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Built2Last Serious Thumper Offline Tempt Fate Posts: 1447 FTF Gender:	Re: Mechanic Liability Reply #45 - 03/14/12 at 18:59:08 x1karr0usx, where are you from? See if there's any motorcycle specific law firms in your town.. for example here in VA we have www.motorcyclelawgroup.com
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Reply #46 - 03/15/12 at 06:19:07

Northeast/Central Pennsylvania near Williamsport, PA. I really want to know how Suzuki will handle this issue, but I am considering bringing a lawyer into this.

And just the head and crankcase replacement alone would get it considered "totalled". I got a buyer lined up for $3500, but I can imagine that he will use all of the dealership's screw ups as leverage points to get a good deal. I ain't in the business of selling mechanically questionable motorcycles anyways, so hopefully Suzuki comes through on this.

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arteacher Serious Thumper Offline Ride as if your naked and invisable! Posts: 2581 London ontario Gender:	Re: Mechanic Liability Reply #47 - 03/15/12 at 06:31:08 Fer sher get a lawyer involved.
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Bubba Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 956 Denver, CO Gender:	Re: Mechanic Liability Reply #48 - 03/15/12 at 07:23:46 In Ohio... http://www.ebay.com/itm/96-1996-SUZUKI-LS650-LS-650-SAVAGE-ENGINE-MOTOR-5029-... I'd try to make the dealership pay for the whole thing...
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Re: Mechanic Liability
Reply #49 - 03/15/12 at 08:32:58

Mind you I like JB weld and I use it, but I have had occasions where it cracked off in stressed locations, especially ones that go hot/cold all the time. The resin degrades over time.

Using it for the clutch cable holder is BUILT TO FAIL over time.

Since you have the bike back, please post pictures of the broken cooling fin and the botch job with the JB weld and the other items you mentioned.

This thread may make it into the Tech Section as a "Why you don't let dealerships work on your bike -- do it yourself instead" thread.

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x1karr0usx Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 61	Re: Mechanic Liability Reply #50 - 03/15/12 at 09:05:26 lol i will post pics as soon as i get home today.
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Reply #51 - 03/15/12 at 10:14:27

I feel really fortunate to have a good relationship with my Suzuki dealer (especially since he's the only bike-primary dealership of any brand in my region) I had him replace both tires on my Intruder and the following season I had a definite leak in the front tire. I took the bike to a tire shop and they found the cause was a (brand new) cotter pin was somehow inside my rim between it and the tire and wore a hole in the tube. Long story short the dealer went good for the repair at the tire shop and gave me a $100 in store parts credit. There are some good ones out there.

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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Mechanic Liability Reply #52 - 03/15/12 at 12:02:18 All the Dealers in my area are good and charge reasonable prices.Remember you can wash your car cheaper than having it done.
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Reply #53 - 03/15/12 at 12:08:54

Yeah, this kind of crap spooks me and just reinforces my desire to do as much of my own maintenance as possible. I did have my tires put on at a local dealership (I bought the tubes from them) and they did a good job on mine. I was talking with another fellow who'd just had his tires done and they left the rubber liner out of one of his rims when they reassembled and the spokes chewed his tube in less than a couple of miles. He said they apologized and "made it right". I don't know if they just fixed the issue or went above and beyond but he seemed satisfied. I still want to learn how to do most of it myself if at all possible. I trust myself to care about the outcome and you guys have enough combined knowledge and experience to put me on the right track if I'm astute enough to ask the right questions. Then it's all a matter of parts, time, tools and patience.

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x1karr0usx Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 61	Re: Mechanic Liability Reply #54 - 03/15/12 at 15:12:09 http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1331849500/
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Re: Mechanic Liability
Reply #55 - 03/16/12 at 13:13:28

bill67 wrote on 03/15/12 at 12:02:18:

All the Dealers in my area are good and charge reasonable prices.Remember you can wash your car cheaper than having it done.

Remember, Bill does not believe in routine maintenance. It has been 29 years by his own reconning since he last adjusted the valves on a motorcycle.

He tends to sell off a bike once it begins "to act funny".

Also, Bill really thinks $13 a quart oil is sensible spending, so take his advice on these maintenance type things with a little bitty grain of salt.

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greenmonster Senior Member Offline Hellooooo Nurse! Posts: 420 Vancouver BC Gender:	Re: Mechanic Liability Reply #56 - 03/16/12 at 13:45:21 Bill sounded pretty tongue-in-cheek on that one.
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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: Mechanic Liability Reply #57 - 03/16/12 at 15:34:30 greenmonster wrote on 03/16/12 at 13:45:21: Bill sounded pretty tongue-in-cheek on that one. I thought so too.
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Reply #58 - 03/16/12 at 17:23:18

Oldfeller--FSO wrote on 03/16/12 at 13:13:28:

bill67 wrote on 03/15/12 at 12:02:18:

All the Dealers in my area are good and charge reasonable prices.Remember you can wash your car cheaper than having it done.

Remember, Bill does not believe in routine maintenance. It has been 29 years by his own reconning since he last adjusted the valves on a motorcycle.

He tends to sell off a bike once it begins "to act funny".

Also, Bill really thinks $13 a quart oil is sensible spending, so take his advice on these maintenance type things with a little bitty grain of salt.

Grin

Whats it like when a bike acts funny,I never had one that did.

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Boofer Serious Thumper Offline Nearly too old. Posts: 1760 N Ms Gender:	Re: Mechanic Liability Reply #59 - 03/17/12 at 20:14:53 Everything I buy has been "acting funny". That's how I get a good price.
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