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Took my KLR650 here for a valve check and to replace the inside stator cover. Brought it on a Saturday and was told to expect it early next week, which comes and goes. The next few days I keep hearing it'll be ready the following day, until we're over 10 days now. Marco tells me he will drop off the bike tomorrow at my house and that it's all done, except for a few service items.. well, tomorrow comes and goes and getting my bike back has become the running joke at home.
Two weeks after I dropped it off, I get a call and Marco picks me up to take a look at the bike. The outside stator cover is still not on, the stator is hanging by a wire, the wire is frayed, and things are looking ugly. He cracked the replacement stator cover I bought because he had one of the starter gears installed backwards. I brought the repair manual I purchased as a guide, since it's a pretty decent book but it was sitting somewhere in a corner.
He lost three of the original bolts for the alternator cover, but to be fair he replaced them with some of his own. After everything is assembled, the bike starts but makes an awful squealing sound. I took the bike home, not wanting to spend any more time there, opened the cover and found that one starter gear had 3 washers, and other only had 1. One dowel was also missing, and the 3 bolts on the stator had all come loose.
I am starting to doubt he even checked the valves.
In fairness, he didn't take my money, since he cracked the outer cover and offered to replace it when it comes in. But the service was pretty brutal. I would have much rather heard it would take ten days and wait ten days, then to constantly be told tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow...
Looks like a decent place for scooters, but I wouldn't bring my bike back here.
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