This is so true roverman. I've been one to protest with my feet which has lead to my being self employed as employers realise I don't work for them but they work for me.
However in the case of Sydney/Australia there is only one dealer. Actually there is a new dealer but they know absolutely nothing about the bikes. I tried going there for parts as they sifted through manuals and studied up on RE PARTS while I waited to spend 50 bucks on a standard air filter.
You're pretty much on your own here and the 1 major dealer/mechanic have got it made. They can and do charge whatever they want.
I love the RE , so no regrets, but if I were to do it all again I would be reading that fine print before anything else.
"You can fool some people sometimes, but you can't fool all the people all the time, so now you've seen the light. Stand up for your rights" Bob Marley
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Seems to me, from the tack that this thread is taking, that the huge multi dealer types living in mansions are getting rich because of the buyers ignorance. I agree that the small dealer,like the one i bought from is the better way to go,but there must be a large proportion of buyers out there who patronize the rip-off artists. So it seems we only have ourselves to blame? I mean, why go there?
Roverman.
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