JMD, I agree with you that Brian is a great guy and a helluva racer. He has to be a good mechanic also, as he has raced in numerous ISDE's; however, I have not had great luck in his shop. When I had my forks revalved by Scotty, he discovered that something was loose in the forks and ruined the internals of one of my forks. I still have the pieces out of the bad fork that show the damage. I don't think Brian did this, but I think probably one of those younger guys he has working in his shop probably did. If you were to be assured that Brian would do the work himself then I wouldn't worry about taking it to SMS, but I just thought I'd tell you what happened to me.