Poor Condition

[pariah]

Recently been told my 2000 model with 23000 on clock is in too much of a poor condition and the person is refusing to work on it .
Bear in mind this is after they had taken £1400 pound of me for an engine rebuild ,added a dyno jet kit and completed 20 dyno runs. then when I get the bike back it runs like a puch maxi on steriods and is now totally unridable ater it's so called repairs also bearing in mind that the bike has never been on the road after the repairs .




What do you guys think

[Wicky]

Have you a dyno print out you can post?

[Xenocide]

So let me get this straight:

Bike goes into garage to have engine work done. They're perfectly happy to do work.
Garage does engine work + a few dyno pulls.
Bike goes back to you.

You say it's wombles.
They agree?

[Kev L]

If the company took the work and agreed to perform a service for you I can't see how they can justify their position now. They have done the work which has rendered the machine into the condition which they now describe as poor! Had they contacted you upon opening the lump up to warn you of the impending doom it may have been your decision, but to complete the work and dyno testing, empty your wallet and then tell you they've built a pile of poo is unacceptable, to my mind.
By the way I was thinking how nice it was looking before you added the text to the post.
Good luck mate.

[dragonback]

hi i know bugger all about the legalities of any of this but i would go see or phone citizens advice NOW

[lumpyv]

threaten them with trading standards regarding the the work they did?

[AMCQ46]

if I remember the history, this was Roger Dichfield at Revolution that did the engine work and it was much more extensive that you had originaly agreed to, so you were already not happy with the communication after having to stump up the £1400.

is this a continuation of the same story? is it a refusal from Roger to take it back and fix it? ........... given that we all use Roger to bounce ideas off I am hoping he has some compelling reason for this position , what specific issues is he quoting?

[pariah]

I wasnt going to mention names.
Yes it's still the same problem.

What I fail to understand is.

1, If hes a specialist in these bike, he should have known that bolts would be corroded and seized om a bike of this age.

2. If theBike was as he puts it In a poor condition , then why proceed and repair the engine and complain about the condition of the Bike afterwards.

3, The only he's being funny is that I complained about the extra £400 pound and that he looked at the rear linkage with out me asking him to do. But then why claim extra money and moan when I confront him about doing and charging me for additional work that the bike wasnt there for in the first place. I also, explained that when the bikearrived back it was scratched in places.

4 , Why would any one complete 20 dyno runs on a bike that has just had new shells and bearing in the engine. How come the engine in now in a worse condition that it was before it went. At least it could have still been ridden it as it was , But now due to the severe vibration that can be felt through the whole bike, and along with the right exhaust sounding perthetic and severe rumbling and rattling of the right side of the engine tells me there is some thing seriously wrong with the engine and that it makes the the bike unrideable.

I feel that a lot of people on here will side with him, but your not the ones with a wombles up bike and 1400quid short. I was going to trade it in beforte talking to roger for a VFR but its that bad now, Any one will know the engine is knackered.

At present he has put the ball back in my court by saying that he will refuse to have the bike back if it's in the same condition as before " If you do decide to return the bike to me for the evaluation of the cause and assessment of the cost of any repairs" he commenced the repairs.

[pariah]

Just checked last MOt certificate mileage was 23446 after riding home from the station on the 27th July 2010 @ 11.49, bike has been off road since then due to my medical problems, Just checked mileage on the bike speedo and it's now showing 23476.

So according to the mileage the bike since leaving me to rogers and back after repairs has only done 30 miles since the engine rebuild .

Please can some one explain or shed any light on how an engine has got like this since coming back and not even been on the road as it's still sorn .

[Kev L]

You have my sympathies mate, I have no loyalty toward anyone in this sorry saga but as I said earlier and you have stated in your posts, how can he now refuse to work on it due to condition when it is in the condition it was returned to you by him???
Good luck with it mate, and as was suggested earlier CAB may well be worth a chat as they have tame solicitors who will give you advice on where you stand.

[VTRDark]

Something don't smell right here. I think trading standards advice would be a good thing. And I'm not impressed considering all we ever hear is good about the great Mr Ditchfield Sounds like you have had a hell of a time with it all. If he had said he could do the work and once completed, and the work is not satisfactory, then you either should not have to pay or the work is to be done properly. It saddens me to hear this.

Why would any one complete 20 dyno runs on a bike that has just had new shells and bearing in the engine.

Agree, the bike has not even been run in yet.

By the way I was thinking how nice it was looking before you added the text to the post.

I thought the same.

(:-})

[lloydie]

[agentpineapple]

i hope you get a satisfactory conclusion to this situation fella, i also find it hard to believe but i have no reason to disbelieve you, sounds like someone at rogers have dropped the ball and they're now trying to wriggle out of it, i myself have spoken to roger on a couple of occasions for advice and he comes across as a very nice guy, as i said before, good luck buddy

[pariah]

Well you have seen a picture of it when it came back from having its repairs done. The bike has been under it's cove since returning and has not been cleaned as I,m unable to. Looks clean and ok to me

This is one of the reasons why hes saying my bike is in poor condition.?

"The awful condition of your bike when it arrived at my workshop . Rusted, filthy and an incorrectly painted body kit."

[agentpineapple]

it really doesn't matter what colour or weither its rusty or dirty....
he'd have a shitfit if he saw my bike