EvenmoreXS
1981 XS650
Looks like the new owners at Mike's have stuck to the old business model. But what's this about madness? You're looking at the new American normal, a social reality in which folks support Walmart and other big box operators with their dollars while they moan about the loss of the quality, selection and service once delivered by the small individual proprietors that they helped to starve out.
Good new clutch perches are available from 650 Central. New, quality levers are available there and from any dealer with a Motion Pro catalog. Anybody who buys a prefilled battery anywhere is asking for trouble. We've warned against cheap repop jets too may times to count. Anybody with an Exacto knife can cut a sump gasket.
Bottom line: Mike's XS will keep selling trash as long as people keep buying it. Here's a working definition for you: Madness is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
Yep. I agree completely but I still dont like it. How will the little guy ever get better if he's boycotted for the big boys by consumers. Id buy something from your yard sale for $10 before Id buy it for $8 at walmart. I try very hard to spend locally or to small business's...like mikes...because Ive been a small business owner and know what its like.
Madness is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results....Nope....not madness....Thats the definition of Insanity....but I do agree. They're the same thing.
Walmart is the Devil........
Support local business.....
As far as mikes goes, its kinda like the other thread going on now about screwing other members....I'll give mikes a chance to make it right, but its still consistanly poor....and that is frustrating.
Very busy at work so Im sorry if my thoughts come out incomplete or improperly phrased.....read between the lines please...