Scooters

The best indi shop in MS! They have everything you need for vintage Harley’s too! I always go to scooters for my shovelhead blues…

A few friends suggested this place when I was looking for a place to take my bike.
Now, I don’t listen to my friends anymore.
Brought the bike in for a simple carb cleaning and syncing, as well as a new starter relay installed.
Should have been a 3 – 5 hour job.
They had my bike for nearly 2 ½ months.
Every week I called, they kept trying to make as if something else was going wrong with the bike.
At first, I was told that the battery was bad. Well, that’s doubtful, as I had the battery tested and charged at a local auto store.
Then, I was told there was a series of wiring problems. I was also told I needed a new starter solenoid (which turned out to not be the issue, so the old one was put back on).
Then, supposedly, the bike was being hauled and wasn’t secured properly, so it went over and scratched up the immaculate paint job. They had to remove the tank and bring it elsewhere to be painted. Not sure why they couldn’t paint it.
I’m also not sure why on earth they’d be taking my bike home to work on it.
Of course, someone else pointed out that someone was probably riding it, and dropped it, which may have caused the other sudden issues with the bike.
I was given a million little excuses, and it got to the point that the owner wanted to be paid for the work they’d done to the bike, and just get it out of his shop, before it was even running correctly. What the hell am *I* supposed to do with a bike that isn’t up to par? Isn’t that the whole point of being a damned repair shop? Fixing bikes?
All in all, they had my bike for a day shy of 10 weeks, I forked out $ 500 for a new battery, a bypassed ignition, and supposedly cleaned carbs.
I’m not happy with the work, or the run around that I got.
I learned a very expensive lesson with these guys.
The owner and the mechanic both seemed nice (until they got frustrated with the fact that they couldn’t get my bike up to par), but I feel like I was jerked around and screwed out of cash.
I’m actually considering taking them to small claims court to pay for the actual repair of the bike.