Originally Posted by VRT MBasile

nevermind

Originally Posted by Ecential

I used to be a Ducrapi, oh, I mean Ducati, Triumph, Yamaha mechanic and one thing I learned about being a mechanic is to always try to help the customer out if they got screwed by someone or whatever the situation. The customer is coming to you because they do not have the skills or the tools to do the repairs, I have a friend named Lance, I havent seen him in a few years but I always remembered how he helped out his customers @ Desmoto Sport in SF. you see Ducatis are the worst engineered motorcycles ever made they are over-engineered, look stupid and are the least reliable combustable engine on the road. sorry if I offend anyone but I know those bikes, so back to my friend Lance, he ran and might still run Desmoto, and he was always getting people coming in with Ducs they had purchased almost 75% of the time you buy a used ducati it is pretty screwed mechanically but most likely looks great on the outside. I witnessed some of these customers coming in afer getting screwed out of thousands of dollars, instead of telling them sorry I dont want to touch that ****ing can of worms your ****ed and sending them on their way with no real way for them to go about the situation. He would be really nice and try to help them. My old boss Todd was the same way, he would spend days on bikes with the weirdest problems after the customer had been turned away by every shop because they did not want to waste their precious time or money. he would take on these ****ed jobs and help them out I wold always ask him dude why the **** are you working on that pile of junk, he would often say "I hate to see honest people getting screwed, because that reminds me of when I was the underdog in the situation and it sucks to be told that a place that is their to fix your bike cant help you, why the hell are they doing it?"

Looks like I found a great shop who is gonna take a look @ what I'm working with. . . .