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I know that most of you don't live near me, but I still feel the need to spread the word on how shitty their service is.
I had taken my bike there to have them put in some stiffer springs for my forks and some APE manual cam chain tensioners. The factory tensioners were known to fail on the SuperHawks which would cause a catastrophic engine failure.
I got worried when I hadn't heard from them in a few days and had Jenn call to see what the deal was. Apparently, one of the mechanics didn't understand what he was doing and bent two intake valves, then decided it would be best to try and keep quiet on the deal.
Long story short, after getting the job done they tried to charge me for the bent valves, valve guides, head gasket, and the labor to fix their fuck up. We get the financial misunderstanding corrected and I take my bike. I quickly notice that my bike is waaaay down on power and go right back to the shop to bitch. When I crank up the bike at his shop it makes a nasty howling noise. Now that the engine was warmed up, the cam chain was too tight and the starter motor was having a hard time spinning the motor over.
Fast forward to last weekend. I finally get to tear into my bike to see why it's running so poorly. The first things I notice are missing parts in the air box, disconnected plugs, vacuum lines that weren't hooked up, and everything was incredibly over torqued. I got the cam covers off to check the cam timing and sure enough the front cylinder that had bent valves is off by a tooth. The exhaust cam was retarded by one tooth. On top of that, the intake valves are shimmed too tight. I couldn't even fit a .0015 inch feeler gauge in between them.
I never wanted to have to work on my bike. I bought this toy with the sole intention of riding it and paying someone else to keep it up and running. Now I've paid money and had to fix their shit.
I also have to wait until the shims get in to be able to fix my bike.
I know, I know..... tl;dr
CLIFF's notes: Stay away from Full Throttle Motorsports in Longview, TX. They don't do respectable work and will attempt to charge you for their fuck ups.
I had taken my bike there to have them put in some stiffer springs for my forks and some APE manual cam chain tensioners. The factory tensioners were known to fail on the SuperHawks which would cause a catastrophic engine failure.
I got worried when I hadn't heard from them in a few days and had Jenn call to see what the deal was. Apparently, one of the mechanics didn't understand what he was doing and bent two intake valves, then decided it would be best to try and keep quiet on the deal.
Long story short, after getting the job done they tried to charge me for the bent valves, valve guides, head gasket, and the labor to fix their fuck up. We get the financial misunderstanding corrected and I take my bike. I quickly notice that my bike is waaaay down on power and go right back to the shop to bitch. When I crank up the bike at his shop it makes a nasty howling noise. Now that the engine was warmed up, the cam chain was too tight and the starter motor was having a hard time spinning the motor over.
Fast forward to last weekend. I finally get to tear into my bike to see why it's running so poorly. The first things I notice are missing parts in the air box, disconnected plugs, vacuum lines that weren't hooked up, and everything was incredibly over torqued. I got the cam covers off to check the cam timing and sure enough the front cylinder that had bent valves is off by a tooth. The exhaust cam was retarded by one tooth. On top of that, the intake valves are shimmed too tight. I couldn't even fit a .0015 inch feeler gauge in between them.
I never wanted to have to work on my bike. I bought this toy with the sole intention of riding it and paying someone else to keep it up and running. Now I've paid money and had to fix their shit.
I also have to wait until the shims get in to be able to fix my bike.
I know, I know..... tl;dr
CLIFF's notes: Stay away from Full Throttle Motorsports in Longview, TX. They don't do respectable work and will attempt to charge you for their fuck ups.
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