05-29-2019, 05:04 PM
Not quite Asia but the pretty small island in the south Pacific,here in Auckland we have three Honda dealers, two are nice to deal with and can find all the bits i ask for but the one closest to me has an unpleasant manager; "what do you want, i'm busy" style, this permeates through the store and i have tried to look past it but every time i have gone in the store i have regretted it so i have mostly given up on them, the other dealers have heard similar comments about this one so i am not the only one.
Came very close to buying a new bike from one of the other dealers and had a pleasant experience in that dealership, i had one important question (done my homework) about adjusting the valves in a "v-tech" engine, which is more complicated than our valve train and asked to speak to the mechanic, "sure that's him over there" and the gentleman stopped what he was doing, pulled up the parts fiche of the particular engine and explained how he would do the adjustment, very satisfied with that level of service.
There is also a "moto 1" store, they have most of the things i want and it's a pleasure to go into their tiny store, the guy knows his stuff and is just pleasant to deal with.
On top of that i have tinkered with engines and motorbikes since i was six and learned the odd thing from doing so which may be the reason i think forums in general and this one in particular are such an asset, i also learned to do my homework and before i go get some parts i have part numbers ready to assist them with.
As you all probably know the rear pads are used in quite a few other Honda models such as my cb919 and have a very distinct shape, nissin only makes a certain amount of different calipers, same is true for the front ones.
Nicely done story Frulk, very graphic
Came very close to buying a new bike from one of the other dealers and had a pleasant experience in that dealership, i had one important question (done my homework) about adjusting the valves in a "v-tech" engine, which is more complicated than our valve train and asked to speak to the mechanic, "sure that's him over there" and the gentleman stopped what he was doing, pulled up the parts fiche of the particular engine and explained how he would do the adjustment, very satisfied with that level of service.
There is also a "moto 1" store, they have most of the things i want and it's a pleasure to go into their tiny store, the guy knows his stuff and is just pleasant to deal with.
On top of that i have tinkered with engines and motorbikes since i was six and learned the odd thing from doing so which may be the reason i think forums in general and this one in particular are such an asset, i also learned to do my homework and before i go get some parts i have part numbers ready to assist them with.
As you all probably know the rear pads are used in quite a few other Honda models such as my cb919 and have a very distinct shape, nissin only makes a certain amount of different calipers, same is true for the front ones.
Nicely done story Frulk, very graphic