complete morons.....

[Redneckryder]

i get my NEW motorcycle. Kawasaki vulcan 900 custom. they offer to trailer it to my house because they dont want to see it messed up before i can ride it. now they have just called me inept, and this angers me a bit. so i get to the dealership this morning and its all snug in the trailer already. i notice i dont like the way its tied down, but i couldn't put my finger on exactly what was wrong, and these guys are professional, right?? so i dismissed my fears as pre-delivery jitters. get it to my house, everything looks good so far. we unload my buddies bike--2007 gsx-r 600----and then unload mine. as i park it, i notice the paint on my tank looks funny. CHIPS!!!! in the paint. lots of them from where the ratchet part of the strap on the handlebars was ruthlessly and viciously attacking my gas tank the entire ride. so i tell the guy that delivered it that there was a problem. he looks at it and says "Not quite sure that happened during the ride, I'll have to talk to my boss about what he wants to do." i was very calm about the whole ordeal. so i call the dealership an hour later. talked to the owner, who was already appraised of the situation, and he says "we already have an order in to kawasaki and are getting a new tank overnighted from japan. come in whenever you want and we will put it on for you." to clarify why it was delivered, there is 16 inches of snow on the ground and we are expecting 4-6 more by friday. then he says "arent you glad we delivered it?? we couldnt have helped you if this happened in your trailer." i saw red. "THIS WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED IN MY TRAILER BECAUSE I KNOW HOW TO TIE DOWN A BIKE WITHOUT @#$%ing IT UP!!!!" apperantly, he figured that was a good time to end our conversation. he said "i will call you when your tank comes in, have a nice day." now i feel bad for yelling at him....

 

[chittybangbang]

Candyman
That sucks. The bottom line is the owner is doing the right thing and not even questioning the fact the he has total shitheads for employees.Hopefully this has not put some bad juju on your bike.

 

[reno]

Congrats on the bike. But to have the ratchets on the tank? You took it better than me. The handle bars should have the straps going forward and outward to tie to the trailer and the ratchets should be nearest the trailer where it was tied off at. Those guys are total morons. I ride a Suzuki VL1500 Intruder with custom paint, enjoy riding when the snow goes away

here is mine:

And if you trailer a lot do this

And watch your bike from theives so this does not happen..

That was my brand new Honda VTX 1300 and was only 5 months old...

 

[Redneckryder]

ouch---thank god for insurance. i am already lookin into a custom paint job, so the chips didnt bother me as much as the lack of thought that went into tying a brand new bike down. thinking green ghost flames with green smoke coming off the tips and writing Candyman on each side of the tank

 

[tpking]

yea one strap from each side of the handle bar would have held it down then any other way

 

[Ozwynn]

that and you never put ratchets near paint. I always put the ratchets deck side and ziptie the excess strap ......... never trust somebody you don't know to do something you know how to do

 

[Redneckryder]

they already had it loaded when i got to the shop that morning. you would think a guy that does this every day would know how.