black marks for honda dealer

[simo j]

friend of mine took his ageing 650 in to honda shop to have afew minor repairs done, sorry mate we dont work on any bikes over 10 yrs old'''.what sort of bullshite is this, fortunately for them he had left his 12 guage over at the gunsmiths; its 30plus yrs old, no discrimination there though, however as he was being shown the door, one of the staff slipped him a card,seems he felt bad about things and wanted to help, he is sorting out the problem privately with my mate, good on yer mate, you are a bloody legend. by the way this all happened in auckland, must be hell and death on the nails darlings. think ill stay a country hick.

[WINJA]

friend of mine took his ageing 650 in to honda shop to have afew minor repairs done, sorry mate we dont work on any bikes over 10 yrs old'''.what sort of bullshite is this, fortunately for them he had left his 12 guage over at the gunsmiths; its 30plus yrs old, no discrimination there though, however as he was being shown the door, one of the staff slipped him a card,seems he felt bad about things and wanted to help, he is sorting out the problem privately with my mate, good on yer mate, you are a bloody legend. by the way this all happened in auckland, must be hell and death on the nails darlings. think ill stay a country hick.

ITS CUSTOMRY TO NAME AND SHAME , WHO ? WHERE?ETC

[N4CR]

Wonder if they would say the same thing to the myriads of early 90's cbr250 owners/newbies etc.... and bigger ones of course.

[justsomeguy]

Wonder if they would say the same thing to the myriads of early 90's cbr250 owners/newbies etc.... and bigger ones of course.

If he's talking about the Honda dealer closer to where you and I live I've recieved nothing but the best deals and service from them - THEY ROCK!!!

[Biff]

Don't name and shame, as one of the shops employees slipped them their own business card and is working on the bike as a side line. And you don't want him to get a bollocking.

Otherwise I'd say go for it. Not that I condone slagging off shops here (unless they've been absolute arseholes, and in this case I don't believe they have), but it's always good for an arguement.

[Velox]

If that's totally true, post the name of the shop - if they said it publicly they can't be too fussed about having it on here.

What crap service.

[cowpoos]

If that's totally true, post the name of the shop - if they said it publicly they can't be too fussed about having it on here.

What crap service.

typical fuckin honda if ya ask me....build a crap bike and then won't dare fix em coz they fall apart....pifft....and slow....bloody slow....sheeeesh!!!

[Velox]

typical fuckin honda if ya ask me....build a crap bike and then won't dare fix em coz they fall apart....pifft....and slow....bloody slow....sheeeesh!!!

At least a Honda's worth fixing. If it was a Suzuki they'd just take it out the back and shoot it.

[Kornholio]

friend of mine took his ageing 650 in to honda shop to have afew minor repairs done, sorry mate we dont work on any bikes over 10 yrs old'''.what sort of bullshite is this, fortunately for them he had left his 12 guage over at the gunsmiths; its 30plus yrs old, no discrimination there though, however as he was being shown the door, one of the staff slipped him a card,seems he felt bad about things and wanted to help, he is sorting out the problem privately with my mate, good on yer mate, you are a bloody legend. by the way this all happened in auckland, must be hell and death on the nails darlings. think ill stay a country hick.

I can see the shops point of view tho, I mean imagine the workload of fixing those pieces of shite from the last 10 yrs let alone 30 or 40 yrs... they would need a mighty workshop with hundreds of mechanics

[cowpoos]

At least a Honda's worth fixing. If it was a Suzuki they'd just take it out the back and shoot it.

you getting a suzuki in how many days lass?

[Velox]

you getting a suzuki in how many days lass?

It's ethically and morally wrong to compare cars and bikes. You know that.

[Bonez]

friend of mine took his ageing 650 in to honda shop to have afew minor repairs done, sorry mate we dont work on any bikes over 10 yrs old'''.what sort of bullshite is this, fortunately for them he had left his 12 guage over at the gunsmiths; its 30plus yrs old, no discrimination there though, however as he was being shown the door, one of the staff slipped him a card,seems he felt bad about things and wanted to help, he is sorting out the problem privately with my mate, good on yer mate, you are a bloody legend. by the way this all happened in auckland, must be hell and death on the nails darlings. think ill stay a country hick.

Ah inbuilt obsolesents, gotta love. Shop looses some dosh, a bloke gets it on the side and your mate gets the work done at a cheaper rate. A win win situation .

What type of bike was it? CB650?

[Bonez]

I can see the shops point of view tho, I mean imagine the workload of fixing those pieces of shite from the last 10 yrs let alone 30 or 40 yrs... they would need a mighty workshop with hundreds of mechanics

Could be an bit of an education though for some. :spudbn:

[Bonez]

unless they've been absolute arseholes, and in this case I don't believe they have

It's a motocycle shop, that that refused to service/repair a motorcycle. They are indeed being arseholes.

[James Deuce]

On the one hand, the mechanic who knows what he is doing will look at an older bike and want to fix any bodge jobs that have happened over the years (not suggesting this particular bike is bodged though). The owner then gets a bill the size of a small moon and does his nut, refusing to pay for stuff that he didn't authorise.

On the other hand, the owner has a genuine need, the will to get it serviced and any necessary repairs and is grateful to the shop for their professional service.

The first hand happens so often as to make it uneconomic to entertain, and often the human communication issues are something make the whole scenario bloody unpleasant as well.

The very BEST way to manage it was done for me by WMCC when I ressurected a CBR600 to get back into bikes. Every time, and I mean EVERY time they found something wrong they contacted me and explained what needed doing and how much it would cost to do, and what it might cost me on a personal level if I ignored it. Communication by both parties was respectful.

At the end of the day, said shop has every right to turn a job away, and said potential customer has every right to complain, and the shop gets it servicing policy spread for free. You just need to read some of Motu's posts to see how hard it can be to achieve a good end result for both parties in the automotive world to get a feel for how bad it can go in the motorcycling world too.