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Campbell SOUP |
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Campbell SOUP Two Stroke Sniffer
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chickenstrip Super Spammer
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xX-Alex-Xx wrote: |
I'm always iffy on the "we've built race bikes" thing. Usually means they can build stuff to go fast, but not necessarily to go far. |
I wouldn't only go by whether or not someone has built race bikes. I'd go more by their knowledge, their care about the customer, their enthusiasm for bikes. But if they've got a good record of their race builds going the distance, it's an added feather in the cap. A road bike normally gets nowhere near the constant abuse a race bike does. But you've got to take each mechanic on his merits, whatever the experience. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
THERE'S MILLIONS OF CHICKENSTRIPS OUT THERE! |
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MarJay But it's British!
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steve the grease Crazy Courier
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The website mentions K&S motorcycles and performance , but does not mention 'Ltd' so it looks like it's not a limited company any longer. Not neccesarily a big issue, for tax it was better to become a ltd company at one time to reduce tax ( so the Govt could say " half a million new companies in the last year", yes but not new businesses) which looked good for the Govt. Now for some people , good old self employed works better again, which might explain it.
Only one person ' Ken' is mentioned. ____________________ All the above is my personal opinion, you can see my lips move, but I'm talking out of my arse.
I've been riding, and fixing , bikes for 50 years, in that time the more I learn, the less I am absolutely sure of..... |
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Hetzer |
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arry |
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arry Super Spammer
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Gone sole trader I'd guess. Voluntary strike off so it's not because they didn't file accounts or whatever. Looks like it was set up to move towards Ltd co and then just decided against it and struck it off. |
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Fizzer Thou |
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Fizzer Thou World Chat Champion
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There used to be a K&S on the south coast,then reappeared in Sittingbourne.This was where a friend took his 5PW R1 to have the severely out of spec shims adjusted by a bloke nicknamed 'EGG' who is good at his job.He charged Guy £350 for doing the shims and changing the clutch plates,so charges at a very reasonable rate.
One place to avoid,from what I have heard,is Coopers BMW at Tunbridge Wells.Not experienced them myself but I have heard some feedback that is not good.
I met a friend there a while ago and while I was chatting to Steve outside I was looking at a 1050ST which was for sale as a trade-in.The salesman appeared and asked if I was interested as Steve and i had given it some attention.We were told that the top bod in the workshop had given it a top service and that it had passed A1.With this I said I would not now be interested and I was asked why,to which I pointed out the down to the metal rear disc pads.I said that if that was the best that the top technician could do,it gave me no confidence in the not-so experienced technicians ____________________ Just talk bikes.What else is there?
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S1000R valves for £150? I wouldn't go anywhere near that. ____________________ a.k.a 'Geri'
132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good |
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S1000R valves for £150? I wouldn't go anywhere near that. ____________________ a.k.a 'Geri'
132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good |
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We'll see how this one plays out. |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 3 years, 252 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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