WORST bike shops

[gav]

Anyone got any opinions on Trevor Pierce Motorcycles, seems to be doing OK, found Trevor himself pretty good when I was racing my ZXR400.
Street & Sport are pretty good for parts. Have bought tyres from Budget but suprised by the old fashioned way they fit tyres, no tire machine in store.
Can anyone recommend a Honda store to deal with for parts, Casbolts are poor, even email them part numbers and still they manage to cock it up, ask to email or ring me when bits turn up etc, still get nothing, "oh sorry deleted your email ..."

[Kickaha]

Trevor Pierce has always looked after me fairly well and sponsored our first years Sidecar racing

Trevor Kirby at Budget has also provided good value for me,and was just about to purchase a decent tyre machine when I talked to him last week.

[Ghost Lemur]

Anyone got any opinions on Trevor Pierce Motorcycles, seems to be doing OK, found Trevor himself pretty good when I was racing my ZXR400.
Street & Sport are pretty good for parts. Have bought tyres from Budget but suprised by the old fashioned way they fit tyres, no tire machine in store.
Can anyone recommend a Honda store to deal with for parts, Casbolts are poor, even email them part numbers and still they manage to cock it up, ask to email or ring me when bits turn up etc, still get nothing, "oh sorry deleted your email ..."

Ecohonda (sp?). There's a thread on them floating around here somewhere. Pretty sure they're not in chch, but are reliable enough to deliver pretty promptly.

[Sensei]

Well brought my Triumph from Hamilton M/C 16,000k got to 19,000k 3 month's after buying & it shit all the main bearing's . $1600 to fix total stip & rebuild . Told them to come & pick up so as to check it out ,which was done .1 week later got phoned to come & pick it up nothing wrong with it they told me . Got there took for test ride round the block fucken knocking like fuck took it back to New Plymouth.Stipped down repaired at my expense .They didn't want to know about fronting up with fixing or helping out with the repair bill , so told them to stick the $192 they said I owed them for the week they spent looking at it & payment for picking it up .Fucking wanker's "What goes around come's around " I don't mind waiting for pay back !! Sensei

[dangerous]

Can anyone recommend a Honda store to deal with for parts, Casbolts are poor

Casbolts are crap mate,
yeah I can I use a shop in Melbourne for honda and one in Brisbane for Moto Guzzi.
I find that its a damn site easier to ring them and the bits are on my door step by the end of the week rather than go into town just to find that there is no stock in store or NZ and be told that its ex Japan.
Also as far as after market parts go anything is possible in Oz eg: last month I brought some clear indercators from Oz as there is no such thing here in NZ for Honda and no doubt most other brands so I proberly have the only clear set in NZ on a VTR

Trevor Kirby at Budget has also provided good value for me

Sorry Kickaha but that guy is a f***ing asshole, the prick had me arrested once, but as the cops draged me away they quitely said 'that guy is a wanker' and told me to bugger off and they will deal with him....oh and they reconmended that I dident go back there.
I think that the cops have had trouble with him before and that they had to be seen to be doing there job by hauling my arse out of there.

[Kickaha]

Sorry Kickaha but that guy is a f***ing asshole, the prick had me arrested once, but as the cops draged me away they quitely said 'that guy is a wanker' and told me to bugger off and they will deal with him....oh and they reconmended that I dident go back there.
I think that the cops have had trouble with him before and that they had to be seen to be doing there job by hauling my arse out of there.

You'll have to tell me that story sometime,don't spose anyone got it on video

I've dealt with him for years and while he can be very opinionated,he hasn't ever done me wrong.

[laRIKin]

Try one of the ones below, I haven't as I do not own a Honda.

Rangiora Motorcycles Limited

Honda Country, (Ashburton)

They are the only ones hat I know of that are close.

As for Trevor Pierce Motorcycles, as with a lot of dealers now days, go in with
your eyes open.
I would be careful, a mate got burnt with a repair.
But it does come down to the last owner of the bike, most of the time.

[dangerous]

You'll have to tell me that story sometime,don't spose anyone got it on video

emmm.... well the bugger still owes me a T shirt as he tore mine off me, he can move bloody fast for a old bugger
ps: how many times have you heard him say 'well when I was racing.....'

[DEATH_INC.]

Just wanna say that I've had no troubles from holeshots,been dealing with them since I first bought the GSXR,and they've always been great to deal with and been reasnobly priced.
I almost hate to say it but I wonder if it's the girl thing,my mrs still finds most bike shops don't give her much assistance 'till I walk in,and I've heard of this plenty in the mechanical trade too.......

[Firefight]

Just wanna say that I've had no troubles from holeshots,been dealing with them since I first bought the GSXR,and they've always been great to deal with and been reasnobly priced.
I almost hate to say it but I wonder if it's the girl thing,my mrs still finds most bike shops don't give her much assistance 'till I walk in,and I've heard of this plenty in the mechanical trade too.......

Yeah, Mrs F/F has had the same thing Andrew, she went into Mike Ramesy Pukekohe a couple of years ago,she had 8k cash to buy a trail bike for herself and oldest daughter to ride, they treated her like some blond bimbo who didn't have a clue(when it comes to off road bikes she is far from that)

Rather than get pissed off, she walked up the road to the local Honda dealer
were she was treated like the off road biker she is and was able to rid her self of some of my hard earned dosh.

That Kawa dealer has changed hands now, but I havn;t been back, so can't comment on the attatude of the sales staff now.


F/F

[MadDuck]

Well to be honest Death and Dave that makes it all the worse.

Because I am a chick they send me off on a dangerous bike! I had afterall paid good cash for a new bike.

[gav]

Also as far as after market parts go anything is possible in Oz eg: last month I brought some clear indercators from Oz as there is no such thing here in NZ for Honda and no doubt most other brands so I proberly have the only clear set in NZ on a VTR

er hum, cough, seen these?
bought these from Street & Sport, had quite a range, not sure if they are legal , but Street & Sport gave me my most recent WOF

[DEATH_INC.]

Well to be honest Death and Dave that makes it all the worse.

Because I am a chick they send me off on a dangerous bike! I had afterall paid good cash for a new bike.

Yeah,I was sorta getting at that......
Don't get me wrong,I don't think that makes it right.I still think you should demand that they set it right,and up to YOUR standard.Find the appropriate clause in the consumers act,it states the product must be 'fit for purpose' I beleive,and if they give you to much greif, quote it to them,that normally sends most retailers into a spin......
You could also hit the ltsa,tell them who issued the wof,and try to get something done that way.

[jrandom]

Find the appropriate clause in the consumers act,it states the product must be 'fit for purpose' I beleive,and if they give you to much greif, quote it to them,that normally sends most retailers into a spin......

I agree with Death. And I agree, unfortunately, with the likelihood of the "chick in a motor vehicle shop" factor.

Sarah refuses to call mechanics about the cage now, even though it's primarily her vehicle. She's had too many instances of unpleasant and dismissive guys on the other end. In each of those instances we ended up getting pretty good service, but only after I got on the phone to the same place and dropped a few comments in my very best black-jeans voice about how they might need to gronnelate the anterior widget with a different grade of retrogrease. Etc. So now I always end up dealing with the spanner monkeys.

MD, if you want someone to go into HS with you and give them the ol' talking to, I work close by and would be happy to come along. Although since Frosty's ridden the bike and has seen what's going on you'd probably do better to bribe *him*...

[rodgerd]

3. I'd be pretty sure there would be more to it than just getting the bike wet.

Mick's told me in the past that I have to find dry days for test rides, because their insurance company will give them gyp if a bike goes down on a wet day.