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That was truly a nightmare. More than a year and he still couldn't fix your bike? Thanks for sharing your experience. You should file a claim in the small claim court against him and his shop.Also call and file a complaint with BAR (https://www.bar.ca.gov/Consumer/Complaints/index.html)
I’m really sorry about your experience with Superchicken. I’ve only used him twice for minor work so my experience with his work is limited.Reading your whole post it appears there was a clear lack of communication from Drew. That’s on him. Having said that I would have recommended you pull your bike from his shop after one month.Understand that your bike is probably approaching 20 years old. Unless ALL wear items we’re regularly serviced AND/OR replaced, things WILL go wrong on your bike. Especially with carbs, fuel flow, electrical, and other areas and parts that carry liquids. Often if you “disturb” one area, another lingering but unnoticed issue will suddenly materialize. I speak from experience. On top of that, parts for your bike isn’t exactly easy to get today. Especially since the CBR900 was not produced in large quantities and/or remained in production for a long time.What I’m saying is whatever issues your bike has isn’t an easy one part fix. Could be multiple areas and that’s possibly could be why Drew would “fix” something, put the bike back together, only to realize it’s not running right. So back to trying to diagnose something else, order parts, wait, fix, ride, and the loop goes on and on.I’m currently going through a similar situation on my 10-year old VFR. The bike sits longer waiting for parts more than I’ve been able to work and diagnose it! So I understand your frustration as well as Drew’s situation.Send me a PM. Maybe I can be of help. Sometimes kicking things around various people can yield solutions to what’s wrong with your bike and get you back on the road sooner rather than later.
Don’t know Drew or have any personal experience with him but sometimes the perfect storm comes along and can really make a mess of things. The situation being what it is, I say move onward see if you can find a solution elsewhere. Although OCMoto is great for general motorcycle info maybe seek a forum specific to your bike. Like Rogue, I have VFRs and the amount of knowledge and support for these bikes on VFR specific forums sure does make short work of finding a solution.Good luck but don’t dwell on the situation that you cannot change, look ahead for a solution.
Sounds like your problem is bringing him a 30 year old bike that was already falling apart and in shit shape and expecting it be be repaired to pristine condition despite lack of parts availability.
Quote from: Xanatos on 10/21/17 09:24PMSounds like your problem is bringing him a 30 year old bike that was already falling apart and in shit shape and expecting it be be repaired to pristine condition despite lack of parts availability.Yeah, and the girl wearing the short dress is to blame for getting raped. Horror story. I like Drew, and I hope he's doing great but missing fuel lines, headlight bulb and a rearset? Not the bike owners fault.
Quote from: FJ_Chris on 10/22/17 07:20AMQuote from: Xanatos on 10/21/17 09:24PMSounds like your problem is bringing him a 30 year old bike that was already falling apart and in shit shape and expecting it be be repaired to pristine condition despite lack of parts availability.Yeah, and the girl wearing the short dress is to blame for getting raped. Horror story. I like Drew, and I hope he's doing great but missing fuel lines, headlight bulb and a rearset? Not the bike owners fault.Nice straw man argument. Here's mine: whose fault is it if you walk around Syria proudly proclaiming you are an American and you get your head chopped off by ISIS? Sure, ISIS is directly responsible, but maybe you should have expected those results based on the circumstances.Everything that's missing sounds like a common wear item except the rearset. If those parts on a near 30 year old bike worn out while Chicken was doing servicing why would he keep them? I've left my rearsets, fuel pump, and other misc stuff at his shop before for weeks on end and I've always gotten everything back.
Quote from: Xanatos on 10/21/17 09:24PMSounds like your problem is bringing him a 30 year old bike that was already falling apart and in shit shape and expecting it be be repaired to pristine condition despite lack of parts availability.He was expecting it to be fixed and in good running condition. Did you not read his whole post? He was not expecting it in pristine condition! Also, getting your bike back with all the parts attached isn't an unreasonable request. It is a MINIMUM requirement. No ands, ifs, or buts! There is nothing that irritates me more when I get my bike back from dealership service (back in the day) and fasteners would be missing, hoses would be misplaced, etc. This was the main driver for me to absolutely swear off taking my bike to get serviced by anyone else but me. You are coming off sounding like an elitist so I will give you my two cents. Not everyone can afford a new bike or an exotic, nor does everyone want to own one. Turning this thing around and blaming the owner of an older motorcycle for the issues that happened is a low down dirty, shitty thing to say. STOP blaming the victim!
Quote from: Rogue on 10/22/17 04:19PMQuote from: Xanatos on 10/21/17 09:24PMSounds like your problem is bringing him a 30 year old bike that was already falling apart and in shit shape and expecting it be be repaired to pristine condition despite lack of parts availability.He was expecting it to be fixed and in good running condition. Did you not read his whole post? He was not expecting it in pristine condition! Also, getting your bike back with all the parts attached isn't an unreasonable request. It is a MINIMUM requirement. No ands, ifs, or buts! There is nothing that irritates me more when I get my bike back from dealership service (back in the day) and fasteners would be missing, hoses would be misplaced, etc. This was the main driver for me to absolutely swear off taking my bike to get serviced by anyone else but me. You are coming off sounding like an elitist so I will give you my two cents. Not everyone can afford a new bike or an exotic, nor does everyone want to own one. Turning this thing around and blaming the owner of an older motorcycle for the issues that happened is a low down dirty, shitty thing to say. STOP blaming the victim!He made himself a victim. He left a bike there for 2 years and expects us to believe he's not somehow at fault. My personal experience, based off 2+ years of using Chicken, has been nothing less than stellar. Something shared by most of this forum since it was based off their recommendation that I contacted him in the first place. The fact is we only have his side of the story and it doesn't jive with neither my personal experience nor that of a lot of other members. He's just being loud about it. We haven't heard Chicken's side if the story which is probably drastically different than what this guy is making it out to be, but I also don't expect a business to put their customers on blast no matter how stupid they are. That's called professionalism. As far as my exotics go, they take significantly more skill to repair/maintain than some CBR900 from 20 years ago so I doubt it's a matter of skill on behalf of Chicken that he hasn't fixed the OP's bike. Like I said, we're only getting half the story. All I'm pointing out is he sounds bitter based on a situation he most likely helped create.
Please let chicken know of this thread. I would love his feedback. Plus i still need my missing parts, and his shop is now closed....
Quote from: MurdaJ on 10/23/17 02:34PMPlease let chicken know of this thread. I would love his feedback. Plus i still need my missing parts, and his shop is now closed....I'll be sure to prep my carrier pidgeon.
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