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 :-/  I DONT KNOW!!! MAYBE SOMEONE CAN HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND.... IS EVERY SERVICE CENTER ONLY IN RACING BECAUSE THEY KNOW HOW EXPENSIVE IT CAN BE, AND SUBSEQUENTLY THEY WILL COLLECT?!?!?! WELL, 4&6 RACING IN SKOKIE ILLINOIS HAS BY FAR, TAKEN THE CAKE . PERIOD . QWIKLY; I DROPPED MY 2000 F4 OFF TO HAVE SPOOLS WELDED ON FOR MY REAR STAND (SWING ARM) SHAWN AT 4&6 RETURNS MY CALL FROM A MESSAGE I LEFT, SAYS " IT'S READY, WE'VE ONLY GOTTA PUT YOUR AIR BOX AND TANK BACK ON, AND OH YEAH, YOUR'E GONNA HAVE TO GET ANOTHER WIND SCREEN, BECAUSE WE BROKE IT. .........................HE SEZ "HELLO?" ,I SAY "YEAH, IM HERE," HE GOES " IT WAS CRACKED ALREADY", IN DISBELIEF, I SAY "YOU BROKE MY BOUBLE BUBBLE?!?!, AND TELL ME I GOTTA GET ANOTHER, HOW DO YOU WORK ON THE REAR OF THE BIKE AND BREAK THE FRONT END???", ... WELL WE SETTLED ON HALF (DUE TO MY WILLINGNESS TO SETTLE QWIKLY, AS I SAID, HE TOLD ME THAT I'D HAVE TO GET ANOTHER, DIDNT OFFER ANY CLAIM TO FAULT, BUT DID GO ON TO SAY "WELL, WE HAVE TO LEAN THE BIKE WAAAY OVER TO WELD THE SWING-ARM)(YOU COULD TAKE IT OFF , OR LEAN IT MORE RESPONSIBLY OR MORE STABLE)...... NEXT THING IS, I WASNT ABLE TO PICK UP THE BIKE, SO WHEN I GOT TO THE TRACK I NOTICE MY LEFT SIDE REARSET IS BROKEN SO THAT IT DOESNT GUARD MY BOOT FROM THE CHAIN ANYMORE, AGAIN I LEAVE A MESSAGE AND GET A CALL BACK, NOW FOR THIS, IM TOLD THAT SOMEONE ELSE IN THE SHOP NOTICED THAT IT WAS BROKEN WHEN IT CAME IN THEY ARE BRAND NEW ...........SO I HANG UP THE PHONE, I MISSED THREE RACES SATURDAY TO FIND OUT THAT MY FUEL FILTER IS CLOGGED, AND I FIND AN AFTER MARKET HOSE FROM FUEL PUMP TO TANK, ASK 4&6 AND THEY SAY THE ORIGINAL WAS LEAKING AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE IT,SEZ "THE LEAK COULD'VE HAPPENED WHILE TAKING OFF AND ON" ... QUES: ANYONE THINK THAT MY FILTER GOT CLOGGED DUE TO SOMETHING AT THAT SHOP? BUT PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT DURING THE WEEKEND OF MAY 18/19 THIS SAME BIKE TOOK ME (THRU 6 RACES) FROM 79TH PLACE OVERALL (MIDWEST) TO 31ST.....IT WAS WORKING LIKE I COULD ONLY DREAM, ..... SO I GO ON TO RUN A STRAIT HOSE TO THE TANK ON SUNDAY MORNING AND END UP WITH A COMPLETED RACE 1, BUT MISS THE NEXT TWO DUE TO A FUEL SHUT-OFF RELAY (TWICE), ( I COULDNT MAKE A HOT LAP ON 5 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS JUNE 1,2ND),. MY PIT WANTED TO USE A BETTER REAR STAND, I WAS TOLD BY 4&6 THAT THEY'D CHARGE ME 60 OR 70 BUCKS, BUT AFTER KILLING MY BIKE, THEY SAID "$106.50" PLUS THE HALF ($40) ON MY BROKEN WIND SCREEN. I HATE BEING STUPID
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