another newbie

hello
boys and girls from dave in wakefield. just got myself a 2008 bog standard sd 990 hoping to get some tips from u guys on how to get it runnin smoother

Ello

Had mine 2 weeks mate and im still smiling!

Steering damper and single seat unit fitted. Shorty levers on the way too.

Cant fault bike so far

Cheers

MAc

I have always been a careful type of guy, look before you leap and all that s**t. until I test rode the SD 2 weeks ago. My live has now taken a twist and I now have what is the best bike per mile I have ever legally ridden. Love is sometimes floored with minor problems but I will work through it as my live has become.....................enriched.

From one happy ******

Wlecome Marky Mark, where are you from?

Welcome to the forum.

Thanks for the welcome guys, I'll look forward to the banter!!

I tried to buy the bike from 3 different dealers!

Dealer no.1 couldn't/wouldn't give me a part exchange on my Monster 1000.
Dealer no.2 promised to get back to me within 2 days with a deal. Didn't hear anything after 6 days. Phoned them again and was promised a call back with 30 mins. Didn't get back to me until after I'd done the deal at dealer 3
Dealer No.3 - did me a deal I was happy with. Turned up on Saturday to pick the bike up to find they had forgotten all about me. Bike had not been PDI'd and no paperwork had been done. In fairness, they did pull out the stops and I was out of there with the bike in 2.5 hours. But on top of that, they can't fit me in for the first service for 4 weeks, so I'm now restricted to 600 miles for the next month!

Really glad to have the bike though and I'll just put this down to experience and get on with enjoying the bike

sounds very typical of dealers in the UK to me to be honest.


i've been pretty lucky with dealers i've used over here on the whole.