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OK there are two related subjects to the title. First I did my first work on my Burg{other than adjusting the mirrors}. The idle speed was too low so I adjusted it to where it is suppose to be, 1400 RPM.
I take off the panel under the seat and there it is. Adjust the speed and done. Then I drop one of the screws putting the panel back in and it gets stuck.
I look and feel around but can't find it so I start pulling other panels. First I took the hump panel off but still can't find the screw. Next I pulled off the side rocker panel. Those plastic rivets don't always come off that easily, I busted the edge of one and another one was destroyed. But I noticed something, several were missing!
This takes me to the second part, that the dealer here sucks at servicing bikes! I already knew they charged through the nose but now I know they are inept at it too. So as I said there were several of the plastic rivets missing and I found busted parts of one or two after I took that panel off. I also found a loose washer. Turns out the washer goes to the seat hydraulic arm, they must have dropped it and replaced it with another. However the one they used was too thick! Which explains why my seat sometimes clicked when I opened it, works like a champ now!
I don't blame them for busting some rivets since I did too but they should have replaced them. If they didn't have them in stock they should have ordered them and given them to the PO when they came in{I asked him and they said nothing about them!}. They supposedly did the 600 mile service which is likely when they busted the rivets and lost that washer but they did not set the idle speed! I would not trust them to screw on a tire valve cap let alone anything more serious.
BTW is there a trick to getting those rivets off with style and grace?
I take off the panel under the seat and there it is. Adjust the speed and done. Then I drop one of the screws putting the panel back in and it gets stuck.
I look and feel around but can't find it so I start pulling other panels. First I took the hump panel off but still can't find the screw. Next I pulled off the side rocker panel. Those plastic rivets don't always come off that easily, I busted the edge of one and another one was destroyed. But I noticed something, several were missing!
This takes me to the second part, that the dealer here sucks at servicing bikes! I already knew they charged through the nose but now I know they are inept at it too. So as I said there were several of the plastic rivets missing and I found busted parts of one or two after I took that panel off. I also found a loose washer. Turns out the washer goes to the seat hydraulic arm, they must have dropped it and replaced it with another. However the one they used was too thick! Which explains why my seat sometimes clicked when I opened it, works like a champ now!
I don't blame them for busting some rivets since I did too but they should have replaced them. If they didn't have them in stock they should have ordered them and given them to the PO when they came in{I asked him and they said nothing about them!}. They supposedly did the 600 mile service which is likely when they busted the rivets and lost that washer but they did not set the idle speed! I would not trust them to screw on a tire valve cap let alone anything more serious.
BTW is there a trick to getting those rivets off with style and grace?