Riders choice oil change gone wrong.
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inyaknow
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I live in a condo and do my changes in the underground...nothing wrong with that + it save coin
sunny_pines
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I live in a condo and do my changes in the underground...nothing wrong with that + it save coin
+1
I live in rental apartment building and also manage to change my oil in the underground garage. It takes a little longer if you also change the filter, but for oil only, it takes all of 10 minutes, and it's much cheaper than $108.
Heck, I pay that much to have oil change on my car at the dealership, and there 70% of the cost is the actual oil and filter. How much oil does your motorcycle eat?
OP your new pics show the damage alot better as well as the overall condition of your plastics, there are tons of nicks in them and the 2nd crack from your fairings being removed in the past. There is no way possible for the mechanic to do all of that, just changing your oil filter when he did not remove your fairings.
Im sorry to say it, but if you bought the bike used the owner before you did that damage and you bought it already like that. Having worked on the exact same bike before, I can tell you those fairings are a pain in the *** to remove and install...Its very easy for someone to get frustrated or ham fisted and crack/nick them....You can see from your pics that at some point someone has removed and reinstalled your lowers...That is most likely where the cracks and nicks came from...
Im sorry to say it, but if you bought the bike used the owner before you did that damage and you bought it already like that. Having worked on the exact same bike before, I can tell you those fairings are a pain in the *** to remove and install...Its very easy for someone to get frustrated or ham fisted and crack/nick them....You can see from your pics that at some point someone has removed and reinstalled your lowers...That is most likely where the cracks and nicks came from...
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Do you drive a Ferrari?
Maybe he tried removing them himself first, got frustrated, went to RC, then blamed them.
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Considering he just bashed Jeff again and clearly wouldn't take him up on the offer for a demonstration, I'd say that could be a likely explanation. Seriously, the pictures tell the whole story. This bike has damage in a number of spots which are totally unrelated to an oil change.
And what recourse does Riders Choice have now after 7 pages of bashing? None. That's why some of these threads should be deleted.
I think taking MY money for shoddy service is their "recourse". Refer to my post in this thread re: RC f!ing up my valve job @ $800 (which I had to get redone).
I've had poorly done jobs performed by other mechanics (which they will readily rectify) .... it's RC's excuses and lack of owning up to their shoddy work that irks me -> It's NEVER their fault. And this is coming from a former RC customer where I previously had all my work done there, along with spending $2000+ on merchandise. You'd think that would count for something... NOT. And that's the other issue I have with RC.
The purpose of these threads is to allow people to take RC fan-boys' rave reviews (and there are lots of those) and RC whiners' reviews and then make their own decisions.
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Those pics change the entire perspective. Now I am sorry that I jumped to agree so early on. It doesn't repair the fact that I was so easy to judge RC harshly. I already explained why I did that but I am big enough to admit that I was wrong in this case.
3 Double OH
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All those pics show lots of wear and tear
How many KLMs on that bike? divide by 5000 =====
How many times has it been loaded in a pickup?
These threads are getting boring , you have a problem, go work it out face to face
Don't come on the internet trying to get the masses on your side, you tell only 1 side
And then there's the guys that keep telling the same 5 year old stories, move on
The store is great and has lots of costomers DAILY, and a regular following for YEARS
Its a shame the few that cant solve their problems make the most noise.
How many KLMs on that bike? divide by 5000 =====
How many times has it been loaded in a pickup?
These threads are getting boring , you have a problem, go work it out face to face
Don't come on the internet trying to get the masses on your side, you tell only 1 side
And then there's the guys that keep telling the same 5 year old stories, move on
The store is great and has lots of costomers DAILY, and a regular following for YEARS
Its a shame the few that cant solve their problems make the most noise.
Wheelieboy
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GG.
skapan
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Don't know about that white mark on the pipe, but I've seen very similar damage to fairing lowers from driving over a big speed bump. As the front end goes over the far side it compresses and pancakes the bellypan on the speed bump. I have white paint on the lowers on my bike, my wife got yellow on hers from a grocery store parking lot speed bump. Many riders wouldn't even notice this until someone tells them the lowers are damaged. As everyone is saying, there are two sides to every story.
As is usually the case, s**t rolls downhill; in this case the problem is the proprietor.
GP_RZ
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Guys n Girls changing your oil has to be one of the easiest things to do...and learn....although I do like the stories here of people grumbling of being ripped off or damage done to there bikes..........tired of that? well why not take some time and read up on it.......and as for say living in a condo thats BS I used to live at 88 corporate drive and changed the oil on my cars and bike, with just once a security guard saying you cant do that here.....hmmm did anyways....so if your smart enough to figure out to use a computer you are able to change some oil.....if not keep us entertained with your stories of service gone wrong......if you want it done right DO IT YOURSELF!
Seems like the OP shot himself in the foot by believing/claiming that the rest of the damage was also caused by the RC mechanic.
Even though the damage that was originally reported could have still been caused during the oil change and have nothing to do with the rest of the nicks, no one's likely to believe him now!
Even though the damage that was originally reported could have still been caused during the oil change and have nothing to do with the rest of the nicks, no one's likely to believe him now!
Of course we're not gonna believe him, he's full of it.
The photos demonstrate pretty clearly that there was existing damage on those lower fairings. Either he didn't see it himself (having never done an oil change on his own bike, doesn't surprise me) or he was trying to scam money out of Riders Choice for the damage.
We tried to get RC to mount some tires for us, wheels off etc. They said they would not do it unless we bought the skins from THEM.
Went somewhere else.
Sometimes techs screw up, if they work for you then make it right. It's the cost of doing busness.
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