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Graham100
I've only just noticed the links at the top in orange to similar forums. What a mine of information this site is. I have known for some time how useful forums are in any field (I learned masses about carp fishing a couple of years ago from forums). You tap straight in to people with a passion for the subject and masses of knowledge.
I bought a brand new motorcycle a few years ago, a top of the range 1300cc sports tourer. I won't say which make or model. It was a new model of that particular bike. It had an inherent fault that would cause it to stall intermitently. The shop took the bike back a couple of times but 'could not find the fault'. Eventually it was sent back to the manufacturers base in the UK where extensive tests were done, they too said all was fine.
I was a member of a huge forum based in America for that particular model and sought their advice. I then discovered that this was a global problem and found subscribers to that forum from several countries who had gone through the same process as me. It turned out that to comply with emissions laws the bike had to be set up this way, it could be rectified but would cost the owner to do it and would then technically be illegal. I wasn't satisfied with this and armed with the information gained on the American forum was able to get a full refund for the bike after 6 months. Apparantly the manufacturers were monitoring the American forum as the bike is a big seller in the States, and they (in my opinion) were waiting for the time bomb to go off. After our result I believe others were able to get some satisfaction.
The worst experience was turning right from a standing start across oncoming traffic. I had the wife on the back and a full load of luggage. The bike cut out as we started to move, and with the inertia of the turn and weight of the bike, I was only just able to keep it upright avoiding falling over on our side in the path of oncoming traffic.
Thanks to the internet and a forum we were able to affect an international company's policy, and make them come clean.
I bought a brand new motorcycle a few years ago, a top of the range 1300cc sports tourer. I won't say which make or model. It was a new model of that particular bike. It had an inherent fault that would cause it to stall intermitently. The shop took the bike back a couple of times but 'could not find the fault'. Eventually it was sent back to the manufacturers base in the UK where extensive tests were done, they too said all was fine.
I was a member of a huge forum based in America for that particular model and sought their advice. I then discovered that this was a global problem and found subscribers to that forum from several countries who had gone through the same process as me. It turned out that to comply with emissions laws the bike had to be set up this way, it could be rectified but would cost the owner to do it and would then technically be illegal. I wasn't satisfied with this and armed with the information gained on the American forum was able to get a full refund for the bike after 6 months. Apparantly the manufacturers were monitoring the American forum as the bike is a big seller in the States, and they (in my opinion) were waiting for the time bomb to go off. After our result I believe others were able to get some satisfaction.
The worst experience was turning right from a standing start across oncoming traffic. I had the wife on the back and a full load of luggage. The bike cut out as we started to move, and with the inertia of the turn and weight of the bike, I was only just able to keep it upright avoiding falling over on our side in the path of oncoming traffic.
Thanks to the internet and a forum we were able to affect an international company's policy, and make them come clean.
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