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Triumph New Purchase / Delivery Survey
I keep hearing about some factory survey regarding my purchase. I've been told by the dealer twice, when I took delivery of the bike and again in a thank you letter I received yesterday, that Triumph will be contacting me with a survey. The dealer seems to be pretty concerned about how I respond. Well sorry, but I'm going to speak my mind. Overall, I like the dealer and think they're nice folks and will say that, but they dropped the ball on my delivery and I fully intend to explain that, in detail, as well.
I purchased my bike on a Friday. It was getting later in the day (around 3:00) so, even though I live 50 miles away and will now put another 100 miles on my car, I agreed to pick up the bike Saturday at Noon. Actually, I said I would be there sometime around 11:00 or 12:00 and they said OK, so as far as I'm concerned the bike should've been ready at 11:00. Well, I get there and it's not ready. I end up having to sit around there until close to 2:00.
They finally get it ready (so they say) and go through the customer delivery checklist, the one where they go through the controls, and I hop on to leave. I didn't get 100 feet out of the parking lot before I realised I needed to adjust the mirrors so I reached to adjust the left and it just pushed out. It was loose. I go back and they come back a few minutes later. It's still loose. WTF? They take it back again. 15 minutes later the owner brings it back. OK, it's good now.
I start riding home and notice the handle bars are crooked. Jeesh. I also notice the bike was wabbling at decel for lights, etc... My first thought was steering head bearing (the usual culprit). I get home, wait a few hours and check the tire pressures, just in case that was the issue with the wabble. Yup, they were 6 and 8 pounds light. Now, do you think the air just evaporated in 50 miles? Of course not. They weren't checked during "dealer prep". I guess crooked handlebars and loose mirrors aren't part of the $225 dealer prep either. I was pissed about the tires. That's a major safety issue and could've potentially cost me my life!
The bars weren't too bad (more of an annoyance than anything) so I decided to wait, in lieu of doing it myself, and make them do it at the first service. They should've checked it to begin with when they "prep'd" the bike. If you're going to charge $225 for bike prep then you need to do what you're being paid to do.
As far as I'm concerned, all 3 of these issues are safety issues, with the tires being a serious safety issue. Bottom line, if I do receive this phantom survey I keep hearing about, you can bet I'm going to speak my mind about my experience.
We pay good money for these bikes and part of the purchase price is for dealer prep, which means the **** thing needs to be ready to ride when you say you'll have it ready. It also means you actually perform the procedures outlined on the checklist, not just pencil whip your way through it.
I expect this kind of crap out of HD and wouldn't waste my time filling out their survey because I'm certain they don't give a rats behind whether or not you're happy. I hope Triumph isn't like that and I hope they take these things seriously.
I keep hearing about some factory survey regarding my purchase. I've been told by the dealer twice, when I took delivery of the bike and again in a thank you letter I received yesterday, that Triumph will be contacting me with a survey. The dealer seems to be pretty concerned about how I respond. Well sorry, but I'm going to speak my mind. Overall, I like the dealer and think they're nice folks and will say that, but they dropped the ball on my delivery and I fully intend to explain that, in detail, as well.
I purchased my bike on a Friday. It was getting later in the day (around 3:00) so, even though I live 50 miles away and will now put another 100 miles on my car, I agreed to pick up the bike Saturday at Noon. Actually, I said I would be there sometime around 11:00 or 12:00 and they said OK, so as far as I'm concerned the bike should've been ready at 11:00. Well, I get there and it's not ready. I end up having to sit around there until close to 2:00.
They finally get it ready (so they say) and go through the customer delivery checklist, the one where they go through the controls, and I hop on to leave. I didn't get 100 feet out of the parking lot before I realised I needed to adjust the mirrors so I reached to adjust the left and it just pushed out. It was loose. I go back and they come back a few minutes later. It's still loose. WTF? They take it back again. 15 minutes later the owner brings it back. OK, it's good now.
I start riding home and notice the handle bars are crooked. Jeesh. I also notice the bike was wabbling at decel for lights, etc... My first thought was steering head bearing (the usual culprit). I get home, wait a few hours and check the tire pressures, just in case that was the issue with the wabble. Yup, they were 6 and 8 pounds light. Now, do you think the air just evaporated in 50 miles? Of course not. They weren't checked during "dealer prep". I guess crooked handlebars and loose mirrors aren't part of the $225 dealer prep either. I was pissed about the tires. That's a major safety issue and could've potentially cost me my life!
The bars weren't too bad (more of an annoyance than anything) so I decided to wait, in lieu of doing it myself, and make them do it at the first service. They should've checked it to begin with when they "prep'd" the bike. If you're going to charge $225 for bike prep then you need to do what you're being paid to do.
As far as I'm concerned, all 3 of these issues are safety issues, with the tires being a serious safety issue. Bottom line, if I do receive this phantom survey I keep hearing about, you can bet I'm going to speak my mind about my experience.
We pay good money for these bikes and part of the purchase price is for dealer prep, which means the **** thing needs to be ready to ride when you say you'll have it ready. It also means you actually perform the procedures outlined on the checklist, not just pencil whip your way through it.
I expect this kind of crap out of HD and wouldn't waste my time filling out their survey because I'm certain they don't give a rats behind whether or not you're happy. I hope Triumph isn't like that and I hope they take these things seriously.
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