FM Level B Heads
I've built and tuned bikes with pretty much everyone's heads over the past 19 years. Everyone has there bell ringers and ones that are leaving a little to be desired as well. I'm not in line with any particular head porter, I pick who does them by the job they are going on. I've used Kirby's heads on builds with excellent results, i've used just about everybody's to be honest and there's only a couple shops that I won't use again. I've never installed a set of FM's but i've tuned quit a bit. Like everyone else's i've had surprisingly great results with some and have had a few that I was disappointed with. (it's to be expected). For serious builds that are not a "kit" I don't use CNC only heads. They need some hand work done with them and Kirby is one of the best i've seen at this.
Honestly? Yeah it would, but most miss the allure of owning a small one man shop. Tune 2-3 builds a week for other shops. Have 1-2 builds going on every month. Specializing in a couple of things and dealing with others in this industry that are masters in their specialized niche.
BUT let me rephrase what I said before. Only the ignorant would think that having someone answer the phone vs getting a machine and call back would ever affect or would it be a good way to judge the quality of work coming out of that shop. Best of luck to you with your B level heads. You are were you belong.
BUT let me rephrase what I said before. Only the ignorant would think that having someone answer the phone vs getting a machine and call back would ever affect or would it be a good way to judge the quality of work coming out of that shop. Best of luck to you with your B level heads. You are were you belong.
My shop is 1 man as well. I've tried having others answer the phone, it doesn't do anything but add an expense to your operating cost. In the end everyone that calls wants to talk to you and not someone answering the phone anyways. All my guy answering the phone for me did was take messages for me to call back. Hell voicemail works the same for about 10 bucks a month. But chances are if you call my shop during business hours and i'm not on the dyno i'll answer the phone.
Road Master
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Personally I think a smaller reputable shop would be a better alternative than a larger shop. Ive used fuel moto in the past very good customer service and products but dealing with a smaller shop where the work is done in-house and built to what you want your motor to do is key. I went with Tman performance for a few reasons 1- his reputation in the industry 2- spent several hours with me over a few calls and visits to discuss what I wanted and expected and 3- is 20 minutes away. If I lived in NY it would Scott or if I loved near Kirby it would be him. Just my 2 cents
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Big dog always eats on the porch-only room for one.
The rest....stay in line, wait, and eat when the big dog is done...depending on their status in the herd.
You wanna pretend to be the big dog, grab the trophy first without earning it, and well, the big dog will make sure you don�t make that mistake again.
Nature takes its course...as it always does.
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The rest....stay in line, wait, and eat when the big dog is done...depending on their status in the herd.
You wanna pretend to be the big dog, grab the trophy first without earning it, and well, the big dog will make sure you don�t make that mistake again.
Nature takes its course...as it always does.
Perfect-
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