Amps still shit after 8 years.

[The Pastor]

So i went to amps 8 years ago to see about getting my bike dyno tuned.

They told me flat out that they would not touch my bike as its over 10 years old.

I thought I go in again and see if they had changed their business model, nope still wont work on 10yr old bikes.

Guess they are making all the dough. COS THEY SURE ARNT GETTING MINE.

[sil3nt]

Buy a newer bike.

[GrayWolf]

I wonder if the policy is driven by a 'risk factor' of mechanical failure due to age/milage etc for bikes over 10yrs old??

[nodrog:Me]

I think Dpex owns it now, and he wont touch anything thats over 10 years old.

[misterO]

I'm going to be getting my '01 FLSTF outta storage soon and planned to have AMPS do the oil change/service. When I read this post I rang them to see if they would do the maintenance on my 11 year old Fatty: they said "no problem". Phew.

[CHOPPA]

I think thats just a nice way of saying they dont want to work on your bike...

[5150]

I think maybe the issue is not with servicing but with Dynoing. I could see how they would not want to risk an "older" bike for fear it would blow up. But then again, I have seen many new bikes shit them selves as well. So go figure

[baffa]

That doesnt make sense to me. If I ran the dyno I wouldnt indemnify peoples bikes whilst they were on there, and I would make them sign some paper to make sure they understood. Chuck a 1950s Velocette on there, doesnt matter to me.

[Crasherfromwayback]

That doesnt make sense to me. If I ran the dyno I wouldnt indemnify peoples bikes whilst they were on there, and I would make them sign some paper to make sure they understood. Chuck a 1950s Velocette on there, doesnt matter to me.

Absolutely. We'll dyno anything you wanna pay us to dyno.

[5150]

Absolutely. We'll dyno anything you wanna pay us to dyno.

Even my nana's mobility scooter?

[Zedder]

So i went to amps 8 years ago to see about getting my bike dyno tuned.

They told me flat out that they would not touch my bike as its over 10 years old.

I thought I go in again and see if they had changed their business model, nope still wont work on 10yr old bikes.

Guess they are making all the dough. COS THEY SURE ARNT GETTING MINE.

So there was no other reason, just the fact the bike was over 10 years old?

[Crasherfromwayback]

Even my nana's mobility scooter?

More than likely.

[pritch]

Absolutely. We'll dyno anything you wanna pay us to dyno.

That's very ummmm confident of you. It isn't hard to imagine an old shitter being run up to max revs and exploding into shrapnel. ("Losing its structural integrity" as the engineers put it in their understated way...)

Maybe AMPS have been once bitten and are consequently twice shy?

They did two runs for me a few years ago and were good to deal with.

[Zedder]

That's very ummmm confident of you. It isn't hard to imagine an old shitter being run up to max revs and exploding into shrapnel. ("Losing its structural integrity" as the engineers put it in their understated way...)

Maybe AMPS have been once bitten and are consequently twice shy?

They did two runs for me a few years ago and were good to deal with.

A simple contract taking away liability from the shop would be an answer to that as mentioned earlier which is why I'd like to hear more from the OP.

[YellowDog]

Can't really see the big deal here. What RM is asking for isn't in their business focus, therefore their decision represents good business sense. Attempting to be everything to everyone equates to bad business sense.

Lots of others out there will provide the service required and will fit in nicely with their own business models.

Try TripleZee