84broncoII
08-25-2009, 03:25 AM
:eek: I dont know what I did to this woman for her to be so spiteful and Mean.I truly believe that She hates Me .
I dont know what her motives are ?I truly believe She took a personal interest in making shure I was a dissatisfied customer .She told me on the phone that she is the owner so I guess she can run her business any way she chooses .
I have been dealing with Performance Cycle because I got refered to them by a friend ,Next door niebor .They basicly have a pretty good selection on the shelves of a wide veriaty of farkles for all bikes .It is all kind of overpriced but it saves the hassle of ordering directly from the web .
I know now that I'll never buy another tire there .probable get shot if I show up there especially if she reads this story :headbanger:.I guess I can only pray to God for that :angel:.Not the shot part ,just the reading the story .
THE EXPLODING TIRE:
:pale: I bought two tires from this place about three months ago because they had a sale on some Dunlops fifty bucks marked down from seventy as im a pretty frugal guy I decided to go see what I could find so I could go do some riding last weekend ( I gotta say though if anyone wants tires for Bikes Coyoty Motorsports has a better deal on all tires .they sell at cost and they have a huge wearhouse right in town so even special orders dont take more than a day or so.)Back to the story .:
I wake up and drive down to the store, ask the salesman about tires and He walks Me over to the rack. Asks Me what tire I want : Im thinking I want something that will last forever, so thats what I ask him for, several times; For the hardest tire they sell . Something that'll wear down slowly even if I ride on the street .I explain to Him ; I dont ride on the street .So, it doesnt have to be DOT aproved but never the lass I want it to last like a street tire. Knowing full well the hard terain tires are usually more expensive .He then asks Me what kind of places I like to ride .I tell Him all over Carnage canyon is the first thing that came to mind and the shale up there rips up soft tires .Im trying to paint a picture of the nastiest places around on tires so then I say CORE the track out there is like spinning tires on the street when its dry like it has been .He shows Me three tires the most expensive of which is just the oposit of hard it says on it its for soft terain.and He's trying to convince Me that its good for the street because its soft and the softer rubber gets a better bite on the street .Im gullable i just want a good tire .I dont buy that one though cause I think Hes full of shit .so I ask Him what else He has .then He gets a little pissy and shows Me two more .his aditude changes and He acts like Im waisting His time .I wanted to hear how much bullshit this guy was willing to shovel so I keep asking questions and He continues to grow more perterbed like I wasn't listening to Him in the first place .He quickly shows Me a desert tire but ads that they dont have it in my size .and another tire a prety good one a maxxis it that is a intermediate/hard terain tire and then He switched to the Dunlop and really lays it on .all the time He doesnt really let me think and has this aditude that Makes Me feel uncomfortable .i just say like before which tire is going to last the longest .so He goes back to the soft tire and I say no .I tell Him that I dont ride on soft terain and dont want a soft tire despite what He's been telling me .at that point i got a little confused and couldn't rember which tire they had in My size that was worth a shit cause this other guy came over and started some other crap .Im a little fed up and I ask again which tire is going to last the longest out of these tires and He says the Dunlop 952 it says its a all around tire intermediat /Hard tire .Best news I herd all the while so I agree and take the tire .They have a bunch of these tires on sale in other sizes and I ask him if this one is on sale and he says no not in that size .even though its a 952 and all the other 952's are on sale .I take the tire and now I know why they are on sale .:mad: They SUCK! It was the hardest tire i have ever had to install the sidewalls are pushed together and very difficult to spred it ripped all the hair off of My fingers and some skin too working the tube in and the rim locks .It was easy getting off later though because the rubber changed while riding on the track .alot of things went to shit quickly after I started riding on the tire .Off the start it got great traction even the second lap was really good .The third lap about 30 miles it really got hairy .The knobbies started chunking off .I didn't know at the time, I thought im just an old fart and tired ?? I finished the race all 100 miles 70 of them were a pretty wild ride .the knobbies kept chunking usually in a corner while braking hard and then the back tire jumps and throws i was rolling sideways on chunks of broken knobbies .and bald spots .The tire still seemed to track straight through the straights but I was giving it all the gas just to do the stuff I had done earler with only 3/4 throttle .
That was the first time I ever raced 100 miles I could bairly move or walk at the end I even needed help getting the bike on the trailer .everypart of My body ached . Last time I raced there ,it was very muddy and they stopped the race early about 7 laps and I went much slower on my KLR I wanted to keep going .I was sore after for a few days but nothing like this time with this bike .
Well enough of that : I rember Carl saying :"Thats a new tire?" as I was crossing the finishline.I guess He must have noticed it at the beginning ? I wasn't shure ? I figured I chewed it up pretty good but nothing like what I saw later .I got the bike on the trailer and thats when I noticed it but it didn't really hit me ? I was more interest in where I placed in the race and water and food .2.5 hours is along time to go with out water when Your working your ass off in the heat .Race was Sunday.
So Monday I spent taking Vicoden and working not thinking about the tire Tuesday I ran out of Vicoden and couldnt move .could bairly get up to pee
Wednesday was the same .Thursday I could walk again but didnt work much.same with Friday and Thank God for the weekend .
All this gave Me time to think about the race and to look the bike over I crashed three times after the third lap in a corner when the back tire lost traction .the bike was tough and bairly a scratch .change the fluids and Oh the tire???
I look the tire over and all the way around every other knob is gone there are pieces of some and some are bald some are still there but ready to break The knobs are in rows of two then three the problem is with the two rows the threes are warn but .
First thing I do is call Performance to ask if anyone else has had a problem with this tire .They say its a great tire and no I cant bring it back but they are willing to sell Me the Maxxis for 65.00 its normally 75.00 .I consider this and decide to do some more reserch on tires in general .come accros the Dunlop web sit and thier warrenty .The warrenty states that if theres a defect take the tire back to the retailer where purchased and a full refund will be made .I call Performance and they say they've never herd of such a thing and the tire is perfect .they blame me and where I was riding and the bike .they say those big bikes chew tires up.I tell them the 952 Sucks and that i left a E-mail with Dunlop and am waiting for a response .i didnt get any response from the e-mail .so I call the customer care at Dunlop .Al The representitive said He was not awaire of any problems with the 952 but said to have the retailer send a pic of the tire and He would refund My money or give me a new tire of My choise .That is when Bernie gets involved She was totally against dealing with the tire issue .After so much discussion She finnaly relented and sent the pic and talked to Dunlop and told me that She refused to give Me money or another tire but that the Dunlop guy insisted I have at least a new replacement tire .Im pretty shure this woman is on crack. So all I want is a good tire and I ask if She'll take back one of the tires I bought three months ago I explain I have never installed it and it still has the wrapping id like ti exchange it with cash for a good rear tire .Nope I must take the 952 tire that Dunlop offered and that is all She will do .And She wont sell Me the Maxxis for 65 anylonger because I put her through so much grief.She acted as though I should have never gotten Dunlop involved and that I was being rude .and a bother to her and Her company.
I explained to Her that i only wanted the tire if She would take back the other tire and that i would pay full retail if She would do that just so I could get a better tire and I would keep the crapy 952 otherwise I could go to Coyote motorsports and buy The Maxxis Desert IT an even better tire than the one She has for 62.00.
I dont know what her motives are ?I truly believe She took a personal interest in making shure I was a dissatisfied customer .She told me on the phone that she is the owner so I guess she can run her business any way she chooses .
I have been dealing with Performance Cycle because I got refered to them by a friend ,Next door niebor .They basicly have a pretty good selection on the shelves of a wide veriaty of farkles for all bikes .It is all kind of overpriced but it saves the hassle of ordering directly from the web .
I know now that I'll never buy another tire there .probable get shot if I show up there especially if she reads this story :headbanger:.I guess I can only pray to God for that :angel:.Not the shot part ,just the reading the story .
THE EXPLODING TIRE:
:pale: I bought two tires from this place about three months ago because they had a sale on some Dunlops fifty bucks marked down from seventy as im a pretty frugal guy I decided to go see what I could find so I could go do some riding last weekend ( I gotta say though if anyone wants tires for Bikes Coyoty Motorsports has a better deal on all tires .they sell at cost and they have a huge wearhouse right in town so even special orders dont take more than a day or so.)Back to the story .:
I wake up and drive down to the store, ask the salesman about tires and He walks Me over to the rack. Asks Me what tire I want : Im thinking I want something that will last forever, so thats what I ask him for, several times; For the hardest tire they sell . Something that'll wear down slowly even if I ride on the street .I explain to Him ; I dont ride on the street .So, it doesnt have to be DOT aproved but never the lass I want it to last like a street tire. Knowing full well the hard terain tires are usually more expensive .He then asks Me what kind of places I like to ride .I tell Him all over Carnage canyon is the first thing that came to mind and the shale up there rips up soft tires .Im trying to paint a picture of the nastiest places around on tires so then I say CORE the track out there is like spinning tires on the street when its dry like it has been .He shows Me three tires the most expensive of which is just the oposit of hard it says on it its for soft terain.and He's trying to convince Me that its good for the street because its soft and the softer rubber gets a better bite on the street .Im gullable i just want a good tire .I dont buy that one though cause I think Hes full of shit .so I ask Him what else He has .then He gets a little pissy and shows Me two more .his aditude changes and He acts like Im waisting His time .I wanted to hear how much bullshit this guy was willing to shovel so I keep asking questions and He continues to grow more perterbed like I wasn't listening to Him in the first place .He quickly shows Me a desert tire but ads that they dont have it in my size .and another tire a prety good one a maxxis it that is a intermediate/hard terain tire and then He switched to the Dunlop and really lays it on .all the time He doesnt really let me think and has this aditude that Makes Me feel uncomfortable .i just say like before which tire is going to last the longest .so He goes back to the soft tire and I say no .I tell Him that I dont ride on soft terain and dont want a soft tire despite what He's been telling me .at that point i got a little confused and couldn't rember which tire they had in My size that was worth a shit cause this other guy came over and started some other crap .Im a little fed up and I ask again which tire is going to last the longest out of these tires and He says the Dunlop 952 it says its a all around tire intermediat /Hard tire .Best news I herd all the while so I agree and take the tire .They have a bunch of these tires on sale in other sizes and I ask him if this one is on sale and he says no not in that size .even though its a 952 and all the other 952's are on sale .I take the tire and now I know why they are on sale .:mad: They SUCK! It was the hardest tire i have ever had to install the sidewalls are pushed together and very difficult to spred it ripped all the hair off of My fingers and some skin too working the tube in and the rim locks .It was easy getting off later though because the rubber changed while riding on the track .alot of things went to shit quickly after I started riding on the tire .Off the start it got great traction even the second lap was really good .The third lap about 30 miles it really got hairy .The knobbies started chunking off .I didn't know at the time, I thought im just an old fart and tired ?? I finished the race all 100 miles 70 of them were a pretty wild ride .the knobbies kept chunking usually in a corner while braking hard and then the back tire jumps and throws i was rolling sideways on chunks of broken knobbies .and bald spots .The tire still seemed to track straight through the straights but I was giving it all the gas just to do the stuff I had done earler with only 3/4 throttle .
That was the first time I ever raced 100 miles I could bairly move or walk at the end I even needed help getting the bike on the trailer .everypart of My body ached . Last time I raced there ,it was very muddy and they stopped the race early about 7 laps and I went much slower on my KLR I wanted to keep going .I was sore after for a few days but nothing like this time with this bike .
Well enough of that : I rember Carl saying :"Thats a new tire?" as I was crossing the finishline.I guess He must have noticed it at the beginning ? I wasn't shure ? I figured I chewed it up pretty good but nothing like what I saw later .I got the bike on the trailer and thats when I noticed it but it didn't really hit me ? I was more interest in where I placed in the race and water and food .2.5 hours is along time to go with out water when Your working your ass off in the heat .Race was Sunday.
So Monday I spent taking Vicoden and working not thinking about the tire Tuesday I ran out of Vicoden and couldnt move .could bairly get up to pee
Wednesday was the same .Thursday I could walk again but didnt work much.same with Friday and Thank God for the weekend .
All this gave Me time to think about the race and to look the bike over I crashed three times after the third lap in a corner when the back tire lost traction .the bike was tough and bairly a scratch .change the fluids and Oh the tire???
I look the tire over and all the way around every other knob is gone there are pieces of some and some are bald some are still there but ready to break The knobs are in rows of two then three the problem is with the two rows the threes are warn but .
First thing I do is call Performance to ask if anyone else has had a problem with this tire .They say its a great tire and no I cant bring it back but they are willing to sell Me the Maxxis for 65.00 its normally 75.00 .I consider this and decide to do some more reserch on tires in general .come accros the Dunlop web sit and thier warrenty .The warrenty states that if theres a defect take the tire back to the retailer where purchased and a full refund will be made .I call Performance and they say they've never herd of such a thing and the tire is perfect .they blame me and where I was riding and the bike .they say those big bikes chew tires up.I tell them the 952 Sucks and that i left a E-mail with Dunlop and am waiting for a response .i didnt get any response from the e-mail .so I call the customer care at Dunlop .Al The representitive said He was not awaire of any problems with the 952 but said to have the retailer send a pic of the tire and He would refund My money or give me a new tire of My choise .That is when Bernie gets involved She was totally against dealing with the tire issue .After so much discussion She finnaly relented and sent the pic and talked to Dunlop and told me that She refused to give Me money or another tire but that the Dunlop guy insisted I have at least a new replacement tire .Im pretty shure this woman is on crack. So all I want is a good tire and I ask if She'll take back one of the tires I bought three months ago I explain I have never installed it and it still has the wrapping id like ti exchange it with cash for a good rear tire .Nope I must take the 952 tire that Dunlop offered and that is all She will do .And She wont sell Me the Maxxis for 65 anylonger because I put her through so much grief.She acted as though I should have never gotten Dunlop involved and that I was being rude .and a bother to her and Her company.
I explained to Her that i only wanted the tire if She would take back the other tire and that i would pay full retail if She would do that just so I could get a better tire and I would keep the crapy 952 otherwise I could go to Coyote motorsports and buy The Maxxis Desert IT an even better tire than the one She has for 62.00.