Took my bike in for brake issues and carb cleaning. Carb didn't have an airbox so gave him airfilter pods for the bike. Was rude from the moment I dropped off the bike and wouldn't be able to start work on it for 2 weeks. When I picked up the bike, he told me that the airfilter pods were just set in place and would vibrate off within a few miles. I had to drive over to an auto parts store and buy clamps to put on the filters. Not a big deal but since the auto parts store was just 3 blocks from the shop (he told me where it was) and only cost a few dollars, it was apparent to me that he didn't even try to put the filters on correctly.\r
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In addition, while he did diagnose the brake problem correctly (wrong type of master cylinder), he didn't try to fix it. And when I asked him where I could find a master cylinder to fix it myself, he shrugged and suggested a junkyard.\r
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Lastly, he qouted me $200.00-$250.00 and when I talked to him after he had the bike 2 weeks, he said it should still be between $200.00 and 250.00. However, when I picked it up, it was $450.00.\r
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My brother drove me there to pick up the bike and even though he only met the mechanic for a few minutes, the first thing he said as we were getting ready to leave was that the guy was rude.\r
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I will never take my bikes there again and have since found a much better mechanic.\r
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btw, I later fixed the brakes myself. Took about 20 minutes.
Pros: nice store, seemed knowledgable
Cons: everything else, rude, sloppy
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