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Message: [QUOTE="truespode, post: 617430, member: 29329"] I swear a lot of you are going to the wrong shops :) When I first got back into riding I had trouble finding good local dealers. Part of the reason was I felt stupid asking stupid questions. It was much easier ordering online and not having to show my face when I ask something ignorant. I believe that is why I ordered online for so long. That is what got me into the online thing to begin with... the anonymity of it all allowed me to be stupid to people who don't know me. My how things have changed since I've had the opportunity to meet literally hundreds of great enthusiasts! Anyway, before I continue I want to say that I'm not saying you guys don't have bad dealers... just relaying my experience and my appreciation for my dealers. Now when I need something I have a plethora of dealers to choose from. Some online, some out of state and some locally. There are so many to choose from that I wish I was a millionaire just so I can order parts from each of them. The local shop I do business with the most is Upstate Cycle in Greenville. They are a Husky dealer but they can get me almost anything I want (except Fox). I have ordered OEM parts from them for my Honda as well as other stuff. When I had a 2-stroke I asked them to carry Y2R and they had it on the shelf the next week. Same with No-Toil. It was a small supply just b/c they knew they had at least one buyer. Now they have more b/c more people have been wanting it. The point is they went out of their way to carry something I asked for. No blue haired kid either. The parts guy knows my voice now when I call and goes out of his way to help with anything and if he can't do it he tells me so but offers me alternatives. The other dealers are Neeley's Racing and Foothills motorsports. Foothills is one of the mall type dealers but they have treated me pretty well. I also deal with Piedmont Honda in NC (I trust their parts manager completely - one hell of a guy and a DRN member :) ) and Alcoa Yamaha in NC (which is over 3 hours from my house). Mail order I usually go with Service Honda or Smackover Motorsports but have used MX South, Dennis Kirk and Bob's with success. Also, I have found 2 other shops locally who seem to be great. Blazer MX in Greenville and Motolinx both go to the JMX series I run and help riders out (as well as sell parts of course at the track). The Motolinx owner races with us in the +30c/d and is a really good guy. I guess the point is that despite my ignorance and bad thoughts of local dealers at one time I have found that there are a lot of good guys out there. I am very fortunate to have the guys I do to deal with. I wish I had the money to order from each of them all the time. However, I can only order so much and just appreciate those I do deal with for providing good customer service, great advice and competitive prices. Now if I could get my CR450F to be as reliable as my YZ250F was I'd have the perfect life ;) Ivan [/QUOTE]

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