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by johnr » Tue Apr 03, 2012 4:49 pm
its not rip off britain. fair yanks my cord does stuff like that. firm i work for charges out my labour at near double that rate and i dont see much of it!. ok if youre a main dealer, youve got premises to maintain and keep up to spec, mechanics and receptionists and parts store men to keep, then you need a stock of spares, and tools, ( my mate is an independant mechanic and he has just bought a diagnostic computer to fix electronic engine management systems on hondas, just hondas, no other marque, its essential as modern bikes have management systems and warning lights and diagnostics like modern cars. this has just cost him 4 grand, and he will need a suzuki one, yam one, bm one, kwak one, ducati one etc. ) your man dealer will need specialist tools and workshop equipment, he will need to be insured to the hilt for everything, public liability, vehicle insurance, try getting business contents insurance on a shop full of motorbikes and spares!!, he will need an accountant, his staff will want paying and paid holidays, and pensions and sick pay, and overalls and a works do at xmas no doubt. he will have to pay to dispose of everything deemed hazardous, from old oil to tyres and batteries, and then create a paper trail to keep for years in case the men from the ministry think he is dumping them up some country lane. he will need to send his staff on training for every new model that comes out, and buy the geuine service literature from the marque in question, on top of this he will probably have to run a van and a driver, and then theres the heating /air con in the shop, water rates, business rates and all the overheads from buying in bikes to sell, to restocking the coffee machine in reception and filling the soap and bogroll dispensers in the lavvy. after all this, as its his name over the door, he might want to pay himself a wage. and you feel that youre getting fleeced if he wants 45 quid an hour from you for providing all that and employing all those people??? seriously? you dont have to pay it if you dont want, but if you dont want to fork it out, then dont complain that he wants to charge it. cos i'll bet that the proportion of that 45 quid that is pure profit is less than he will pay for the oil he puts in the bike.
The can had fallen over & the mower wheel had depressed the nozzle.....
at 10 o'clock this morning when I filled up £19.01, ...........it was 14583 miles 
...............9000 miles in 8 hours on quarter of a tank, wow ..... or do you think the electric milometer , is less reliable than the old fashioned mechanical one? 
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(£45 per hour labour! 
