Always check over a new bike.

[JasonfromMN]

It seems no matter how much money we spend, we need to strip and check over every part, re grease and loc tite everything. Here is a couple more examples.

1- their is 2 bolts that hold the ignition coil to the frame. One of them is bolted nicely, the other missed its target all together. The bolt instead completely bent over the tab its supposed to go in.

2- I went to check fork alignment and re torque the triple clamps to make sure their not over torqued to cause binding since I read these forks are a bit stiff like the Zokes were. I had a real hard time getting the axle out. When I did, this is what I found-

Non brake tube.

Brake side tube.

The result......

Major binding! Cheers to the moron who put this together.

 

[Bobby]

Gee, you're in MN and bought from a dealer in MN who did the assembly and didn't catch this or put it together this way,..........ya get what you paid for unfortunately. They aren't used to taking them out of the crate I don't think, hehe

I would also check your handle bar clamps along with pulling the tank and make sure all of the grounds where the ECU is mounted are tight!

 

[Fast1]

You have to hate that dealer to indicate that a dealer should do set up work that includes non set up work..

I agree with the handlebar clamps however since that is pre-delivery set up.

 

[JasonfromMN]

You have to hate that dealer to indicate that a dealer should do set up work that includes non set up work..

I agree with the handlebar clamps however since that is pre-delivery set up.

Not sure I follow ya here. Are your suggesting that I'm indicating that I think the dealer should have done this part correctly when it's not part of their set up procedure? Im not. Actually, I havent indicated anything dealer related at all. If my memory serves me right, when I bought my 450 from the same dealer, I actually saw it in the crate before it got set up. In the crate the front wheel wasn't on but the forks were. So no dealer blame at all.

I have gone through nearly the entire bike since. That's how I found the coil mount issue.

 

[Fast1]

No I was responding about Bobby's post, not yours at all.

 

[glangston]

Dealer set-up is giving you a bike that has been looked over by an experienced eye and adjusted to road-worthiness.

Less than that is moRe or less BS. Dealers are not restricted on what they do for setup nor what they charge. The market will regulate how much or how little they fix or adjust.

 

[Bobby]

You have to hate that dealer to indicate that a dealer should do set up work that includes non set up work..

I agree with the handlebar clamps however since that is pre-delivery set up.

Whoever installed the wheel at that dealer should have noticed VERY easily that the forks were severely out of alignment and corrected the issue, also a high volume dealer should be very aware of the common issues to look at and what to put a torque wrench to if they want their integrity to shine. There is no check list from HSQ IT saying to check for oil leaks, but would this dealer hand over a new bike with a dripping case? Same thing as handing over a bike with forks completely mis-aligned when someone at that shop had to put on a wheel and had to compress one fork to do it.