Angry rant aimed at Kuryakyn - Motorcycle-Journal Forums

Whiskey_williams · 08-14-2007, 09:22 PM

Man, talk about frustration. I let the really small things get to me, and today was just that kind of situation. Awhile back my mirror adapter for my Suzuki M50 broke off INSIDE the mirror, requiring me to go and have it taken out professionally (by a friend) He rebuilds motors so he knows his stuff, but even easy out and his other methods wouldn't work, so he retapped it. So now I have some NEW adapters, also made from Kuryakyn, and I'm all ready to put my mirrors back on. Well one of the stupid adpaters was threaded wrong! How can you mess up making a BOLT?! I know just a small error in the threads can ruin it but c'mon! Two bad adapters in a row? Gimme a break. Then I thought, "Maybe I'm just frustrated and i'm getting in a hurry." I knew I was turning it the right way, but tried the other just to be sure, which made me feel even more stupid. Then I thought, "Maybe it's the hole itself on the bike...crap now I'm in trouble." But when I went to get my old mirrors they went right in, no problem! So I've got another crappy adapter, that's two strikes for Kuryakyn. It's a 10 dollar problem but dang, 10 bucks will fill my tank up! I'm calling them tomorrow AGAIN to have them send me another free set AGAIN. Hopefully they'll get it right this time. Just my little rant for the day, it's been one of those days for sure...

busa-boy33 · 08-16-2007, 04:15 PM

Actually Whiskey I think its been one of those weeks..lol So Im with you there.. I say we beat some people and burn a town to the ground..lol then its off to consume mass quantities of beer..

DR-Z125L · 08-16-2007, 08:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by busa-boy33

Actually Whiskey I think its been one of those weeks..lol So Im with you there.. I say we beat some people and burn a town to the ground..lol then its off to consume mass quantities of beer..

A little violent aren't we?

JK

Whiskey_williams · 08-16-2007, 10:10 PM

lol sounds good man, i'm up for it.

Whiskey_williams · 08-16-2007, 10:14 PM

Oh and get this: today I go to get ANOTHER pair of adapters from a local bike shop. So I get the new ones, one adapter goes in no problem. The other one has THE SAME THREADING PROBLEM!! But this time I got smart and put the mirrors on AT the store, so when I found that one was messed up I walked in and got the good one from the old pair and gave him the two bad ones. He even tried putting it in himself. I guess they had a bad batch from the factory. 2 bags in a row with the same threading problem only on 1 adapter? Gotta be something up there. I'm not so pissed at Kuryakn anymore, just don't understand how it could'v happened.

busa-boy33 · 08-18-2007, 05:14 PM

Well when they get a whole pile of these back from their customers I bet they will stop and look then if there is something wrong or not..lol..

Yeah man, I know, its like the old saying .."If its not one thing then its something else.."

jeffk · 07-06-2008, 09:36 AM

Is it possible that you got a pair of adapters that are for a Yamaha? One of the adapters will be threaded the opposite way on Yamaha adapters.

womper · 07-06-2008, 09:53 AM

i was thinking the same thing... is it just the wrong direction or the threads are totally different?
stupid Yammy... always changing stuff around... hah

blackie1491 · 07-07-2008, 11:20 PM

Check the date on this thread, your answer is just shy of a year late!!!

08-14-2007, 09:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
Whiskey_williams Puddle Runner Joined: Feb 2007 Bike: Suzuki Boulevard M50 Location: Stationed in FL currently Posts: 382	Angry rant aimed at Kuryakyn Man, talk about frustration. I let the really small things get to me, and today was just that kind of situation. Awhile back my mirror adapter for my Suzuki M50 broke off INSIDE the mirror, requiring me to go and have it taken out professionally (by a friend) He rebuilds motors so he knows his stuff, but even easy out and his other methods wouldn't work, so he retapped it. So now I have some NEW adapters, also made from Kuryakyn, and I'm all ready to put my mirrors back on. Well one of the stupid adpaters was threaded wrong! How can you mess up making a BOLT?! I know just a small error in the threads can ruin it but c'mon! Two bad adapters in a row? Gimme a break. Then I thought, "Maybe I'm just frustrated and i'm getting in a hurry." I knew I was turning it the right way, but tried the other just to be sure, which made me feel even more stupid. Then I thought, "Maybe it's the hole itself on the bike...crap now I'm in trouble." But when I went to get my old mirrors they went right in, no problem! So I've got another crappy adapter, that's two strikes for Kuryakyn. It's a 10 dollar problem but dang, 10 bucks will fill my tank up! I'm calling them tomorrow AGAIN to have them send me another free set AGAIN. Hopefully they'll get it right this time. Just my little rant for the day, it's been one of those days for sure... __________________ "Some day you too will know my pain, and smile it's black tooth grin!" 07 Black M50, ISO handgrips, stiletto end caps, debadged and de-stickered, debaffled stock pipes, Hellcat windshield.

08-16-2007, 10:10 PM	#4 (permalink)
Whiskey_williams Puddle Runner Joined: Feb 2007 Bike: Suzuki Boulevard M50 Location: Stationed in FL currently Posts: 382	lol sounds good man, i'm up for it. __________________ "Some day you too will know my pain, and smile it's black tooth grin!" 07 Black M50, ISO handgrips, stiletto end caps, debadged and de-stickered, debaffled stock pipes, Hellcat windshield.

08-16-2007, 10:14 PM	#5 (permalink)
Whiskey_williams Puddle Runner Joined: Feb 2007 Bike: Suzuki Boulevard M50 Location: Stationed in FL currently Posts: 382	Oh and get this: today I go to get ANOTHER pair of adapters from a local bike shop. So I get the new ones, one adapter goes in no problem. The other one has THE SAME THREADING PROBLEM!! But this time I got smart and put the mirrors on AT the store, so when I found that one was messed up I walked in and got the good one from the old pair and gave him the two bad ones. He even tried putting it in himself. I guess they had a bad batch from the factory. 2 bags in a row with the same threading problem only on 1 adapter? Gotta be something up there. I'm not so pissed at Kuryakn anymore, just don't understand how it could'v happened. __________________ "Some day you too will know my pain, and smile it's black tooth grin!" 07 Black M50, ISO handgrips, stiletto end caps, debadged and de-stickered, debaffled stock pipes, Hellcat windshield.

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08-16-2007, 04:15 PM	#2 (permalink)
busa-boy33 M-J.Com Master Poster Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,922	Actually Whiskey I think its been one of those weeks..lol So Im with you there.. I say we beat some people and burn a town to the ground..lol then its off to consume mass quantities of beer..

08-18-2007, 05:14 PM	#6 (permalink)
busa-boy33 M-J.Com Master Poster Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,922	Well when they get a whole pile of these back from their customers I bet they will stop and look then if there is something wrong or not..lol.. Yeah man, I know, its like the old saying .."If its not one thing then its something else.."

07-06-2008, 09:36 AM	#7 (permalink)
jeffk Newbie Joined: Jun 2008 Bike: 2008 Roadliner S Location: Smithfield, VA Posts: 5	Is it possible that you got a pair of adapters that are for a Yamaha? One of the adapters will be threaded the opposite way on Yamaha adapters.

07-07-2008, 11:20 PM	#9 (permalink)
blackie1491 I took the All Bran Challenge Joined: Jun 2005 Bike: C50SE Location: Aldergrove, B.C., Canada Posts: 7,335	Check the date on this thread, your answer is just shy of a year late!!!

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