Selah Powersports - Not pleased

[Ellensburg]

I took 2 honda Trail 90's into selah powersports this summer. Seemed like good guys workin there. They quoted me $400 to get the 2 of them running. Well it ended up being about $600- I can deal with that.


Got the bikes home and right off the bat, I can see that the back brake on one is just hanging on the side of the bike - not connected at all...

I get the bikes goin and ride it around my property about once per day just to practice getting them started. A few days after bringing the bikes home, I notice they are both leaking gas. No clips were ever put on the lines to securely seal them.

Me and a friend start doing a little maintenance on the bikes and take out the spark on one of them. The plug looks stripped from the get-go and we cannot get it back in the bike. It looked like they jammed it in there and totally ruined the threading. I bought a new spark the other day and it won't go in.


1 bike won't even start
1bike is incapable of having a spark plug.

I guess that I should have taken the bikes back but I was gone for weeks at a time due to hunting season.

Any suggestions? I'm sure that they are fixable, just not by me.

Anyone else have any experience dealing with these guys?

I feel like I'm out nearly a grand for 2 bikes that were suppose to be safe investments.

[Buckhunter24]

Should be fixable...pull the head off the top end to get a good look at what exactly happened to the threads. Might be able to straighten out the threads yourself if you know someone with a tap and dye set or have a machine shop do it Hope you get them running without to much work

[KillBilly]

You can buy spark plug taps, try NAPA and see if they have them

[Mookie]

take the bikes and a lawyer to see them. Then take it to a reputable shop and have them send the first shop the bill.

[Atroxus]

Have you tried calling them and asking them what they will do to make it right?

[KFhunter]

back in 2005 I plunked down about 7 grand for a new woodland camo 660 grizz ATV , during PDI I hear some banging coming from the shop.
 
I peeked behind the door and seen this dude pounding in a bolt with a ball peen hammer,  I said "dude WTF, thats not a nail"
It was a battery hold down bolt, not a super big deal although its still stripped out to this day.
I was pissed off, got the bike and finished the PDI myself
 
 
I really do not trust any shop.
 
I made a deal with the local arctic cat shop and took home my brand new M8 snowmobile in a box, told them I wouldn't buy it if any of them touched it before I did.
 
they got a forklift and slid it into the back of my truck, been a perfect sled not one single issue.  2007 M8

[bobcat]

PDI

     

[wayner]

PDI

     

pre-delivery inspection

[bobcat]

PDI

     

pre-delivery inspection

Thanks. I'm sure I was the only one who didn't know WTH that meant.

[BLKBEARKLR]

PDI

     

pre-delivery inspection

Thanks. I'm sure I was the only one who didn't know WTH that meant.

WTH       hahahaha, I only know what a PDI  is because I have bought  a lot of toys over the years.

[KFhunter]

sorry heh
 
ya they were just putting the wheels, handlebars etc etc on after removing if from the crate.  So I hadn't even gotten to sit on yet and some jackweed is beating on it with a hammer
 
 
 

[Todd_ID]

Have you tried calling them and asking them what they will do to make it right?

My thoughts exactly.  Maybe they are good about making sure the customer is happy; you're not happy; maybe they'll work with you.  Right now it seems you're working on an assumption that they want to screw you.

[kirkl]

i seen someone else post on craigslist bad mouthing them to about a quad he bought there. dont remember what the problem was though.

[norsepeak]

Sorry you had trouble with them E-burg.  Don't know anything about them, but I do know that I have a small atv-motorcycle repair shop, so if they won't work with you and you still need some help, let me know and I can fix you up.  Good luck.

[kirkl]

Norsepeak. Do you work on all brands? wheres ur shop located. Can you PM me ur shop rates?

Thanks