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Remember to Have Fun! - Solar Bear 2020 Champion
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.
- 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.
