Tyke Cycle Shop was recommended by a friend because of his low labor cost. Needless to say my first experence wasn't a good one. I needed to have my carborater adjusted to prevent an occasional back-fire and have the clutch replaced ... everything else worked great, absolutely no other issues ... but what I got was a 2 month wait and unreturned phone calls. Yes, I got a new clutch but I also got a bad crank shaft, and OMG, I still have the back-fire issue. Tyke insisted that the bad crank shaft was not the result of his work on the clutch even thou the crank shaft is just opposite of the clutch. With great reluctance, I had Tyke replace the crank shaft with the promise that the work affort will only take an addition 2 to 3 weeks to complete the job. Five weeks later, I spent an additional $1,300 and still have the back-fire and now a dead battery that won't hold a charge. My friends are telling me to take it back and have Tykes fix the bike to my satisfaction but I don't want to wait another month or more to find out that the bike is not working as expected or there is something else that is wrong that he will again insist that it wasn't due to his obvious negligence. *** Cheap labor cost equals cheat and bad service. *** I will not be a return customer and I will definitely let it be known.
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