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offering mechanical services

Wild Child said:
Dude, you're intitled to your opinion, but there are a bunch of mechanics on BARF that offer their services that aren't BARF sponsors. That would include one of the most well known that happens to be listed in your sig. No need to shoot the guy down the first post after he offers his help.
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I am a retard...


and it's spelled "entitled" :laughing
 
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DeathB4mullets said:
Well-known dude listed in sig-lines is actually a moderator on BARF...I don't know if that counts as being a "sponsor" or not....

and it's spelled "entitled" :laughing
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I believe he is referring to Rob and Alan in rriterson's signature.

Neither one is a moderator.

One of them is a sponsor. ;)

The other one is a post whore! :twofinger
 
That being said, lets not derail this thread, please.

Here we have someone offering their mechanical services to people in an open format, and people can try him out and post their findings here for others to see. If he is knowledgeable and provides good service at a good price, I am sure we will be hearing from many happy customers and BARF community will help him out like it did with other mechanics here. :thumbup
 
i worked on khoi's CBR 11xx Blackhawk today. did fork oil change. went smooth. i was going to change the fork springs as well for him but when he ordered them online, they sent him the wrong fork springs. these were well over 3" longer than stock.

and to measure clearances on a VTEC VFR, you have to remove the cams, to get the measurement on the outer vtec spring. to do everything properly, you have to (most) of the times, do everything twice, which includes removing the cams. if you want me to give a FULL description, ill make a thread dedicated to it, and take about 30 mins to write it up. not to mention it will take about 6-8 hrs to do correctly
 
Pass pop quiz

(Except nit, isn't there a special tool to lock the VTEC in place to do the second check?)

:teeth
 
Thank you Josh, you are the man! not only you performed such a good job but you also went for extra miles to check other safety thing on my bike and pointed out stuff that i need to watch out for. Just like Shawn, you too are not only such a excellent motorcycle mechanic but also a good people that we can rely on. Kudo to both of you.



i worked on khoi's CBR 11xx Blackhawk today. did fork oil change. went smooth. i was going to change the fork springs as well for him but when he ordered them online, they sent him the wrong fork springs. these were well over 3" longer than stock.

and to measure clearances on a VTEC VFR, you have to remove the cams, to get the measurement on the outer vtec spring. to do everything properly, you have to (most) of the times, do everything twice, which includes removing the cams. if you want me to give a FULL description, ill make a thread dedicated to it, and take about 30 mins to write it up. not to mention it will take about 6-8 hrs to do correctly:applause :applause :applause
 
DeathB4mullets said:
Well-known dude listed in sig-lines is actually a moderator on BARF...I don't know if that counts as being a "sponsor" or not....

and it's spelled "entitled" :laughing
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Yes, it should have been an "e" instead of an "i". Thanks Spelling Nazi! :rolleyes

You should spend less time worrying about my spelling, and more time working on your reading comprehension ;) Faz, and everyone else that read my post understood... except you. :shhh

Looks like Josh already has a (some?) satisfied customer(s). Good job! :thumbup
 
Aren't you the guy that was going to eat a Glock last week?
I'm glad things are looking up for you.
Good luck.
Really.

:teeth
 
You picked a great time to jump into the business. All the major players are booked 3-4 weeks in advance.

I waited well over 3 weeks to get my bike to AR7's shop :(
 
just worked on idle issues for Port4mance's friends ninja 2fiddy. didnt really hold a idle well. cleaned up the carbs and adjusted the main jets, running like a new 600 now...well almost. but it was a quick job, fun as well. hope to see more bikes soon! i have lots of garage space!
 
Had josh put in a new ape cam chain tensioner and speedo healer for me. Really nice guy.
 
Got my bike serviced by Josh.

Really awesome guy and he did a very fine job. He even went out of his way to show me potential trouble areas as well as how to adjust the chain myself.

:cool
 
YAY JOSH!!! Bringing my bike to him to have the fork oil done. Then I'm making the poor guy teach me basics about maintenance... sick and tired of relying on my ex-boyfriend to do maintenance for me (very nice of him to do it, but really would rather do it myself!!). Time to break in all the tools I got for my birthday!
Oh, and hell YEAH he's a nice guy!! Wait to go, Baby Bro!!
 
just giving this a bump. moving in a month and could use extra funds. let me know asap what you need done. computer down right now so call me for and service needed. 408-250-4407
josh
 
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