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graymulligan
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I think I'll throw a positive into this thread. There are a lot of local shops around where I live, and where I work (45 min. apart) Most are too busy to deal with people, much like what has been expressed in thsi thread.
I ended up buying my GS from a little shop about a half hour from home that has no New line they sell, just used. Been in business for a million years, friendly, just a great bunch of people.
I cam in looking at an 700 in white, all done and in the wrapper, really pretty. When I commented that it was going to be my first bike in a decade or so, one of the mechanics mentioned a mechanically great bike that was ugly in the back, that need paint and not a lot else. I went back and looked at it, and ended up buying it, and saving about 800 bucks over the one that was all done.
Oh, the day I came to pick it up, on their little showroom floor were a Silver bandit, a red Moto Guzzi with a stunning chrome tank, a late nineties YZF600(maybe 750) and a 2005 triumph bonneville america. Talk about a wide array...
They service everything, and I've stopped in a few times simply to chat with them, and usually I'll end up in the back yacking with the owner and a couple mechanics about all sorts of stuff. Just a great, great shop. I'll be taking the GS there for anything I can't handle on my own without hesitation.
(I may even get lazy and have them do the oil changes...stupid 4-1 pipe is going to make those a real pita)
I ended up buying my GS from a little shop about a half hour from home that has no New line they sell, just used. Been in business for a million years, friendly, just a great bunch of people.
I cam in looking at an 700 in white, all done and in the wrapper, really pretty. When I commented that it was going to be my first bike in a decade or so, one of the mechanics mentioned a mechanically great bike that was ugly in the back, that need paint and not a lot else. I went back and looked at it, and ended up buying it, and saving about 800 bucks over the one that was all done.
Oh, the day I came to pick it up, on their little showroom floor were a Silver bandit, a red Moto Guzzi with a stunning chrome tank, a late nineties YZF600(maybe 750) and a 2005 triumph bonneville america. Talk about a wide array...
They service everything, and I've stopped in a few times simply to chat with them, and usually I'll end up in the back yacking with the owner and a couple mechanics about all sorts of stuff. Just a great, great shop. I'll be taking the GS there for anything I can't handle on my own without hesitation.
(I may even get lazy and have them do the oil changes...stupid 4-1 pipe is going to make those a real pita)
