Without knowing too many good ole boys who still work on vehicles, I was forced to take one of my motorcycles in for sevice and repair before Memorial Day. Not heeding my deal wife's advice about the place I took it ( HOTSHOT Cycless on Murray Ave.) I was told it was simply bad needles and floats. No big I thought, just do a complete rebuild on all four carbs and she'll run like a swiss watch. Well, about 3-4 weeks pass and I still don't have the bike back or a timeline for it. After harassing the guy for days on end, I went there to retrieve my bike and they saids 'it's finished and ready". I paid the schmucks $280.00 FOR THE WORK and went to get the bike. Finding the main airbox cut in HALF and in a box of "left-over" parts, I asked what that was about. I was informed that was the only way they could get the carbs out........ So riding it the 2 miles home, it reeked of fuel and leaked about a quart of gas down my pantleg. I turned back and returned it to the shop and said fix the damn thing right guys.
Another few weeks passed, with excuse upon excuse of why it didn't run right ( "um, you need new air cleaners and air box" was one excuse, we are short-handed was another, um we're taking lunch was the most popular) and again I took it home for another failed run at riding. After trucking the bike back ( it wouldn't run for more than 10 seconds) and a few more weeks delay, I went there this Saturday and he said my carbs were shot ( after rebuilding them and charging me nearly $300 for it and saying she was ready to go, not once but TWICE.....) and I need NEW ones for a few hundred more, plus labor. So more than three month's have passed, with my bike now running worse than when I took it to the shop, with scratches and two tanks of fuel drained out of the bike and a butchered autopsy done to remove a set of carbs I have to ask ..........is every mechanic just as frakking stupid? Or is HOTSHOT cycle the sham and inept store they are accused of in prior theft issues with stolen property?????
I still need the repair work done to the bike, and have lost most of the prime summer riding ( thankfully I had plan "B") Can anyone recommend a GOOD bike mechanic? Anderson Powersports won't do it, only new work on new stuff.
And should I sue these jokers for damage and lost money? Sounds like tossing good money after bad.
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