Unofficially done with bring the CBR in for service

[askmrjesus]

Some fucking bean counter engineer, has already decided how long it should take to fix your bike.

He's not a mechanic. He's never seen your particular bike. He assumes it looks just the picture in the manual.

His estimation of the time involved to do the work, is applied to the software the dealership uses to quote you a price. Oil change on bike A, Model year B, should cost X.

The service manager checks off the little boxes on the screen, prints out the service form, and hands it to the mechanic.

The mechanic looks at the form, and now knows that his end of the "Shop Rate" is X dollars, as long as he can do it in X hours. If it takes him longer than X hours, tough shit. If it takes him less hours, sweet.

This is why your shit comes back all fucked up.

JC

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by askmrjesus

Some fucking bean counter engineer, has already decided how long it should take to fix your bike.

He's not a mechanic. He's never seen your particular bike. He assumes it looks just the picture in the manual.

His estimation of the time involved to do the work, is applied to the software the dealership uses to quote you a price. Oil change on bike A, Model year B, should cost X.

The service manager checks off the little boxes on the screen, prints out the service form, and hands it to the mechanic.

The mechanic looks at the form, and now knows that his end of the "Shop Rate" is X dollars, as long as he can do it in X hours. If it takes him longer than X hours, tough shit. If it takes him less hours, sweet.

This is why your shit comes back all fucked up.

JC

It doesn't always come back all fucked up. After valve adjustments it comes back perfect, because they haven't removed a single fairing panel.

[jtemple]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

It doesn't always come back all fucked up. After valve adjustments it comes back perfect, because they haven't removed a single fairing panel.

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

It doesn't always come back all fucked up. After valve adjustments it comes back perfect, because they haven't removed a single fairing panel.

yup, valves are fine, now give us 500 dollars

I have had a few mechanics tell me that if the first check is in spec and yo udont beat the shit out of the bike you should be good for a long time. Triumph is pushing 12k miles so its almost that time to go in. The dealer I deal with is prety good (sux theyre 70 miles from my house though) so I am sure I will take the standard ass raping from them like any shop but I feel prety comfortable withthe mechanics there.

[Cutty72]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

It doesn't always come back all fucked up. After valve adjustments it comes back perfect, because they haven't removed a single fairing panel.

Just wait until I get time to put up my valve adjustment thread...

Not remove a single fairing panel ...

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by Cutty72

Just wait until I get time to put up my valve adjustment thread...

Not remove a single fairing panel ...

just the frame, swing arm and other big parts

[Cutty72]

Originally Posted by tommymac

just the frame, swing arm and other big parts

Na, the swingarm stayed in its original position...

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by Cutty72

Na, the swingarm stayed in its original position...

but did anything else?

[Cutty72]

Originally Posted by tommymac

but did anything else?

hmm, swingarm, forks, both wheels/pulleys/rotors, and the entire engine assembly, which is why I did it that way.