Bennetts Motorcycles Barnsley

[dqacativtwin]

Beware of your safety on one of their used bikes. I bought a 999S Ducati from them. I had run it about 200 odd miles. When I put the bike in the check the front brakes it was found that the timing belts had been fitted wrong and the front had already moved 2 teeth because of this. Obvious to say if the bike had seized up on a corner or even on a straight. Russell Bennett was rude, obnoxious are admitted they had not checked the timing belts on his pre delivery inspections. It ended up costing me over £300 extra to change the belts and have them fitted properly.
I don't believe Bennetts had fitted the belts, but you would have thought they would check the timing belts on a 1000cc twin Ducati before selling it on.

Im now looking into legal action, something has to be done before someone is seriously hurt.

My opinion is go somewhere else who will consider your safety.

[Minty]

Not ranty enough. 2/10.

Poor spelling on username. 1/10.

Apart from that though..........
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[Rogerborg]

Hi, welcome to BCF.

Needs more flux.

Presumably you have documented Bennetts' refusal to remedy the issue before you paid for it to be done elsewhere?

Best of luck recovering that money from them. Invoice letter before action https://www.moneyclaim.gov.uk/web/mcol/welcome.
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[Ste]

How do you know that they're not here already?

[CaNsA]

Marked as "Off Topic", this isnt worthy of "Biking News & Issues".

[RhynoCZ]

I accidentally gave it boring, well I aimed for ''Off Topic''. Sorry for that.

OP's post is not News, nor a Issue in term of a motorcycle related article.

It could also be marked as ''Spam'' since it could have economical subtext, in which the OP is from a different shop, trying to defame his competitor. But, let's not go this way.
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[baldy]

I used to live in Barnsley and have bought a bike from them. Never again.
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[talkToTheHat]

I bought my first bike from there. It was OK. My experience with the dealership was pretty good. I didn't have any problems with bike other than throwing it down the road.

I don't know anything about ducatis, but are timing belts not something checked and replaced as a full service item? Certainly requires much messing about to inspect on a ford mondeo. Are they on pdi checklists?
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[Polarbear]

Wouldn't have though a bike would run that well with a timing belt 2 teeth out, if at all.
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[Rogerborg]

[HotdogMcDraw]

OP did you thoroughly check the bike before you bought it? Maybe you would have noticed the problem yourself before drooling over the first bike you see.
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[Rogerborg]

You think he'll be back? This was a spurt-and-go.

Green karma? *PLONK* for great justice.
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