There's been quite a lot of talk lately about good dealers, bad dealers, decent parts shops and crap ones, so i thought i'd put up a thread where you can sing their praises or warn folks off.
Let's keep it civil please with no silly name calling or slagging off.

Allow me to start the ball rolling with some praise..
Startright motor cycles in hunslet here in leeds, a top bunch of blokes who'll absolutely bend over backwards to help you out, they'll even give a bit of free advice over the phone

DEVILPAINT, top bloke amazing paintjobs at just the right price























coat................................

Morpheus Motorcycles
Great service, friendly guy, honest, cheaper than anyone else i know and quick.

Speedwell Motorcycles
Had a very bad experience with them, took my bike in for a quote on engine starting problem, bike was running when i left it just wouldn't start on the button had to bump it...
Few days later i go to collect it and its dead no life what soever and the free quote i was supposed to be getting...puh.. he charged me £50 to kill me bike and i had to pretend to the RAC i had just broken down so i could get the bike home...

Morpheus Motorcycles


Again if you are close to or in bristol i would say this is your man!! he is a great guy and knows his stuff.

if you want contact details let me know (PM or email me) and i will give them to you........

Theres not many good ones round here unless you know the staff.
I'm a bit nervous of this folks mentioning these things in a pub or at a rally is fair enough.
but putting it on a public forum would be seen as liable would'nt it?
if not i've a list as long as me arm of dodgey dealers round here.

In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia perhaps?

Head east off Exit 11 on the ring road down until you reach Inkas Road, past the Sasco petrol station by about 150 metres you will see

THE PROFFESSIONAL FOR MOTORCYCLES

Top bloke ... has two top mechanics, and specialises in maintenance and accident repair ...

will do most simple work for free as well ... chain adjustment, oil change (only charges for the oil, etc ...

and If you need more complex work , i.e. I tuned and balanced the four carbs on my GSX400F for 200 SR a while back ... thats about 40 quid ...

Anyway you never know who might read this page and maybe someone from Saudi Arabia will come by ...

shop number: +966 505848829

take care

BIKE GEAR - BRIDGEND - SOUTH WALES

Superb choice and service, with small business mentality - Like every customer is truly valued.

When I went there after being treated like a time waster by some stores - who looked at me with that "oh here's another biker chick wannabe" look,
They were so welcoming, let me try almost everything on and kept the coffee coming........ it was a great experience.

Now I have a bike, and I go there for everything.

When you think how much I initially spent out on leathers, waterproofs, gloves helmet, accessories.........etc, you can see how it pays to treat everyone as a potential customer.

http://www.bike-gear.com/

Bike-Gear
Trewsfield Ind Estate
Tondu Road
Bridgend
Mid Glamorgan
CF31 4LH
Tel: 01656 665 366
Fax: 01656 665366

So long as you're psosting your personal opinion and not direct accusations of wrong doing then i dont see a problem mate, For instance if i say I thought 'whatever' motorcycles were crap then thats an opinion i cant be sued for - if i said a 'whatever' motorcycles ripped people off, charged for parts that were never fitted , did unneccessary work or sold write offs without mentioning it etc then i might be legally challenged to prove it. But if you think you can prove it then cool, go for it!

Bill Bunn Motorcycles

During a weekend tune up my Greaves Sports Twin picked up an extra 95 miles.
The wife's Triumph Tiger collected an extra 50 miles.

Thats dreadfull mate, they should be ashamed of themselves. what did they say about it?

Good friendly local service for road and track bikes, tyres fitted and balanced:- I've been gettin' tyres from 'em for three years and having the odd bit of mechanics done to.

Road & Race
Unit 20B
Tat Bank Road
Oldbury
B69 4NU
0121 544 5146

WYLIE AND HOLLAND

TELFORD

01952 248868


Good clothing section ...see TOM.......sales ....see CLIFF.

I took a bike in for an mot and when I picked it up the tester told me he'd failed it because it handled like a pig when he rode it. I've never had an Mot tester ride the bike before.

nope, they don't normally test ride them, and certainly at fowlers they ddn't have the time to test them - only 15min was put asside for mot's! They should just check the bike over from the checklist!

The weirdo rides pigs too?

actually you are quite entitled to take a bike for a test ride if you feel there is sufficient need. sometimes just riding it fromthe car park to the test bay is enough to note a serious problem...


e_b "m.o.t tester"

STAY AWAY FROM -

Annear Motorcycles, St.Blazey, Cornwall

They are a nasty bunch of folk who tried to charge me £700 to repair my bike, I ended up repairing it myself for £30. They are rude, expensive and I would stay away from them at all costs.

What the feck did they want £700 for? That's a hell of a difference.

They said it needed a new crank, this was not true but even if it was that would have only cost around £400 parts and labour. They are true rip off merchants..

Fame this time...

Just had my bike serviced by George Whites in Swindon.

Told me it would cost £135 when I booked it in. When I took it in I also pointed out that the heated grips (that they fitted) had stopped working, and the left grip was loose.

When I picked it up they told me they had been unable to get an air filter so had cleaned up the old one as best they could, and hadnt charged for it. Re-stuck the grip. Earth lead had broken for the heated grips, so had put some extra length in. Rear brake pads were worn very low so they said they "took the liberty" of replacing them, which was easy as they "had the calipers off anyway".

Total bill including brake pads: £123.

singing the praises of bentleys breakers norfolk top people new engine in four days from phone call to delivery

http://www.theleatherman.co.uk

Top bloke, always has time to 'stop & chat'.
Good for sewing on patches.

Builds a damn nice trike too!!

One for the "hall of shame"
P&D Honda in Outwood, Wakefield. Website
I paid £170 for what was supposed to be a full service. After re-doing the service 1000 miles later with help from a friend of the bandit owners club we found the following:
1. Brake pads were nearly through to backings.
2. The brakes had supposedly been bled yet today were full of air when we did them.
3. The air filter was in a right state and should have been changed, they hadn't even cleaned it, so probably not even checked it.
4. Striped the thread on one of the cam caps.
5. Clutch and choke cables not been touched, very stiff.
There was more but that's all I can remember.
Alot of this would have gone un-noticed with me having little experience, alot was noticed by my friend helping (well doing most of it!)
He has done all his own servicing and lots for others for 20 years and he said it looked like they had done bugger all. So it's all negative from me. Dan.

CMW motorcycles, Chichester, West Sussex !
Friendly, courteous & refreshingly bulls**t free !! nice one !

Well done Scottoiler

I approached the stand at the Scottish bike show and ask if they had any replacement breather tubes and fittings. They gave me them for nothing..

Granby Motors in Ilkeston, brilliant service, went there a few weeks back for fuel pipe clips and they didn't have them in stock got them same day, all for 70p cannot grumble.

Second one is Two-wheel centre in mansfield good prices a wide range of stock and open sunday for emergencies.

Ever had any made to measure leather gear from them?

if you love ur bike plz plz plz dont take it to speedwell motorcycles. as ooga had stated in an eariler past they really dont have a clue. im willing 2 slag them off or do anything to discourage people from havin their pride and joy distroyed by these cowboys. im now bannd from thier b~*ls@/t shop and never have any plans to return. wen i ride past i stopped outside and shout to the customers 'ur brave lettin those dicks touch ur bike'
k guess u guys need an explantation now lol
when i first got my gs1000 she had a few teething problems old worn parts and needed lots of tlc. unfortunatley the muppets at speedwell motorcycles was the nearest repair garage lol repair. my bike wudnt start she needed a new start clutch a new head gasket and an mot.
after 7 wks my bike was ready for collection so all excited i go to the shop hand over £454 and rode away proud as punch. an hour later as i was leavin my m8s house......it wudnt start. same problem. i phone the shop who then told me i had a flat battery...altho they had apparently put a new battery in for the mot. then the mechanic tried 2 bullsh!t me more cuz im a women and told me i had a discharge so angry i return to the shop monday morning. i got told they cudnt do anything this week because they were movin shop and didnt have the time to fix it so bring it back next week. the week after i took it bk still tryin to bump start it. i was 8.5 stome tryin to bump start a 1980 gs1000e...not fun!!!! but this time wen i got it goin it started throwin oil at me from the cyclinder. once again took it back but again they were too busy because they had just moved shop i was so angry i exploded they barred me from the shop and i never got my money back
so then tim morphus as mentioned by ooga and dandit dan done a fantastic job of fixin their cock ups. tim had to fit a new head gasket as speedwell has ballsed it up a new base gasket as they managed to cock that up too...and the head needed machining as theyd also managed to break that plus i needed a new start clutch. so end price of summat that should have cost me a few hundred pound infact cost well over a thousand quid. and now where speedwell had took my start motor apart to clean it as they thought that was the startin problem even tho i had told em wot it was the start motor now has jammed weve tried takin it apart cleaning it and all the rest but they f##ked that up as well
moral of the story.......................
plz plz plz plz plz plz plz DONT USE SPEEDWELL MOTORCYCLES OR BRISTOL EVER!!!!!!!!!!

No mate..I haven't.
But was looking round his stock at his house, & it looked ok to me.

I bought a SPADA Suit from Ride On Motorcyles in Glasgow.

Typical me bought the wrong size Trousers, result crotch split , have ditched the reciept as thought good bit of kit no need to keep this bit of paper.

Phoned Ride On Today to tell them about split, no probs bring them in change them for an XL, no need for the reciept.

1st Class I think.

Would just like to add Ray Dentith Motorcycles of London Road, Purbrook, Hants.

Grizzly, grumpy no-bull type of old biker who will tell you like it is and not rip you off at all.


Really cracking brand new purple Warrior in there at the moment as well!

I got fleeced by them about a year ago too
My bike had been off the road for a while and needed a MOT. They were the nearest to where I worked at the time, so took it in for a service and MOT.

I wish I hadn't bothered. £90 and it ended up costing me an extra £60 elsewhere. The only thing a got out of it was an MOT certificate.

They didn't do anything with the bike apart from patching up an inner tube which they charged me for a new one. Don't think they changed the oil because it was still black and totally messed up my speedometer.

Took mine to CMR just off Portland square in Bristol. I've only been in there four times in the last four years, but Dave knows exactly who I am when I walk in, what bike I've got and what work has been done on it.

I would like to raise a glass to Treen Motors of Crediton, Devon. My clutch went on the way to work and after figuring that it was'nt the cable I feared the worst. I called them and they had it picked up and fixed by lunchtime for £50.00 as it only needed a clip welded back on. They could have charged me for a new clutch and I would have been none the wiser so...HOORAY for honest garages!!

I would like to ad Art Deans of Swindon, I bought my GS125 from them last year, It lost power a month after I bought it. I took it back they did something to it, it was fine for a week or so but then the problem arose again, so I took it back again for the same problem a different diagnosis a hole in the carb diaphram. It took them 2 weeks to fix it. I phoned them on the thursday of the second week to tell them I was coming to pick it up they told me I could not have it because it was having carboration problems. Anyway I picked it up on the Friday and it was sorted, but 2 weeks for a diaphram, I phoned george whites and they could get me one next day. This latter incident was in January. Now I am having carb problems again (unrelated) I took the carb off to adjust the fuel mix and guess what the mix screw is rounded off. Aaaarrrrrgh. It wasnt before because I had to adjust the mix back in november.

Hey Silent Bob, you might wana give Morpheus Motorcycles if you ever want to try some one else, heard good and poor from CMR but never used them so i have no oppinion.

Tim (Morpheus) will always do you a good deal and he is a top bloke

Tel: 0117 377 9429
Moby: 07860 488512

Nice to see this thread being used properly and for the purpose it was intended.
I'd also like to recommend BLD (bikers legal defence) a good bunchof peeps who have been really on the ball in the last few weeks, always know who you are, and are friendly and helpful. Cheers guys.

I would recommend Southwest motorcycles in Penryn, Cornwall. Engine on the RF was buggered and needed new crankcases. I got the cases from Dk spares (another recommendation!) and SW stripped and rebuilt the engine for £250. Sounds beautiful now!

Praise:

Ebay. Awesome place can find nearly anything you want. And the people are freindly.

Dislike:

Waitrose. Utterly sh!te shop. People are unfreindly unhelpful and down right rude. BTW I work there


Not really I'd like to praise Hein Gericke in Norwich. Always happy to help. I wanted to know if a fly screen would fit my bike the guy let me go outside on my own with one and try it on my bike

Fame here to be given to;

Ian Bell in Bedlington Northumberland - Ian gives a cracking, friendly and quite frankly excellent service!!!

One other great place is Cramlington Motorcycles - guess where they are - yup Cramlington!!! Once again Fantastic friendly service - excellent price plus Barry the owner is a real down to earth bloke!!!

One for the hall of fame is http://www.cmcbikes.com/
In my opinion the best customer service in S/Yorks

Really nice to see that the majority of postings are positive...and i have my own to add..

Solo Motorcyles of Taplow. Top guys. What they have forgotten is more than i will ever know. One of the guys, Aldo is into racing Bennelli's and the other, Richard is into classics.
Two nicer friendlier guys you couldn't meet.

Heres one I havn't seen mentioned for the south west folks.

Dog motorcycles, Burnham-on-Sea, Kevin is his name, one of the old school, and 10 out of 10 from me for honesty and service.

When I bought my bike a Bagster tank cover and a tank bag came with it. I haven't been able to use them because the cover was missing a strap and had a broken fastener, I've just had them replaced and stitched in place by Hideout Leather for £10 including p&p which I'm pleased with.
Hideout are Nr Saffron Walden in Essex and are on 01799 584828
or

www.hideout-leather.co.uk

I have praise for three places, Newcombe Bro's in Chelmsford, after my accident, i took the bike to John Pease also in Chelmsford who said they'd look at her the next day, 1 month on im still waiting to hear so i phoned them again and told them i was collecting her (it was hard work pushing her up hill with bent n twisted forks) I got home and called Newcomes who, picked her up the next dat for free as they "were in the area" in the same day they had assessed the damage and ordered the parts! top geezers!

The second is Hadlers in Chelmsford, again very helpful, fixed her breaks after they had seized in days, and replaced the headlight after she was stolen, and a couple of times ive needed replacement instrament display bulb, but ive not had enough cash, so they let me pop it in the next day! top people, Chris there also recognises me in town minus leathers! hows that for customer focused?

The last one is MOT a bike (Brian Nunn) coz im biased! n e more details for that one ask EB

no mention of the one stop then tbc? shame on you!

I'm very sorry Zombie!

News Flash, One Stop in Colchester is absolutely brill! the staff are absolutely fantastic! Zombie being #1 of course very losely followed by Phil, paul and Mark! Top geezers!

Oh you're so kind! And you're so right obviously, ''Very loosely followed'' is exactly right!

I meant closely!!

I'd recommend CJ Ball of Hales in Norfolk. They have a hell of a reputation in the area, and even though they have ditched Honda for a Suzuki agency, they always have a crowd just chatting and drinking the coffee. Loads of bikers have a run out there on Sunday morning for no reason at all other than to meet up and chat. Friendly lot.

On the other hand Lings in Lowestoft have just opened a mega-expensive boutique of a Honda showroom with polished floors and clever lighting - just what your average biker wants? But the atmosphere is as cold as the image, and the prices no doubt reflect the need to pay for the showroom.

No problem !! I'll look forward to it !