anyone else having a crappy day??

[bryant8]

i was gonna call randy but this morn was the only time i had to do it except for late (9pm or later)
 in the evening. he will get some of my business soon enough. today was a decent day but got alot better. the ride to eurosport was awkward with 2 tires wrapped around my waist however some kid did make me laugh when the best he could come up with at the light was "dude! u look like the michelin man. hahahahaha!" i get to eurosport at 10:00 a.m. told work i would be in at noon. the guys there were nice esp tony and scott ( another patron in there said scott used to ride in moto gp when i mentioned i normally use AMS-A). don't know if it was true but whatever. so at 12:00 a gentlemen in overalls walks out and says your chain is trashed you need a new one A.S.A.P. we can do it now for X amount. i told him to just put the tire on and let me get to work as i am already late. so at 12:30 (2 1/2 hours ) i pay and i am headed to work. i call ams when i get there and ask if when they did my warranty brake work 3 weeks ago ( and i have only ridden to work 3x since then) did they notice anything wrong with my chain. i was told as recall everything was in really good shape. so now who do i believe. i looked at my chain with a magnifing glass and don't see any stress marks everything looks good on both sprockets. i am sure those guys are good decent guys but it just didn't feel right like when i walk into ams and tara and mark call me by name. so the tires are on, i am on my way and my son has said he will purchase me a new ramp if it comes back screwed up. so all in all not a bad day (at least the only crap in my yard belongs to the dogs all be it a great dane and a lab so they look like bombs)

That's not too bad, at least you have new tires on.  How many miles do you have on that chain?  I can't imagine it being so bad that they said it was trashed.  If you need help w/ the chain, I have the chain tool that can cut and press a new chain on.  Sunday at ***'s could be a prime time to do it.

[fastwin]

Chris,

How many miles on your Monster? If you take good care of your chain ( lube, clean, adjust, etc...) on a 600/695/696 it should last a long time. Don't know those folks in FW at all but if AMS just recently saw your bike and noticed the mileage I would like to think they would have said something to you about the chain and sprockets if they needed changing. I gave carte blanche to Jeff over my 916SPS work and he could have reamed me on a hundred different levels but they only did what we originally talked about. I have no doubt they looked at other things and if they needed updating they would have done it. Period. Good enough for me.

[calscrazy]

i have 10200 miles on it and it was at ams with 10050. i clean my chain like a maniac because i have seen what can happen with those things.

[Duc L'Smart]

Way to make Chris feel better by telling him how GREAT your days were 

That's just part of my charm...

[LYD]

When will you be promoting yourself agin to PRINCE CHARMING. 

[DesmonsterS4RS]

my son has said he will purchase me a new ramp if it comes back screwed up.

Yeah but is he gonna buy them with his money or yours?

[Cyclone]

When will you be promoting yourself agin to PRINCE CHARMING. 

  From General he moves up to Field Marshall Charming which sounds a little Teutonic, so in order to keep with an Italian theme either Holy Roman Emperor Charming or Pope Charming are more fitting!    Don't think Scott has a royal bloodline & I'm not calling him H.R.H. ( His Royal Highness ) under any circumstances !! 

[Cyclone]