Repair shop decorum?

[Indiana_Jones]

Holeshot on barry's point were utter bollocks to me. I won't be gonig there again.

-Indy

[Pixie]

Last I heard you were talking of the fuel leak/high usage thing. Did you ever get to the bottom of what that was? Could it be you have one buggered needle valve that's enough to make one cylinder cut out. On the other thread you said it ran fine and no mention of it going onto 3 cylinders.

I worked on a RF 900 that would run on 3 cylinders.The cause was debris that had partially blocked the filter gauzes on carbs 1 and 4.The fuel is distributed via a manifold.Carbs 2 and 3 have T fittings on their fuel inlets and don't tend to collect debris.Carbs 1 and 4 are at the end of the fuel line and debris ends up there.
You need to take the float bowls off and remove the floats, needle valve and seats. the gauze filter should be visible.
I can't remember the exact location,but it wasn't difficult to find.

The debris looked like belly button lint

[Pixie]

On another tack,What the guy said did nothing other than damage his reputation.
If he kept his mouth shut instead of running off at the mouth he'd be fine.Work on the bike,if he finds evidence of excessive mileage over what is logged,then tell the owner.Otherwise his opinion is just bullshit the customer doesn't need to hear.

I laugh at comments of how mechanics don't want to deal with customers,but it seems they can't keep their mouths shut when they are dealing with them.The crap just flows and flows

[Dodgyiti]

I know a top knotch car mechanic who owns his own sought after shop- he gets grumpy with just about anyone (regulars and new blood) if he has too much work on.
Personality is a part of it.

Just standing in there and hearing a regular customer almost begging him to take a look and he says " F**k off, I'm busy"

Classic

[toycollector10]

While serviceing takes place

Watching $50/hour
Watching and talking $60/hour
Watching and asking questions $70/hour
Watching and giving advice $80/hour


An oldie but a goodie..

[DougieNZ]

I have also had a bad experience with "Richard".

I recommended him to a friend as he was quite handy to where we lived. Got his yamaha 750 "serviced" there preior to a brass Monkey Trip. On the way back the bike was getting harder and harder to change gear. Pulled in to a Yamaha dealer and he had a look at the oil and said "what clown put that in there"?

The oil was the completely wrong type for the bike. Oil changed, no more problem.

My mate still gives me a hard time.

Each to their own, but I will never be back...

[Bonez]

I worked on a RF 900 that would run on 3 cylinders.The cause was debris that had partially blocked the filter gauzes on carbs 1 and 4.The fuel is distributed via a manifold.Carbs 2 and 3 have T fittings on their fuel inlets and don't tend to collect debris.Carbs 1 and 4 are at the end of the fuel line and debris ends up there.
You need to take the float bowls off and remove the floats, needle valve and seats. the gauze filter should be visible.
I can't remember the exact location,but it wasn't difficult to find.

The debris looked like belly button lint

An inline filter just after tap/ outlet from the tank should help prevent that happening.

[Motu]

While serviceing takes place

Watching $50/hour
Watching and talking $60/hour
Watching and asking questions $70/hour
Watching and giving advice $80/hour


An oldie but a goodie..

I used to work for a guy who got a lot of enjoyment out of his customers.His favorite trick was when someone asked if they could wait while their car was repaired,he would say ''No problem,you can sit in the waiting area over there''.4 hours later they would ask when their car would be ready and he'd say we would be starting on it in a couple of hours.''But you said I could wait for it!'' ....'Yes,you can wait for your car,I said there was no problem with that,you can wait all day if you like''.Heh heh....

[Guitana]

I deal with Richard on a regular basis and have found him to be a genuinely good guy he goes the extra mile for his customers!