Repairers In Auckland

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Hi guys,
can I get some advice on the Suzuki repairers in Auckland City, It seems to me that Colemans Suzuki seem to have a monopoly in central, has anyone had any good/bad experiences with these guys. Id love to hear some previous customers comments.

Also are there any other repairers people have had good service from?

At the moment I have to wait 2 weeks to get my bike looked, Is this normal?

Cheers

*edit
Instead of opennig a new thread I just hijacked my own dead one

[jrandom]

Colemans are good. You can trust their workshop guys. Plenty of others here will chime in to the same effect, I'm sure.

Two weeks wait for a booking is about normal, particularly in summer.

Mt Eden Motorcycles is the other place of repute for spanering in and around central Auckland.

[Antallica]

I can vouch for their speedy emails, and reliability with sending parts via courier. Been in once and was impressed considering it's size.

[Grumpy]

Bought my first bike from Colemans 26 years ago and used their service department on numerous occasions. Never had a problem. There are other Suzuki shops in Auckland but I can't really vouch for them.

These days 2 weeks seems standard. They seem to be pretty busy these days. Thats got to be a fair indication of their reputation.

[pyrocam]

Im glad Colemans come across as good.

I dropped my bike off on sat, wont get it back until this weekend (they cant see it till Fri) hoping that it doesnt come to too much (ive been quoted worst case scenario $700 or $800)

They seem pretty smart when I went in and asked about helmets. I never would have guessed that helmets should be replaced after 4-5 years. apparently due to sun damage?

[Grumpy]

helmets should be replaced after 4-5 years. apparently due to sun damage?

Don't tell my Mrs that. I told her I'll get years out of a $1600 Aria.

[pyrocam]

Don't tell my Mrs that. I told her I'll get years out of a $1600 Aria.

haha Rofl. I dont even know if thats true or a sales pitch. can anyone confirm that?


assuming my repairs come to under $400 Ill proberly be buying a new $200 helmet and a $100 mirrored visor (cos i luvvvv them sooo much)

[Grumpy]

haha Rofl. I dont even know if thats true or a sales pitch. can anyone confirm that?

From what I've been told, yeh it's about right. If used every day around 5yrs. If only used weekends and when not in use stored in it's nice little bag, a little longer.

Now you mention it though.... I heard that from a salesman as well.

[jrandom]

haha Rofl. I dont even know if thats true or a sales pitch. can anyone confirm that?

Yes, over time, the plastic shell will fatigue and the foam will lose its elasticity. Give it long enough and you might as well just be riding in a beanie, which is why you should replace your helmet at the manufacturer-recommended intervals, regardless of whether you've taken it down the road yet or not.

Obviously you should replace it immediately if you crash it. Ahem. Like we all do...

assuming my repairs come to under $400 Ill proberly be buying a new $200 helmet and a $100 mirrored visor (cos i luvvvv them sooo much)

Mirrored visors are ghey.

Also, they start looking pants pretty quick when the coating gets chipped off. Just buy a plain old tinted visor for daytime riding, they're cheaper and it'll do you much better.

Tinted visors give off a 'don't f*** with me' message, whereas iridium ones scream 'f*** me now, big boy!'

[Grumpy]

Tinted visors give off a 'don't f*** with me' message, whereas iridium ones scream 'f*** me now, big boy!'

Guess I'll be tossing that damn iridium visor away then..... :disapint:

[jrandom]

Guess I'll be tossing that damn iridium visor away then..... :disapint:

Well, you never know, you might need it one day.

[Two Smoker]

Colemans are pretty much the best Just ask how many thousands Two Smoker (or Chris) has spent on his RG150 and other bikes there....

Highly recommend them.... as well as Wellington Motorcycles....

[sAsLEX]

I am ghey.

Also, they start looking pants pretty quick when the coating gets chipped off. Just buy a plain old tinted visor for daytime riding, they're cheaper and it'll do you much better.

Tinted visors give off a 'don't f*** with me' message, whereas iridium ones scream 'f*** me now, big boy!' so that why I love them

My iridium was roughly the same price as a tinted and is in its second year of near daily abuse and only has one major mark from when I put the pro-grip in and dropped it!

[V Twin Raver]

Mirrored visors are ghey.

iridium ones scream 'f*** me now, big boy!'

I wondered why I was always getting f***ed by big boys. Thanks for sorting that for me.

[Madguitarist!]

assuming my repairs come to under $400 Ill proberly be buying a new $200 helmet and a $100 mirrored visor (cos i luvvvv them sooo much)

Just my 2 cents but I think it might be worth while to consider a slightly bigger helmet budget?? Body parts are pretty hard to replace, especially grey matter! Places like motomail offer interest free hiore-purchase. Just don't wanna see a fellow biker on the wrong end of an accident and the only thing that could have saved him/her is a better lid?!?