Recent content by silver_back

Nope you are correct. Prior to getting your money...Rich will typically respond to your emails/calls within 24-48 hours. I believe that was the experience of most people here (including myself) but once he has your money...i can pretty much guarantee that you will no longer hear from him...and...

Yeah the guys at "The Horse" are stand up guys. Rich is good at answering the phone when he wants to. I could not get a response from him for months. I was out of town (different phone number) and tried calling him...and wouldnt you know it...he picked up the phone no problem. This tells...

I totally agree... Problem was that Rich was never honest/up front about wait times. If he would have told me up front that it was a 18 month + wait that would have been fine. Then i could have made an informed decision. Also if he just would have been honest about things during the...

Wish it was that easy End of the day several/many of us have gotten scammed by Rich/G&L Choppers. Hard to get your money back when the guy will not return calls/emails and is rarely/ever at the shop. Last time i talked to him (in Dec) he actually hadnt been in the shop for OVER 4-6 months...

I hear you man... My bike now sits in my Dad's shop (he is a heavy duty mechanic by trade) he is tearing the bike done now trying to figure out what it is wrong with it and why it will not run. Each passing week that i talk to him he finds more and more wrong with it.

just sent you an email... but just wanted to publicly stated, so sorry to hear that man! So lame

I am actually in the process of getting a blog/website started Specifically, to act as a warning to any and all people considering getting a bike built by Rich. My hope is to prevent people from having to go through the same thing that i (and other board members) have gone through If anyone...

Yep... Sadly this now seems to be the case. Like i said in my previous posts...Rich took 18 months to deliver me a bike that does not run. Additionally, he sent me a bike with parts on it that i did not order...and despite knowing this he has yet to send me said parts. At this...

So update on my bike... Rich still owes me missing parts. Specifically he owes me a set of handlebars (as he put on the wrong ones) He owes me a new seat (as he put on the wrong one) He shipped me my bike knowing that these items were wrong but shipped the bike anyway (the bike was shipped at...

Yeah, i tried that (demanded my money back)... Tried several times actually. Each time Rich told me that he could not do that because he had ordered all of the parts for the bike, but then promised me that he would get my bike done and get it out to me. Then (as has been his MO) he dropped...

Wow man... Sorry to hear that! Sorry to hear that you are still waiting for your bike!

Yep, but hopefully with threads like this we can prevent people from getting screwed over as bad as we have. I have already personally talked to 2 different people who have emailed me (that have seen my posts here and on other forums) about Rich who i have successfully prevented from...

I hear you dude. All in i'm at about $9000. And at this point i refer to the bike as my $9000 paper weight!

I'm lucky i guess. Every time i find something new wrong with my bike/i cannot get it to start my wife tells me to sell the damn thing (at a loss if i have to) and buy myself a new bike! :D In that regard, i am one luck man!:D

no worries man, thanks for posting a response. My guess that Rich's promise to deliver the bike to you in person will fall through. The reason i say that is that he did the same thing to me! He was going to deliver my bike in person, but as always "something came up". Then he shipped...