The official motorcycle dealer mechanic

 Had our annual bike event on Frog Jumps weekend.
Kirby rode up from Fresno, she had a problem on her Harley with the fuel
petcock coming loose and leaking fuel on her and the bike behind her. It
seems its pressed in, so the tech at Jamestown Harley siliconed it back in
for her. Apparently he didn't get the memo that silicone dissolves in gas.
Greg needed a front tire on his Victory space ship. The tech couldn't get
the axle loose, it does take a 16 MM Allen, but I managed it with a 5/8 bolt
head.
This is so wrong.
I suppose Honda is equally guilty, try and buy a tube of 60% Moly paste from
them. It is recommended by Honda for lubing the drive splines on ST and GL
models, and should be used on all shaft drives. Failure to do so will
destroy the final drive in a short time. They don't stock it, and most
dealers don't. I asked what the techs use, and the kid showed me a tube of
BelRay grease.
I never worked as a motorcycle tech, I could make a lot more on cars.  They
hire the same tards as Big O and Walmart.
--
Stupendous Man,
Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty

 
Funny you should mention overall economics and supply and demand of labor.
This came up recently in several articles about the New York airplane crash.

Apparently, she also worked part-time as a coffee barista (spelling?), and
he had worked in the past year or two stocking supermarket shelves.

I'm not claiming that these two were "tards" (they were both certainly
better pilots than me), but low salaries overall just drag down the quality
of the labor you can get.  It is clear in some sense -- and the article I
read made this point -- that even for airline pilots you are ultimately
competing with Walmart.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30809955//

BTW, again I should be clear that I'm not assaulting the two individuals.
The only thing negative to say about the pilot (other than the maneuver that
brought down the plane) was that he had failed a number of checkrides.  I
don't know how to parse that one.  The FAA's system is very fair -- there
are certain standards you have to meet, and they try to be as objective as
possible.  I don't know exactly what it means in an accident proneness sense
when someone fails a checkride but passes it later.  When a person
eventually passes, they've demonstrated all the skills they need to
demonstrate.  How is person who passes the second time different than one
who passes the first time?  I'm not sure.

To continue on ...

When I've visited my dad in Orlando, I've noticed they have a motorcycle
mechanic school there.  Must be interesting, and I've been tempted to take a
year off of "real" work and take such training.  I'm curious, do the "tards"
have such training, or do the dealerships have "tards" and mechanics (a
two-tiered system to save money)?

Datesfat