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Originally Posted by SVTEAL  Okay,
Just curious how is everything going so far ?
How many miles on the bike, how is it running, any other problems ?
I am drawling about the XB9s City bike but I am holding due to stories like yours....
I went to the local dealer and was treated like pupu so I left...
It was a skinny 6'5 dude full of tatoos and front bald with a pony tell and his attitute told me he did not care to sell me anything...
I have already own a SV650, so I am looking for something similar but I want to buy american, the country has been wonderful to me and I try to support as much as I can't, but Buells are very over priced and the treatment I got just completely turned me off...
Those Guys are the Suzuki Ocola Motor Sports on the other hand will bend backwards just to get your business and really treat you well so that you are happy with the purchase... So far I have gotten two new bikes from them, and I will not settle for anything less when it comes to treatment from a dealer...
But, still, I am curious about the bike.... |
All in all. I'm gonna give my dealer a "fair" rating. Not over the top. Here and there, things happen or are said that is "old school". Which isn't necessarily a good way to do business. But, by and large, I see a dealership in transition. Trying a new way of doing business. A bunch of old dogs being taught new tricks if you will. I must say. Everybody initially strives to be the best they can be around customers.
The service guys were apologetic that it took so long. There was a gaffe with my handguards that made me late getting back to work, but it's all good.
SVTEAL give Gainesville Harley a shot. They are a very Buell friendly dealer. One thing you can do, is call ahead. Ask to speak to the sales manager. Query him/her on who is the most knowledgeable/best Buell salesperson. Speak with that person, and make an appointment to see that person, and ride a bike. You'll enjoy it.
I rode my bike all weekend, and loved the hell out of it. The map they created (which I ruined Sunday
, more on that later) for the bike was awesome. Whereas, I had some map related issues when I first took delivery, they cured the mapping blues with an updated AFV download and a TPS reset. It was like magic. Worlds better, but not perfect. After the remap for the pipe it's perfect.
The manual recommends not using your Buell to just fire up, hop and, and run to the corner market. I kinda did Saturday afternoon, but it was just one stop on a long series of stops. The bike ran like crap afterward. Before everybody gets in an uproar. It learns. So when I shut it down, and restarted, the last thing it knew was a lean condition after barely warming up, and was trying to apply that to the map. Sunday...it had minor stumbles and hitches on steady throttle. The way to fix it is just get the rpms in between 3500 and 4000 for three to five minutes and it resets the AFV, and "learns". I did it this morning on the way in to the office. The bike runs fine again.