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Re: Dave D.: RS saddlebag install problems..



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From: Dave Durant <ddurant@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Just figured out that you're practically a neighbor. Moreover, if you
>bought
>> your yellow RS from Performance Cycles, and after 15Mar2000, it's
probably
>> the bike that I ordered on 17Nov99!
>
>Could well be.. I picked it up June 3rd. Mind me asking why you didn't take
>it?? Just curious if it was that you changed your mind about the bike or
>about the dealer or just found one sooner elsewhere. Their parts & service
>departments are really starting to annoy me.


The date I ordered it should tell you something. 5 months go by, and I still
had no bike. I wasn't getting any answers on where the damn thing was.
Another dealer had the goods, and beat Bill Morrow's package deal by $100.
Bill's a great guy, but I just wanted my friggin' bike! Oh well, I *tried*
to do business with them.

>I'm really getting the feeling that they don't care if/when you get your
>bike back and have heard others make the same comment. This probably isn't
a
>topic the whole (or even a large part) of the list is interested in but I'd
>be interested in hearing if others get the same attitude from them. They're
>very convenient for me but am starting to wonder if I should look elsewhere
>for parts/service.


Chill out. Their service dept, is good. PC's Triumph technician, Mark, is
among the very best. As it is right now, he's on vacation (holiday for you
Brits) for the next fortnight. Parts? Blame Triumph of America. They suck in
that department. Funny one: I won a pair of "Triumph RS" gloves in a raffle
at the R.A.T. New England B&B Run this weekend. On the package, a sticker:.
"Genuine Triumph part, to be fitted by a trained mechanic". Doh!

>> Anyway, I have the same bike, and am in Spencer MA.
>
>Smart man!


Thank you. Same back at you.

>> I also have the sport
>> panniers, and would be happy to ride over and show you how mine fit.
>(Though
>> I don't make a habit of riding around town in touring mode.)
>
>Sure - that or we could meet somewhere in the middle. I can probably fit my
>panel protectors in a backpack so there's no need for you to come with them
>installed. I've been working the last few weekends but it should calm down
>in another week or 2.
>
>I count (via the registry) 9 other Sprint owners here in MA. Maybe people
>would be into an easy ride up Mt. Wachusett or something while the
weather's
>still nice. I'd love to be up in VT with you folks this weekend but it's a
>lot easier to get a few or 4 hours on a Sunday than a whole weekend. If
>anybody else is interested in this, please feel free to email me off the
>list.


We can work on that. I've exchanged e-mail with another, but haven't heard
anything more from him (and her) in a few weeks. And BTW, I ride long after
the weather stops being "still nice", no problem!

TAFN
Ken M.


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