What would YOU do?

[JBraun]

It happened to me. Here's the short version:
$700 "custom built fork"
still had stock springs, stock pistons, dirty oil, loctite all over the shims, and a chunk of metal wedged between the check plate and rebound piston, holding the check plate open. 

No effort to was made on their part to resolve the issues. I won't mention the shop.

In the future, use Lithium Motorsports / Suspension Solutions. They will always be straight with you and they have all the best stuff.

[cardzilla]

It happened to me. Here's the short version:
$700 "custom built fork"
still had stock springs, stock pistons, dirty oil, loctite all over the shims, and a chunk of metal wedged between the check plate and rebound piston, holding the check plate open. 

No effort to was made on their part to resolve the issues. I won't mention the shop.

In the future, use Lithium Motorsports / Suspension Solutions. They will always be straight with you and they have all the best stuff.

LOL, I bet that puppy handled like a dream!

[Gixxerblade]

Was it a shop that runs AMA Superbike that duped you 251?

[Jeff]

There are only so many shops that own a GMD.  Consider the region and do the math.

[L8brake731]

First and foremost; you work hard for your money! If you have kids, mortgage, alimony etc., these guys (shop) just simply stole your money along with the hard earned CASH that your family relies on. If these pricks don't have the balls to just tell you they don't have time to do it right and proceed on half-assed, its certainly not a shop I'd take my race bike to for tunning, let alone give them the oppurtunity to fuck it up again.
Iv'e read on this thread, "give them a chance to make it right" and so on. But, consider this; did they consider they put your safety at jeopardy, not to mention those that race with you also? Thank those NESBA tech people for not just blazing through tech and letting you find out the hard way.
I've seen this crap happen to good people. If this shop needs your 1k to survive on while lining up their next victim; they aren't even in the game and will never get there.  Just write this one off to a 1k lesson. I'm sure you don't have the time to hang over someone's shoulder to check their work, hell, you paid for a professional job and expect to recieve what you paid for, nothing less.
You need to talk to your racing friends, get referrals from them and SLAM the (unmentionable) shop BIG TIME! Word of mouth is a double edged sword.

[spyderchick]

Was it a shop that runs AMA Superbike that duped you 251?

Ooooo, 20 questions! Goody!

[Woofentino Pugrossi]

Ooooo, 20 questions! Goody!

But I already know the answer. ;D

[L8brake731]

After reading through this thread again, I came to the wonder how someones concern of putting "the guy in a difficult position" and being embarassed, not to mention accidents happening during DISASSEMBLY...... Came about. Who the fuck cares at the point you get fucked out of $2000.00!
This shop is no less than a mill for the unsuspecting consumer. Anyone who even promotes a shop like this sits in the passenger seat with these assholes!
I am, by nature a consumer advocate; to the core! In the state I live in, there are laws that protect the consumer against shops like this. You should check with your State Board Of Consumer Affairs and also check with the Better Business Bureau. If they don't have a history with these agencies, start one. If they do, let them do their job.
I think I got the 20th question!!! If it's the shop I think it is; I personally know of two others who were bent over and not kissed.  But I won't tell......... Oh, do I get kudos too for not flamming?

[251am]

After reading through this thread again, I came to the wonder how someones concern of putting "the guy in a difficult position" and being embarassed, not to mention accidents happening during DISASSEMBLY...... Came about. Who the fuck cares at the point you get fucked out of $2000.00!
This shop is no less than a mill for the unsuspecting consumer. Anyone who even promotes a shop like this sits in the passenger seat with these assholes!
I am, by nature a consumer advocate; to the core! In the state I live in, there are laws that protect the consumer against shops like this. You should check with your State Board Of Consumer Affairs and also check with the Better Business Bureau. If they don't have a history with these agencies, start one. If they do, let them do their job.
I think I got the 20th question!!! If it's the shop I think it is; I personally know of two others who were bent over and not kissed.  But I won't tell......... Oh, do I get kudos too for not flamming?

  Kudos for not flamming, yet!! Were you at R. America? I thought I saw a set of Fukiage leathers in the paddock somewhere, but all the way from Cali!!? Wow....

  Silence is one of the keys to keeping these folks in fleecing operations. I'll give em a chance to make good yet-still out of the shop!?

[L8brake731]

Yeah, came out to play with you Mid West Boys! Had a blast out there.
Also played as support for another victim of "the unmentionable" shop! >:(
This time they "Freshened up" his motor for the new season starting at Daytona, only to find that after these guys "freshened the motor" & "Dynoed" his bike, I watched in horror :o  as he got spanked on the long drives at that track!
Turns out, wrong throttle tube; only was opening about 3/4! Now I can give a shop a break if it's just mistake, no problem. However; after they charged this guy for the dyno runs and mapped (some funky switch-like Power Commander); how could this shop let the bike go when it only was opening approx. 3/4? ???   ;)I'll tell you how; the MAGIC of stealing someone's money for providing a service that never happened. I asked where's the Dyno Run sheets? He never was given them. I have that bike in CA. now and will probably post what I find on it at some point. Lot's of clunking around down there....... ???
As K3 mentioned, "To this day, I can't figure out how one particular shop manages to piss off so many racers each year and still stay in business.... " They can do this because their client base is just enough to keep them in business (regulars, that help keep the name going) but not enough to profit on. That's where guys like you and a couple others I know come into play. Leave us not forget; recruiters out there for this shop; probably getting discounts and such for the refferals ::).
Case in point, you just need to be a smart consumer. Sometimes you win and sometimes you just have to get even ;D
Good Luck 251 AM!

[Woofentino Pugrossi]

Yeah, came out to play with you Mid West Boys! Had a blast out there.
Also played as support for another victim of "the unmentionable" shop! >:(
This time they "Freshened up" his motor for the new season starting at Daytona, only to find that after these guys "freshened the motor" & "Dynoed" his bike, I watched in horror :o  as he got spanked on the long drives at that track!
Turns out, wrong throttle tube; only was opening about 3/4! Now I can give a shop a break if it's just mistake, no problem. However; after they charged this guy for the dyno runs and mapped (some funky switch-like Power Commander); how could this shop let the bike go when it only was opening approx. 3/4? ???   ;)I'll tell you how; the MAGIC of stealing someone's money for providing a service that never happened. I asked where's the Dyno Run sheets? He never was given them. I have that bike in CA. now and will probably post what I find on it at some point. Lot's of clunking around down there....... ???
As K3 mentioned, "To this day, I can't figure out how one particular shop manages to piss off so many racers each year and still stay in business.... " They can do this because their client base is just enough to keep them in business (regulars, that help keep the name going) but not enough to profit on. That's where guys like you and a couple others I know come into play. Leave us not forget; recruiters out there for this shop; probably getting discounts and such for the refferals ::).
Case in point, you just need to be a smart consumer. Sometimes you win and sometimes you just have to get even ;D
Good Luck 251 AM!

One reason to learn to do the work yourself. ;D OEM service manual, nice complete set of tools and a few weekends over winter with a case or two is geart. ;D

[racerhall]

just like me u need to give them the chance to make it right, you already paid for that service and they didnt give it to u so take it back and see that u get the service u paid for, like me u r stuck between a rock and a hard place