How long to give garage before ringing?

[Martay]

Hi
my bike blew the piston when someone cut the 2 stroke line. I took it up my local motorbike mechanic on 6th. He rang me on the 13th to tell me it needed a re-boring so i gave him the go ahead. Haven't head anything since. I always take my bike to him, always had good service etc. Im a bit worried about ringing to find out the progress incase im coming across as annoying or whatever?
What would you do?
Ta
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[daemonoid]

Just call...
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[GF-91]

Just call. Who knows, it might be ready.
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[Bomberman]

Over a week and no contact? Call. Then get a timescale so you don't have to worry about phoning until he exceeds it.
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[Shinigami]

MTFU

..that is all..
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[Skudd]

When you first put it in you should get a time line from him. ie 3 days to check, 6 days for parts, 3 days to fit. 12 days total. On the 6th and 11th day you should call to make sure all is going as planned.
Mechanics aren't doing you any favours, they are being employed by you to do a job and do that job in a reasonable time.
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[Tenko]

Give the man a ring and tell him you need it for the weekend, otherwise yours will go to the back of the garage.

[Cheeseybeaner]

[T0MMY]

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[Martay]

[duhawkz]

did you asking what the eta was on that, or will you ask here again in a week if you should ring him again
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[andyscooter]

i phone my mechanic daily

when the bikes there obviously (im not a stalker)

mainly because he is half soaked and forgets

if i order tyres i ring him the day before to get him to order as he normally forgets
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[duhawkz]

and you trust this man to work on your bike
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[GF-91]

[Rogerborg]

Daily calls whenever a vehicle is off road. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
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[Shinigami]

I badger the fook out of the garage when my bikes in, as such i've never had anywork take more than a day.
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[Kris]

My bike was in a garage for 3 months once...

True story.
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[Cheeseybeaner]

I left a bike with chas bikes once and was told they'd have it sorted by next day if I left it with them.
They kept it there the best part of a week ('we're very busy at the moment its on the ramp, next bike in line') before telling me they couldn't find what was wrong with it and having me collect it!
Great service huh?

[janner_10]

Sounds honest.
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[keggyhander]

I'm in the same boat as the OP with the guy who's airbrushing my tank and both mudguards. He's had them since december.

I went round to his house a week last monday. Tank was done and he was halfway through the back mudguard. I told him I needed it for last sunday.

It's now thursday and he isn't answering his phone. I'll be going round there again before the weekend.

[andyscooter]