**Warning - Gavin Spencer Court Judgment**

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a14rgs said:
Hi Andy,

The safety related issues that are known to me (with photographic evidence) include:
  • Front and rear wheel bearing spacers intentionally left out, therefore it didn't take long for the wheel bearings to collapse in use;
  • Cush drive to rear wheel bolt threads stripped, as the new bolts used were too short and hence were left loose;
  • Front brake calipers loose on the forks, with stripped threads in the forks, again because the new bolts used were too short.
Absolutely shameful that an 'expert' should think that these standards of workmanship are acceptable.

Alan
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Hey Alan,
Did you ever get an itemised invoice detailing work done and associated costs? VAT paid etc etc?
I know I never did...

AndyW
 
Please note that I have now removed the reference to Spencer's Radiators, on the current understanding that he has sold the business. The post has been revised accordingly.

Alan
 
a14rgs said:
Hi Paul,

Judgment was for GBP?3729.86 - and, yes, it has been paid thanks.

Alan
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Its a great shame to hear all this. I'm glad you received your money back Alan. I met Gavin a while back and he is a very pleasant lad to talk to. It just begs the argument "surely it would be easier to do the job right in the first place"

I know myself that although I know  more about Laverdas and MVs than my mates over here, and I've done a fair bit of work with both machines, doing work professionally where time is a pressure and making money is a high objective is a whole different game of soldiers.

I would help anybody with bikes but charge nobody a penny as I am aware that the devil is in the detail...

We all do best what we know best and maybe Gavin's field of expertise is in other areas and he didn't realize through lack of in depth knowledge/  experience what little devils were popping up.

Joe
 
Maybe Joe, but maybe not! Like the well known dealer who charged me ?500 odd for head repairs which  came back disclaiming responsibility because he considered the head scrap! Or another one who serviced the bike 500 miles after a rebuild returning it with stripped studs. Or the other dealer who sold me , via a friend, another head unusable as milled to buggery. That's 3  dealers. None of them were Keith. :D
 
I know it is difficult to believe the worst sometimes, especially if you have a relationship with that person.
But the terms 'poor quality workmanship' and 'underhand practices' as found to be true are hardly innocent slipups.
You know when you are doing something wrong and sooner or later you will be found out.

I have been betrayed a few times by people I thought were friends, it is always hard to believe - but it happened.
 
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