05-07-2019, 01:31 AM
(05-06-2019, 10:13 AM)teamvisegrip_imp Wrote: I know it is way too late... But for future reference when I need a special tool I go to my local Honda Shop. They will not let you take the tool home but they have in the past lent me the tool to use on the spot by bringing the bike or part to them.
Once I needed Valve Shims for a project. I asked the guy and he said he had a box full and could take what I needed as long as I put the old ones in the box... Deal I said!
Moral of the story make friends with your local shops. I always do.
Many years ago when I bought my 1986 Honda VFR750 the dealer gave tons of dealer items with it like the posters and all kinds of other items only the dealer had the ability to get. Still have the bike and the posters are in my play room and garage.
i WISH i could make friends with a local blusiness like that but, the truth is that every shop and dealer in this town seems to be out to steal as much money from you as they can. they all exhibit shifty pricing practices, lie about scheduling, fail to follow up about simple things, and i even caught one billing me for simple work they hadn't completed. This is why i made the foray (against my better judgement) into trying to learn to do some work myself, because it's a difficult nightmare every time i try to deal with one of the local shops here. Dealers are included in that sentiment. They can't even be trusted to make a simple reccomendation.
I caught one just yesterday telling a bold-faced lie about the operational hours of another shop (i guess to try and keep me from going there). I called to ask if they had something in stock "no, but we can order it." i, too, can order it, i was just looking for somebody that had one on hand so I could take care of it immediately. so I asked if he knew of any place in town that might have one on hand. he says "no most of them are closed today." it was a Monday. They were all definitely open. i ended the conversation right there. little bits of petty dishonesty like that just illustrate how i could never develop a relationship with a business like that.
Truly, i'm out in the cold here, which is why it was such a mistake to try to learn this stuff in the first place.