Just thought I would repost this... Like the idea of the thread. I have worked in and around shops now for a couple of years. I work currently at a shop in MN. We have a retail store that goes for dirt bikes, quads, utilities, snow mobiles... basically after market accessory. We fab our own race products for quad motocross and rec and have a 2 year contract with yamaha for snowcross developement with a few other OEM projects under wrap.... I handle sales and rider support here....

My rant from when I worked at Honda haah

 

yea... i use to work at a polaris dealership in illinois. and a bootleg shop here in phx. both had alot of crazy customers id say more here than there though the rednecks seemed to be more aware that they are not the most smartest about furwheelers and such. out here they seem to know everything about everything.

 

i always gave 5% to the douschebags that beg

 

haha we did the same... It really didnt take that much off. It was just irritating.

Think bugged me more that half the people that came in didnt know what the hell they were riding...

 

I use to work at chicago cycle,cycle riders of longwood,and CSC in orlando.

 

I also worked at Cycle Riders Longwood and I would have to say that the biggest dipshit that I encountered was a Triumph rider who wanted to know were the instuctions were for the FACTORY camchain tensioner that he ordered. Second thought...he's tied the the guy who wanted to return the mirrored Shoei face shield that he had rolling around in the back of his truck for three months.

 

I had a guy want to return cams for his GS500F because they said his bike wouldn't run for him. SO of course I asked if a mechanic installed them. he replied with "I have been a car mechanic for 15 years." (this is where it gets good) So I looked at him and said "So you timed them off the number 1 cylinder?" he says, "Well of course, this isn't my first rodeo." And, with great big smile I said "Well then maybe you should time them off of number 2 like they're supposed to be and it would run." HAHAHAHAHA

 

Neece gave me a good deal on some bbr springs and saved me some money . She's a cool girl to talk to

 

aww thanks! long time not talk!

 

I pulled wrenches for a honda bike shop for years. Low pay and high stress kinda sucks. Nothing like being half way through a job and be pulled off to show someone where the start button is on their new bike then coming back to your job trying to remember where you were, what was tightened and what wasn't because the guy has been waiting for them in the showroom and you have 3 more rush jobs that day.. NO THANKS.

 

i don't think i could take home a paycheck if i worked in a bike shop...it would be recycled

 

definitely recycled... at the place I worked I could say buy a bike and they woud just deduct the payment directly out of your check before you got it.

 

that would be kinda handy

 

I dont think I have ever talked to anyone that has worked service at a Honda dealership that was happy

 

I worked at a suzuki/KTM shop in myrtle beach....

wanna talk about high stress come check it out durring bike week, all 2 weeks of it.

 

Well id rather work on honda's then anything else. The worst was working at argyll which sold everything,, suz, yammy, arctic cat, duc, bmw. At least if your only working on one type you learn so much faster. However it was sweet bagging the life out of brand new duc's. I wonder why i didn't last long in that shop now ?

 

i remember a chick at a parts counter was telling me how some guy came in asking for a "clicker" for his bike. she didnt know what he was talking about and asked him, "What does a clicker do?" The guy got all pissy, "You know Clicker. It's a clicker!! You don't know what a clicker does??? It's by your foot and you push up and down on it to switch gears!!" Chick was thinkin: What a dumbass.

 

haha that is freaking classic!

People are weird...

I had a couple that came in and bought 2000 worth of mx gear. Which was fine by me because we were on commission. They were a customers of mine that I had been selling to for a bit. Weird as hell. I sold them all the gear and found out that they didnt even have bikes. They were going to test ride one. Then they had matching 600 cruisers. I was getting them a Cobra light bar for one and a Kuryakan for the other and whole lot of other useless accessories. They lived about 25 mins from the shop but guess what they wont drive them on the highway. I am not actually sure where they rode them. They were going to trailer them up to the shop to get the light bars on because they dont ride them on the road.

 

sweet i want to have more money than common sence someday

 

I've worked in almost all the shops down here. They all blow.