Motorcycle shop etiquette

[R-Rated]

Guys and girls, when you are in the shop and a customer is talking to the service writer there is an unwritten rule.

- Thou shall not insert thyself into to the conversation if you are not shoulder to shoulder with the customer.

I am at the shop dropping off my bike for the bodywork repairs. I'm talking to the service explaining that the bike has three issues I need looking at. 1. My sparkplugs were wet with oil at 5k miles. 2. The front valve train is getting noisy compared to the rear cylinder. 3. The bike has a whelp when down shifting on deceleration and the bike is overnight cold.

I hear over my shoulder the guy sitting at a table 20 feet away shout, "YES!" as I describe the whelp and answer the service writer questions - he shouts it another 2-3 times. Then proceeds to explain that my noise is the rear tire chirping on deceleration. I cut him a look to signal this is not his circus but he continues to let his tongue wage loosely about untethered to neither social norms nor any source of common sense whatsoever. Finally he takes a breath which I use the to say, "Whatever. The bike has a rubber compensator in the rear wheel that is there to absorb shock of drive train power changes just like my 2014 with 117k miles which never has never helped and neither did this bike until about 1k miles ago.

I though pal got the point. I finished signing in and walked about the floor eyeballing goodies.

When I returned the Friends of Jesus rider was bad mouthing I did not know what I was talking about. As I mulled over if he needed to meet Jesus for an autograph, the service writer professionally put him in his place explaining that every bike has to be checked if the customer has a complaint.

I felt a bit better. Now to pull the footage of the ride over to show the service writer the sound just in case Jesus Buddy has friends in service.

 

[Theodor]

You'll never know who you meet at the workshop. Late this summer I was in the workshop, that does the winter works on my bike, getting a replacement for my turn signal relay, because mine stopped working and the technical inspection was due. While the store manager was surfing the catalog in his computer, for finding the correct piece, I was just casually discussing how the issue manifested itself. Then I heard a mans voice from behind me, saying something like: "That sounds like a trouble of bike having too big engine." and "Who puts a car engine on a bike anyway." and I was giggling to myself, not really looking behind, thinking something smart to say, when the workshop keeper replied with some clever remark back to the author of the comment. Around that time I glimpsed back and realized the guy behind me was the guy I go to, for my technical inspection. Also a former relative, and a good acquaintance of the workshop keeper. I just did not recognize the voice immediately.

 

[R-Rated]

You'll never know who you meet at the workshop. Late this summer I was in the workshop, that does the winter works on my bike, getting a replacement for my turn signal relay, because mine stopped working and the technical inspection was due. While the store manager was surfing the catalog in his computer, for finding the correct piece, I was just casually discussing how the issue manifested itself. Then I heard a mans voice from behind me, saying something like: "That sounds like a trouble of bike having too big engine." and "Who puts a car engine on a bike anyway." and I was giggling to myself, not really looking behind, thinking something smart to say, when the workshop keeper replied with some clever remark back to the author of the comment. Around that time I glimpsed back and realized the guy behind me was the guy I go to, for my technical inspection. Also a former relative, and a good acquaintance of the workshop keeper. I just did not recognize the voice immediately.

Friends like that are fine cutting in but this guy today was a real odd duck.

 

[Theodor]

Maybe he felt closer to you, than you do to him

 

[R-Rated]

Maybe he felt closer to you, than you do to him

He could have felt like family if he sat there nice and quiet.

 

[scooterwuf]

I often get it from strangers on trains who just start talking, uninvited, to you about their problems. I’m now going to answer by talking about my bike on a technical level.

- Wolf

 

[R-Rated]

I often get it from strangers on trains who just start talking, uninvited, to you about their problems. I’m now going to answer by talking about my bike on a technical level.

- Wolf

That would be an interesting conversation.

Passenger, "My son is getting an interview at Panera"

You, "That is nice. I got my fork seal leak figured out."

 

[Theodor]

That would be an interesting conversation.

Passenger, "My son is getting an interview at Panera"

You, "That is nice. I got my fork seal leak figured out."

That sounds like a level of drunkenness, where both speak passionately about something, but neither listens to the other.

 

[R-Rated]

That sounds like a level of drunkenness, where both speak passionately about something, but neither listens to the other.

That is about right for some public transportation systems in the US.

 

[Drakhen99]

That would be an interesting conversation.

Passenger, "My son is getting an interview at Panera"

You, "That is nice. I got my fork seal leak figured out."

Sounds like me and my wife. She talks about work stuff, then I talk about bike stuff. Good times.

-John

 

[R-Rated]

Sounds like me and my wife. She talks about work stuff, then I talk about bike stuff. Good times.

-John

At least you two talk. Back when I was in the Army a sergeant complained he and his wife only talked during "hallway sex". When I asked that was, he said mumbled "F-you" when they passed by each other in the hall.