3 wheelers and service at dealerships
#11
10-27-2004 | 06:09 PM
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Originally posted by: raynhawk
Yea, yea, yea. If you're gonna own a two decade old trike you better be able to fix it yourself. Who in their right mind would pay dealer prices for service on an old wagon like a trike anyhow? It's simply not worth paying top cash to fix an old fairly inexpensive machine. Get some cheaper private shop to do the work. Maybe learn to do it yourself. Then you'll understand how you're probably beating the hell out of it. Who cares if they don't ride it. If they're not comfortable riding it it's probably because they feel unsafe on it. Good. They'll probably crash it any way and do more damage to it anyhow. Simply put, if you've got old crap, expect to find a good private shop
Yea, yea, yea. If you're gonna own a two decade old trike you better be able to fix it yourself. Who in their right mind would pay dealer prices for service on an old wagon like a trike anyhow? It's simply not worth paying top cash to fix an old fairly inexpensive machine. Get some cheaper private shop to do the work. Maybe learn to do it yourself. Then you'll understand how you're probably beating the hell out of it. Who cares if they don't ride it. If they're not comfortable riding it it's probably because they feel unsafe on it. Good. They'll probably crash it any way and do more damage to it anyhow. Simply put, if you've got old crap, expect to find a good private shop
Geez, some azzholes these days. (I think parents needs to watch what thier 12 year olds go on).
#12
10-28-2004 | 04:06 PM
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3 wheelers and service at dealerships
Originally posted by: raynhawk
Yea, yea, yea. If you're gonna own a two decade old trike you better be able to fix it yourself. Who in their right mind would pay dealer prices for service on an old wagon like a trike anyhow? It's simply not worth paying top cash to fix an old fairly inexpensive machine. Get some cheaper private shop to do the work. Maybe learn to do it yourself. Then you'll understand how you're probably beating the hell out of it. Who cares if they don't ride it. If they're not comfortable riding it it's probably because they feel unsafe on it. Good. They'll probably crash it any way and do more damage to it anyhow. Simply put, if you've got old crap, expect to find a good private shop
Yea, yea, yea. If you're gonna own a two decade old trike you better be able to fix it yourself. Who in their right mind would pay dealer prices for service on an old wagon like a trike anyhow? It's simply not worth paying top cash to fix an old fairly inexpensive machine. Get some cheaper private shop to do the work. Maybe learn to do it yourself. Then you'll understand how you're probably beating the hell out of it. Who cares if they don't ride it. If they're not comfortable riding it it's probably because they feel unsafe on it. Good. They'll probably crash it any way and do more damage to it anyhow. Simply put, if you've got old crap, expect to find a good private shop
#13
10-29-2004 | 09:30 PM
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actually ladies, I'm over 30. I grew up on trikes. I wore out five of them back in the eighties. You do remember the eighties don't you? Then miracles happened and machines became better. Yes, they had to gain an extra wheel to do it but it's done now isn't it? I rode hondas back then. since then I've ridden quads, broadened my experience to street riding and roadracing sportbikes. I've ice raced dirt bikes and ysr mini-rockets too. I'm a journeyman motorcycle mechanic and I work on your worn out garbage trikes, quads, etcl... all the time. Yes, I'll say it. Trikes suck when you consider we have all the cool new quads in the world now. You guys should give up the dream and admit it that those old crappy things just take up room when a cool machine could be sitting in it's place. I'm happy that I've evolved and realized that there are better units now. I lusted for a 350x honda so bad when I was young. I've ridden them in modern day and I laughed at myself for being such a complete moron. Some of us learn these lessons about machines, others don't. If trikes were still so good maybe this site would be called ATC connection. I'm sure that the whole entire rest of the world is wrong though and that you few are right. Long live trikes. The rest of the world hasn't caught on yet I guess. Okay boys, start typing, let me have it!! This should be good!!
#14
10-29-2004 | 09:44 PM
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you know what bro get a life and stop hating on trikes, just because you might have had bad luck on them, or just simply couldnt handle one, its not the trikes fault. i want to see your expert bike rider ride one the way i ride it. mabe not too scared. "ahh it flips easy"
#15
10-29-2004 | 10:28 PM
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#17
10-31-2004 | 12:36 AM
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You guys with trikes keep rocking on. I had a Honda 90, Honda 110, Honda Big Red 250, Honda 250R and the 350X. I am way past 30 and I too have raced MX and been just a tad under 200 mph on my racing sport bike. The world really is big enough for all of us to have our own favorites. What raynhawk doesn't understand is that the world is not all about him. His opinion, regardless of what he believes, is no more important then anyone else. He's moved on to a point in his life where he no longer appreciates the unique challenges that a trike offers. As he ages like I have, going 110 on my XR650 across dry lake beds in the baja are not as important as it once was. Don't get me wrong I didn't say I don't do it it's just not as important. I don't own a trike right now, but I am always looking for a pristine 350X or Big Red. Life isn't about the fastest, I have been there, and the best is in the eye of the beholder. Those old trikes taught me a lot and I'll bet the next time raynhawk goes to roost one of his ridding buddies the body english he's using was perfected on one of those "old trikes".
#18
11-01-2004 | 03:47 AM
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3 wheelers and service at dealerships
RAYNHAWK,
You are definately entitled to what machines you think are superior to others. We all have that right and express it on here every day. I think the Suzuki LT125/ALT125 series was the biggest joke to ever hit the showrrom floor in this market.....but I don't go posting to everyone in the Suzuki forum who has one to tell them they should be parked and not worth the money to repair. If you want to get into a flaming match with me go right ahead. I'm about 910 and 0 right now for over 3 years, so if you think that you can outwit me go ahead. I need some practice anyway.
Getting back to the subject here....
Most OEM dealers make it their own policy to test drive everything after work is completed. This protects both the business and the customer from complaints, lawsuits, and simply cutting down on work coming back for the same reason it was there in the first place. This applies to even oil changes at some dealers. Other's aren't as strict about it on basic repairs.
Considering such, if you look around in most dealerships today, the dealerships haven't been around that long and the shop employees appear to be getting younger each year. Hell, we had a guy who graduated from the MMI and had never SEEN a three wheeler until after he started work at our store. We work on them, keep many parts in stock for them, and even own a few of them personally. You go to some your dealers who weren't around back then and have employees who weren't around back then......you really can't expect them to understand the concept that it's the same thing they work on every day.......minus one wheel.
You are definately entitled to what machines you think are superior to others. We all have that right and express it on here every day. I think the Suzuki LT125/ALT125 series was the biggest joke to ever hit the showrrom floor in this market.....but I don't go posting to everyone in the Suzuki forum who has one to tell them they should be parked and not worth the money to repair. If you want to get into a flaming match with me go right ahead. I'm about 910 and 0 right now for over 3 years, so if you think that you can outwit me go ahead. I need some practice anyway.
Getting back to the subject here....
Most OEM dealers make it their own policy to test drive everything after work is completed. This protects both the business and the customer from complaints, lawsuits, and simply cutting down on work coming back for the same reason it was there in the first place. This applies to even oil changes at some dealers. Other's aren't as strict about it on basic repairs.
Considering such, if you look around in most dealerships today, the dealerships haven't been around that long and the shop employees appear to be getting younger each year. Hell, we had a guy who graduated from the MMI and had never SEEN a three wheeler until after he started work at our store. We work on them, keep many parts in stock for them, and even own a few of them personally. You go to some your dealers who weren't around back then and have employees who weren't around back then......you really can't expect them to understand the concept that it's the same thing they work on every day.......minus one wheel.
