Cypher
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As the topic title says - how much would my bike fetch if I was to sell it now? Got a few protectors installed and a radiator guard. Stock pipe and 2100 miles.
I'm getting seriously close to doing that as it seems that Yamaha doesn't give a s**t about their customers. I already posted my experience with Woodford Motorcycles (an authorised Yamaha dealership) who point blank refused to do any warranty repairs on my bike saying that I was only a secondary customer to them not having bought the bike from them.
On Saturday I went to my dealer (Lamba) to get the noise on the left side of the engine fixed. And as they would supposedly be taking the engine covers off, also replace my scratched covers and install the T-Rex protectors.
I was there at 9am. They had no courtesy bikes anymore because their boss had realised that renting them out makes him more money than keeping them for their customers. The only one left to rent was a YBR125, which I decided to get not to rot in that place for the whole day but was presented with a £35 bill for mere 5 hours of use! Eventually I negotiated down to £20, rode around for a couple hours on that miserable POS and came back at 12 to see my bike being rolled into the garage.
I sat there for 3 hours on the porch, waiting for it to get fixed and finally at 3:30 they rolled it out. Guess what - first thing I hear is the exact same rattle I complained about when I came in! I told the guy right away but of course he couldn't hear anything! As previously, it was just my imagination. He says "These bikes are generally rather noisy. I have an MT-09 and my engine is as noisy as yours".
So we walk to his bike, he starts it up and it's like two different bikes! His is quiet, no rattles, he pulls his clutch in and there is no difference in sound. I pull mine halfway in and it's like someone's shaking an empty can full of nails. Eventually another mechanic came out (all in their 50's), says he's generally deaf and can't hear any noises, listens to my bike and says "Nah, can't hear anything. It's a normal engine sound. They all get noisier with the time and probably yours is not an exception".
After long discussions I realised that there was no point in arguing because it's me, just a noob versus two experienced mechanics, and decided to go home as it was already late. That's when I get presented with a £180 bill for those 3 hours of work!!! I was speechless to say the least. The reason for it taking so long apparently was because it was a PITA to put the clutch cover back on as there is something that just keeps falling out of position as soon as you release it. Don't ask me what it is though...
So now I've spent hundreds upon hundreds of pounds trying to get this bike to a working order and I'm still where I was and I'm still getting told it's just my imagination.
I'll be writing an email to Yamaha complaining about all the issues I've had with dealers and the bike with links to this forum to support my claims. I'm beyond pi**ed off with the whole thing, I'm sick of starting the bike up every morning and hearing that bloody rattling which apparently is just my imagination, I'm sick of being rejected by dealers because they can't be arsed to do warranty repairs and I'm tired of being treated like an idiot.
I'm now at the point where I don't care how much money I'll lose by selling the bike and cancelling my insurance but if there's nothing Yamaha can or want to do then their product is not for me.
On a side note - is there anything anyone would want me to mention in the email? Any issues I've forgotten about (camchain tensioner, glitchy dashes, brake hose rubbing against the swingarm)?
Thanks in advance! Off to take a chillpill...
I'm getting seriously close to doing that as it seems that Yamaha doesn't give a s**t about their customers. I already posted my experience with Woodford Motorcycles (an authorised Yamaha dealership) who point blank refused to do any warranty repairs on my bike saying that I was only a secondary customer to them not having bought the bike from them.
On Saturday I went to my dealer (Lamba) to get the noise on the left side of the engine fixed. And as they would supposedly be taking the engine covers off, also replace my scratched covers and install the T-Rex protectors.
I was there at 9am. They had no courtesy bikes anymore because their boss had realised that renting them out makes him more money than keeping them for their customers. The only one left to rent was a YBR125, which I decided to get not to rot in that place for the whole day but was presented with a £35 bill for mere 5 hours of use! Eventually I negotiated down to £20, rode around for a couple hours on that miserable POS and came back at 12 to see my bike being rolled into the garage.
I sat there for 3 hours on the porch, waiting for it to get fixed and finally at 3:30 they rolled it out. Guess what - first thing I hear is the exact same rattle I complained about when I came in! I told the guy right away but of course he couldn't hear anything! As previously, it was just my imagination. He says "These bikes are generally rather noisy. I have an MT-09 and my engine is as noisy as yours".
So we walk to his bike, he starts it up and it's like two different bikes! His is quiet, no rattles, he pulls his clutch in and there is no difference in sound. I pull mine halfway in and it's like someone's shaking an empty can full of nails. Eventually another mechanic came out (all in their 50's), says he's generally deaf and can't hear any noises, listens to my bike and says "Nah, can't hear anything. It's a normal engine sound. They all get noisier with the time and probably yours is not an exception".
After long discussions I realised that there was no point in arguing because it's me, just a noob versus two experienced mechanics, and decided to go home as it was already late. That's when I get presented with a £180 bill for those 3 hours of work!!! I was speechless to say the least. The reason for it taking so long apparently was because it was a PITA to put the clutch cover back on as there is something that just keeps falling out of position as soon as you release it. Don't ask me what it is though...
So now I've spent hundreds upon hundreds of pounds trying to get this bike to a working order and I'm still where I was and I'm still getting told it's just my imagination.
I'll be writing an email to Yamaha complaining about all the issues I've had with dealers and the bike with links to this forum to support my claims. I'm beyond pi**ed off with the whole thing, I'm sick of starting the bike up every morning and hearing that bloody rattling which apparently is just my imagination, I'm sick of being rejected by dealers because they can't be arsed to do warranty repairs and I'm tired of being treated like an idiot.
I'm now at the point where I don't care how much money I'll lose by selling the bike and cancelling my insurance but if there's nothing Yamaha can or want to do then their product is not for me.
On a side note - is there anything anyone would want me to mention in the email? Any issues I've forgotten about (camchain tensioner, glitchy dashes, brake hose rubbing against the swingarm)?
Thanks in advance! Off to take a chillpill...
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