What motorcycle would you buy next?

[1985CB450_imp]

Yea- it's a racket.

When I bought my new Aprilia a couple months ago- signed all the paperwork and got on the bike to ride away...

I hit the starter, gave the throttle a little blip to hear the bike for the first time- and the right mirror spun around...it was completely loose, not even hand tight.

I shut the bike off, got off it...the salesman turned and looked at me. I pointed to the mirror- he made a face, walked into the back and came back out with a wrench.

Classic lack of attention to detail

My recent purchase was at a dealer 60 miles away so I ubered over with just my riding gear and didn’t want to carry a bulky tire pressure gauge. Upon arriving and looking over the bike I asked the sales guy if tire pressures were checked and he said he would check. Then when going over the bike with maintenance I asked again to please verify tire pressure as I was about to ride 60 miles home on a new bike.

Imagine my surprise when I got home and found 30 F and 34 R when they should have been 36/42, no one got hurt and the pressures were not that far off but they could have been as obviously no one checked.

Different dealer in Denton TX did the 600 mile maintenance on my new 2018 R9T, I brought it to the dealer for warranty purposes as it was new. As soon as I got it home I swapped out the stock exhaust for the Remus/SC Project exhaust I already had purchased. Imagine my surprise when I found the stock exhaust canister only hand tight and one of the mid pipe clamps missing it’s hardware and another loose.

I understand it’s a cut throat market and margins may be slim but a little extra attention to detail sure goes a long way