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« on: June 30, 2012, 04,44:51 AM » |
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After much deliberation I have decided to get the suspension done on my husky.So last week I rang chads off road suspnsions and had a chat and was happy with the outcome ,so I decided I will take the bike there this week. As it turned out I was unable to take it to Geelong during the week so I made a call to Chads to see if they were open on weekends ,the answer was YES we open from 9-12 on saturday, ah beuty was my reply i will bring my bike saturday. Got up this morning with family in tow and headed to Geelong and arrived at 10 past 10 this morning only to find Chads closed  and neither land line or mobile to be answered ,plus the sign on the door states hours for saturday 9-12.This is a three hour round trip from berwick  ,so not to happy with chad at all  Update refer to post 6 |
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« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2012, 07,18:06 AM » |
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Take it to my man in seaford great job at 1/2 the price and only around the corner
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« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2012, 07,20:29 AM » |
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do you mean bls
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« Reply #3 on: June 30, 2012, 08,20:39 AM » |
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Sorry to hear that. I've always found Chad very easy to deal with, albeit he's usually very busy!
Hopefully there will be a good reason that he wasn't there, but that won't get you the 3 hours of your life back!
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« Reply #4 on: June 30, 2012, 08,47:34 AM » |
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Go to Krooze Tune in Knox, that's where my 449 will be going in the next few weeks, I had my 310 set up by Chad and he did an awesome job, definitely worth the trip to Geelong, but my only criticism is he sets the bike up with fairly hard suspension, which was fine for my 310 as I love riding that bike hard, but I had to take 4 clicks out of the compression in the forks, to stop me from losing the front end, and I probably didn't need to go up a spring rate in the forks either.
What i've learned is the harder I push my 310 the better the suspension is, and to progress my riding I'm glad Chad set up my bike the way he did, and what he did with the rear shock I cannot fault.
Spewin to hear you wasted a day, think about what you want from your bike and riding before taking it to Chad, if it's just trail riding then there's plenty of suspension tuners on our side of town that can do what you want, but if you want a set up that gives you the ability to push the boundries and let you get away with stuff you normally wouldnt then Chads your man.
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« Reply #5 on: June 30, 2012, 09,38:37 AM » |
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Go to Krooze Tune in Knox, that's where my 449 will be going in the next few weeks, I had my 310 set up by Chad and he did an awesome job, definitely worth the trip to Geelong, but my only criticism is he sets the bike up with fairly hard suspension, which was fine for my 310 as I love riding that bike hard, but I had to take 4 clicks out of the compression in the forks, to stop me from losing the front end, and I probably didn't need to go up a spring rate in the forks either.
What i've learned is the harder I push my 310 the better the suspension is, and to progress my riding I'm glad Chad set up my bike the way he did, and what he did with the rear shock I cannot fault.
Spewin to hear you wasted a day, think about what you want from your bike and riding before taking it to Chad, if it's just trail riding then there's plenty of suspension tuners on our side of town that can do what you want, but if you want a set up that gives you the ability to push the boundries and let you get away with stuff you normally wouldnt then Chads your man.
Cool thanks Nath |
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« Reply #6 on: July 10, 2012, 07,56:59 AM » |
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Just to follow up on the outcome of this debarcle I rang Chad on the monday an he was very appolagetic ,so I decided to give it a second chance and took it to him that night.
Spent an hour sizing me up and chatting about what he needs to do with the bike to make it suit me.
Went back the following satdy to pick it up all good and very happy with the price of the fix,rode it on sundy and could'nt be happier ,So now it is VERY HAPPY CHAD thankyou
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« Reply #7 on: July 10, 2012, 09,03:40 AM » |
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That's good news, Seano.
My impression of Chad is that he's an honest and reasonable guy, and was surprised that he " let you down" when you dropped your bike off.
Blokes like us are his target audience, so he'd be silly to p15s us off!
Good luck and enjoy.
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« Reply #8 on: July 10, 2012, 09,47:00 AM » |
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Hey Seano, next time you need any suspension work done, give BLS a go I've had mine done by him,ask pommy Matt how it handles, he had a big smile on his face when he rode it at the HCR, I haven't heard any bad things about him & he's a lot closer to you.
I have heard some bad things about Chads, but in all fairness, he can only go by what you tell him...What sort of a rider you are, that goes for all the suspension tuners, no good telling them that you're a world champion when you're not.
Good to hear you are happy with Chads work mate.
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« Reply #9 on: July 10, 2012, 09,58:23 AM » |
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Frankie ,Sergie thankyou for your thoughts  Ta Seano |
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« Reply #10 on: July 12, 2012, 07,33:35 AM » |
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« Reply #11 on: July 12, 2012, 08,00:40 AM » |
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So Bergs never need anysuspension work, no matter who's riding it? |
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« Reply #12 on: July 12, 2012, 08,39:02 AM » |
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It,s Bought,Not brought  stupid I bought a husqvarna and brought it to an amtra ride on the weekend  and dont you touch my post either  |
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« Reply #13 on: July 12, 2012, 08,58:40 AM » |
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« Reply #14 on: July 12, 2012, 09,12:39 AM » |
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Come on you blokes, the bike brand bashing doesn't belong here, take it to DBW they love it there.
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Falling off doesn't hurt, it's the sudden stop that does the damage.
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