Astonishingly incompetant motorcycle fitter

[stinkwheel]

The girlfriend went to a bike shop yesterday to get a new battery for the GPz305. It's well known as a dodgy backstreet place but they said they had one in stock and how far wrong can you go with supplying a battery?

Well, their fitter, being a helpful soul, offered to fit it.

First pull the side-panel so far off the tank that you snap the bottom attachment off.

Now remove the battery.

Now wander around the shop. Discover you don't in actual fact have one in stock despite having assured us on the phone you did. Offer to fit a different on with the wrong Amp hour rating, then find it doesn't fit in the hole anyway.

Put the old battery back in. Hmm that's odd, can't get the terminal bolts to go in. Don't for one second consider the little square nuts they screw into might have fallen out.

Ahh, I know, just screw a couple of self-tappers into the top of the battery terminals. It'll not matter that they are far too big and are standing 1/8" proud of the top of the terminal, entirely failing to hold the ring against the top of the battery. I'm sure the electricity will find its way round somehow.

So I get a very grumpy and disgruntled girlfriend turning up at my work having walked three miles in her bike gear after it refused to start. I assume the battery has finally given up the ghost, bump it and ride it home, leaving the car for the GF.

It isn't until I get back home, lift the saddle and wonder why there are two rusty self-tappers loosely stuck into the battery in place of the copper-greased allen head machine screws I left there that the cause of the failure became apparent.

Screwed them down properly and fired it up first push.

Scary thing is, this guy works on peoples actual bikes, and he does MOTs. After that debacle I wouldn't even let him oil the chain on my push bike.
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[NSR Mick]

I'm suprised he still gets work with workmanship like that.
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[D O G]

I like a good bodge every now and then, but that fails on the first criteria. Shocking.

Do you think it had anything to do with the fact it was your GF that went (thought she was a soft touch etc)?

Either way, what a divvy.

Hope you're naming and shaming in the Scottish section.

[MattEMulsion]

[stinkwheel]

[Cigaro]

Name and shame...?

[stinkwheel]

[Purplepill]

Absolutely shocking Id of enjoyed going back and making the biggest scene ever though .
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