lot of tyres changed. Not even Plumbers charge that. They don't pay the chaps doing that anywhere near that amount so fuk that.

Ah, I now see it was Dave who first used "postal".
Question above now directed at you.

I thought it kind of humorous and far more entertaining than the intended direction of this thread.

EDIT: No It wasn't Dave, it WAS the Woodman.

[gatch]

Just to take this thread further from the OG topic, I'm having pizza and beers for lunch.

Sort of on topic, I took my vfr to AFC motorsickles to get them to change the tires (which I supplied). From memory it cost $90 odd buck. Wheels off, tires off, cleaned, new valve stems, shafts l00bed, tires on, wheels on. Not too bad I thought.

[Ender EnZed]

Today I learned:

Its Flynn...as in Errol Flynn the actor, he had a massive cock, hence they saying.
''In like Flynn''.

[RobGassit]

Sorry dude, the chip on my shoulder ain't nothing to do with bikes. I accept I'm an old female who started riding in her 30's and will never be fast. I ride because I absolutely love it, and when I'm not having fun, I stop riding and just spectate. The chip on my shoulder goes way back before I even knew what a bike was.

What I do seriously get fucked off about is motorcyclists, of any description, slagging off other motorcyclists because they do not ride the same sort of motorcycles as them. Oh, excluding cruisers, but that's because I don't understand them yet.

Have a look in the racing forum and see how often buckets, sidecars and motards get slagged off. They've commented that none of those three classes should be allowed at race tracks they're at, because sidecars spill oil, buckets crash and motards are just boring to watch. I've been to race events off and on since the 80's (teens), and I've enjoyed watching the sidecars. I've enjoyed watching motards. I used to hate seeing Robert Holden, Roger Freeth and other crowd favourites crashing, but they did. I hated waiting for another ambulance to take the patient to the hospital so the race meet could continue.

My bucket "racing" is a f'ing joke, and I don't consider my riding racing, I consider me a mobile chicane, but so long as I'm having fun, I'll continue to do so. I enjoy watching close racing, and will cheer on whomever I like.

If that constitutes a chip on my shoulder, get a f'ing life. I will pull out of a race because a) I'm hungry b) I'm trying to watch the racing in front c) I need a pee d) I'm bored and not paying enough attention to what I'm doing, so therefore a danger to myself and anyone coming up behind me

Yeah, I enjoy watching super bikes, I enjoy moto gp, but the racing in superbikes is better than gp, I just am a Rossi fan (oh, these days more an anti Stoner and Lorenzo person, but there's life in Rossi so don't rule him out just yet, he still has more character than anyone else in the GP paddock, wherever he finishes).

I seriously am sick of the nz "premier class" riders putting down other classes just because they're out there having fun. Never mind they help to pay for the "premier" class track time. And yeah, I'm passionate about it. No one person is better than the next person, they may have had more luck, been born into a better financial family, blah blah blah, but we've all had choices to make over time, and background can sometimes help with that.

Anyway, the chip on my shoulder is fine thank you. I'm not a race head, will never be one, but enjoy riding whatever bike I'm chosing to ride for the moment. I do road, bucket, these days very limited trials and trail riding and used to love riding my adventure bike. I commute to work on my bike, tour the countryside, spectate where I don't have enough balls to participate (but totally admit to that).

Sorry I don't bow down to racers who think they're god (read previous posts, Rossi is god, get over yourselves, Agostini was god before him, and we don't know who's next but if it's Stoner, he's an Aussie and I'm now atheist).
An old hag, with no real competitive edge, having a lot of fun on the bucket and road bikes.

Damn what a great post! Love your attitude and gritty self awareness. Now back to the kitchen with you, 2 sugars please..Just kiddin. Keep rockin it girl..

[kel]

Wow 6 pages of posts in less than 2 days, and some of the slaging, classic!

Truth is now that Ive backed things up I have to admit I WAS OUT OF LINE. Making the assumption that a service provider will charge the same amount each time is foolish. In the future Ill carry out the simple task of asking (each time) how much something will be in advance (and Ill save my grumblings for the wife).

hmm other forums have a red card emotive icon, cant find one here.

[Woodman]

Totally unrelated to the completely boring and irrelevant topic of this thread; When you say "postal" do you mean it as a witty play on the fact that the rant or whatever is delivered by means of a 'post' on an internet forum?

Or do you refer directly to the common US parlance of 'Going Postal' which stems from workplace shootings in the US Postal Service?

No I never meant going postal to mean posting on here, but I like it. Cool play on words

You are right this thread is no more fun.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Truth is now that Ive backed things up I have to admit I WAS OUT OF LINE. Making the assumption that a service provider will charge the same amount each time is foolish. In the future Ill carry out the simple task of asking (each time) how much something will be in advance (and Ill save my grumblings for the wife).

hmm other forums have a red card emotive icon, cant find one here.

Respect right there! I reckon you should get hold of the manager, tell them what went down and why you're unhappy...see what they have to say about it all. You never know...you could have that nice relationship back.

[RobGassit]

Wow 6 pages of posts in less than 2 days, and some of the slaging, classic!

Truth is now that Ive backed things up I have to admit I WAS OUT OF LINE. Making the assumption that a service provider will charge the same amount each time is foolish. In the future Ill carry out the simple task of asking (each time) how much something will be in advance (and Ill save my grumblings for the wife).

hmm other forums have a red card emotive icon, cant find one here.

Big respect buddy. Nicely played. Carry on people. Nothing to see here. Move along people. At last, all we non-bouquet peoples can phaark off out of these fellas thread eh!

[grantnz]

Dutchee; quote........I seriously am sick of the nz "premier class" riders putting down other classes just because they're out there having fun. Never mind they help to pay for the "premier" class track time.




Trouble is, they have not yet reached that point in their lives where they know that the 'Premier Class' is Buckets. That comes with age, and with age comes comes wisdom....