there are *some* decent dealers out there nklr

[Scherer, Michael]

It must be the people in Western Pennsylvania. My dealer has a great service department. They exchanged my shims for free and did warranty work quickly and correctly. They also gave me a part off of the showroom KLR to get me on my way once. Biker Mike -----Original Message----- From: dan shaw [mailto:dan_iss@...] Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 2:04 PM To: Rich Kickbush; DSN_klr650 Subject: [DSN_klr650] there are *some* decent dealers out there NKLR i actually have a good dealer report. while riding from boston to seattle back in may i noticed my clutch cable was about to snap. it was frayed and had maybe 4 or 5 strands left. i stopped at a dealer in western pa and they didnt have a clutch cable in stock, yet they did have a new klr on the floor and they took the cable off that bike and sold it to me. they were also very friendly, and apreciated my business. unfortunatly i dont remeber what town this was in or the name of the store..sorry... dan --- Rich Kickbush wrote:

> > > Kurt Simpson wrote: > > > We've seen this time and time again on the list > over the past 2 1/2 years. > > One lister seemed angry with me when I reported > that the list archives > > reveal about a 30 to 1 bad to good dealer > experience. I still think it is > > about right... > > > > Kurt > > > > It is a crappy ratio for sure. Seems to be the > nature of the beast. > However, > there must be some dealers out there who are doing > ok, or even a good > job. If > someone has a normal experience, ie bike problem, > bike gets fixed in > reasonable amount of time, no nasty returns, I guess > they would feel no > need > to chew up the bandwidth by posting - its what you > should be able to > expect > after all, right? Now I'm all for doing the work > yourself, but there's > times > when you can't. No garage, or no time, and esp. on > tour. The Beautiful > Money > Wasters have a site where you can log your various > experiences with > dealers - > maybe this is what we need. I feel like a jerk > suggesting this, since I > don't > have the time at the moment to do this > myself, but if anyone felt so inclined... > Check it out at... > http://www.sanfransysco.com/pub/experience.html > > Rich >

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[racing43rd@aol.com]

Hmmmmm the dealer I mentioned in Warren Ohio is only about 20 minutes from western Pa. Ed Windsor Oh

[Scherer, Michael]

Dash will back me on this one. Pointe Cycle in Pittsburgh (Aspinwal) PA. The guys are good. Biker Mike -----Original Message----- From: racing43rd@... [mailto:racing43rd@...] Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 3:28 PM To: MScherer@...; DSN_klr650@egroups.com Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] there are *some* decent dealers out there NKLR Hmmmmm the dealer I mentioned in Warren Ohio is only about 20 minutes from western Pa. Ed Windsor Oh Visit the KLR650 archives at http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 Support Dual Sport News... dsneditor@... Let's keep this list SPAM free! Visit our site at http://www.egroups.com/group/DSN_klr650 To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@egroups.com

[Mark]

My best experiences: Keystone Kawasaki-Yamaha in Duncansville, PA exchanged shims for free. Charlie's Cycle in Limestone, NY let me use their shop & tools and gave me a free bottle of gas drier. A SAAB dealer north of Philadelphia (forgot their name) sold me a tool out of their shop drawer at a 20% discount so I didn't have to wait for one. Mark B2 A2

[Ralph E. Hanson]

Naming names: Leeson's Imports in Bridgeport, WV (which is near Western Pennsylvania!) has a good shop with reasonable rates. They aren't getting all my parts I want as fast as I want, but that's to be expected. But they have been topnotch people to work with. I may stick with Kawasaki or Suzuki in the long run just because I like the shop. Ralph Ralph E. Hanson 99 KRL 650 http://www.wvu.edu/~journal2