I really find it hard to believe that "most Dealers cannot be trusted". It just doesn't make sense to me. How can such big businesses, franchised by huge motorcycle manufacturers, be so awful? I'd accept that they may be a bit sharp, trained to squeeze the last drop of profit out of every punter. But I just don't understand how they can be so bad at routine maintenance.
As we know from this forum, Kent Motorcycles has an excellent reputation.
My local dealer, Gedges in the Hastings area, seems pretty OK by most accounts.
There must be numerous other deal