Just a short follow up after my first service last Friday...please children sit down let uncle Maverick tell you a little story about dealerships and service

where do one begin

It was a cold dark stormy night.......errrrrr

wrong story.
Phone just over a week ago and asked if I could bring my bike in for a service last week. Adrian told me they are pretty much fully booked but after explaining predicament of starting a new job this week and having inlaws visiting us he arranged for me to take the bike in last Friday. Early morning dropped the bike off and after waiting nearly 3,5 hours for my wife to pick me up (we were on our way site seeying to Cambridge) was told the bike is nearly ready. Asked if I can collect it on our way back the afternoon and no problem.
Arrived in Cambridge and received a call that followed a bit like this.
SWB: Bike is serviced and ready for collection
Me: Thanks, still ok to collect this afternoon
SWB: Errrmmm well there is more.......
Me: What do you mean there is more, the bike has done just over 600 miles and brand new?
SWB: Service was fine, lad on the roadtest had a slow speed spill
Me: (After a long pause wondering how slow the spill was if he had to tell me about it) So what's broken?
SWB: Clutch lever scraped, exhaust and rocker cover but we have ordered new spares and will replace it immediately
Me: OK so when can I collect it?
SWB: Unfortenately the spares only arrives tomorrow morning
Me: Can't do as we have a full weekend planned with inlaws from South-Africa and won't be able to drive back to Hertford to collect AND starting my new job Monday.
SWB: No problem will deliver the bike with a van at a convenient time.
Me: Saturday between 16:00-18:00.
SWB: No problem, there is one more thing...
Me: Yeah?
SWB: The standard end can is out of stock in the UK, is it ok if we fit a Acropovic?
Me: Ohhhh well if that is all you have go on then
Adrian personally delivered the bike just after 16:00 on Saturday and returned my bike as it was serviced with Acro fitted and original can in a box (which by the way has four small scrapes on that certainly is minor and proves the low speed spill. On top of this the service costs was halved and I can only say that even though this unfortenate event had to happen to them they went all the way to rectify the problem immediately. They will certainly get my business in the future.
My HP2 now sounds the business with the acro and runs very well, thanks
