Well, now there we agree, unfortunately. The world runs on mediocrity or worse, and average; NASA got the cream of the crop so our local dealers..... well, they got what was left. Now that said, I happen to have an excellent dealer close by (20 minutes away) comprised of professionals who work to professional standards. I have complete confidence in them and always have (since I was short- they opened in 1947 and I was not even up to short yet then). But I also understand that not everyone, and unfortunately, perhaps a lot of folks, does not have access to such a dealership. And there are other motorcycle dealerships around that are.... questionable on their best days so I really do understand the wariness of having a machine so complex as a C-14 broken down to its innards and reassembled.
So given the reality of the situation, perhaps you are right to be wary Marty. ?? My sympathies in advance but I still hope it will go smoothly for you.
Brian
It is that "competent mechanic" part that scares the **** out of me.... they seem to be few and far between as many are simply lazy, others too preoccupied and a large chunk of them simply don't care, don't know and don't love motorcycles.
If I did not do my own work, there is nobody within 100 miles of me I would trust to do it, so I likely would not even own a motorcycle, or I would simply have to buy a new one everytime the tires wore out-much like I do with my 4 wheeled vehicles and that would get spendy in a hurry on the bike. the cars- I barely drive them it'll be 7-8 years before I wear out the tires---and that is a sad reality of 30+ years experience in this local with all the local dealerships/shops and the lack of talent that parades through the service departments---some of that is very much managements fault for handcuffing and underpaying the very good ones....