Mt Eden Motorcycles - Not going there again

[tcpdump]

So, would you please recommend an honest shop?
Thanks.

[sidecar bob]

If you also do warrant of fittness, I'll gladly visit Tauranga for the day
Oh, and if I have a 97 japanese car it's a bit cheaper I assume?

Yep, do W.O.F too. Not nesacarily cheaper to do jappas, its a case of having product knowledge & stock for the brand in question & lining them up & ripping through them.
The best garage for your vehicle, bike or car, is an enthusiastic independent specialist.

[Insanity_rules]

I may well be wrong...but I think your Rebel will have an oil filter.

Be somewhat worried if it didn't lol

They don't apparently, they have an oil screen that you slip out and clean. Bizarre huh?

[yachtie10]

Yes. And why should I have to? If they treat me like shit and rip me off, I'll go elsewhere. If they treat me well, I will come back and recommend their place to others who got screwed by other shops.

this is the way it should work

when i bought my new bike I didnt calculate the cost of shop serviceing to keep the warranty
I have had to argue about every bill sepecially the oil charges

for some reason the oil my bike needs 3.2l costs more than a 4 litre take home pack from the same place
once the warranty runs out i will do myself

[Crasherfromwayback]

They don't apparently, they have an oil screen that you slip out and clean. Bizarre huh?

So I see. Bad idea!

[Insanity_rules]

So I see. Bad idea!

I've had a CMX 250, I gather thats a rebel? Honda cruiser style thing and low and behold........ No bloody oil filter. Can't say as I had it long enough to tell if it was a bad idea but it must work somehow. But 90 Minutes to change the oil jesus, takes me 45 to do a change on the Duc and that includes taking off the fairing and waiting for the oil to drain.

[Crasherfromwayback]

I've had a CMX 250, I gather thats a rebel? Honda cruiser style thing and low and behold........ No bloody oil filter. Can't say as I had it long enough to tell if it was a bad idea but it must work somehow.

Well having now been told they don't have one...I'd be wary of a higher k's one! A lot of shit from clutch plates and gears etc ends up in your oil...and no filter ain't so great! Depends on how fine the screen is...but a filter is still better.

[The Stranger:Me]

1 and a half hours to change the oil

Hey, don't knock it, took both p.dath and cr1m1nal several days to do this.

[p.dath]

Hey, don't knock it, took both p.dath and cr1m1nal several days to do this.

My first oil change took me about 4 to 6 hours to complete. No shit. I had the written instructions in the owners manual, and just followed those. Bit of a learning experience.

I spent about 2 hours figuring out how to take the fairings off (and another 2 to put them back on). I was very carefull to note where all the screws, bolts and rivets went (helps when putting everything back together!). Part way through I discovered I needed a crush washer, and had to try and get one of those.


I'm down to taking about an hour now. Have figured out how to do it by only removing one fairing which makes it much faster. I have a small bag of crush washers, lots of spare rivets (find they are sometimes easier just to throw away).

[Mudfart]

I had my car nicked and recovered. It was parked up in my driveway, I called an autoelectrician to reconnect the horn and indicators wouldnt atuo off, when i put the old steering wheel back on. Yes my steering wheel was hacked off.
He quoted 230$ and claim several hours labour. I refused, and did it myself.
The first nut took 12 seconds to remove, second nut 10 seconds, reattach the horn wire, put it back together, job done in less than 1 minute.......
Always try and do the work yourself i reckon, unless its a service for warranty purposes.
If it has to go to the shop, talk about the engine or parts in detail, the grease monkeys cant be fucked listening, but get the idea you know your cars/ bikes, and wont charge you like when they see old maids pulling in.

[Ragingrob]

$20 will buy ya a tool set that will allow you to change your oil

[EJK]

Kiwis invented this really useful tool called "DIY" because they couldn't afford the labour.

Which is a good thing!

[avgas]

Hold up..........why didn't you do your own oil change?
Something tells me you a pedantic fucker who just gets pissed off for all kinds of reasons.
If you don't do it yourself, you are paying someone else for what ever they say to do the job. Doesn't matter if they say "Filter" or "kicked it 42 times and then poured beer in the exhaust" if you don't like it do it yourself.
I mean its only changing oil.

[kwaka_crasher]

If you don't do it yourself, you are paying someone else for what ever they say to do the job.

No. You're paying someone else to do what they say they did. Clearly in this case they said they did something that they could not possibly have done and charged for it...

[breakaway]

So, would you please recommend an honest shop?
Thanks.

There isn't. Find someone who has had a lot of business with a certain shop, and get them to take you into the shop and introduce you.

Alternatively learn to do all the simple stuff like oil changes yourself. It's really not difficult. Might seem like it but after doing it 2-3 times you'll wonder what all the fuss is about.