have a Honda Steed that needs some TLC.
Sadly when I leave it at my good ladies house in Sakhon Nakon the rats eat some cables, and they need fixing added to that as it is always a year or two before I can get back to it the carbs calcify.
The last two visits I have used Pops big bike in Sakhon but this time after two years of Covid things have changed. He kept the bike for two weeks to fix the carbs, but came back over heating and leaking petrol and charged me for it. Sent it back it, came back after another 3 weeks still with a petrol leak and a burnt-out accelerator cable and starter solenoid. The cable did not come off my Bike at all. He charged me again for the work, saying that the leak was from a broken fuel pipe. My good lady’s dad took it back into POPs shop to get the leak fixed finally this time it was 2500B for a fuel pump. He had the bike for 2 months. Now as to the fuel pump I had the tank off myself to find the leak and found it was carbs not fuel Pump.
After doing a little investigating I found he was not doing the repairs at all but was sending them to a small shop in town to do the work. A total rip-off now as to who was doing it Pop or his mechanic is unknown but a ripp-off it was and cost me a lot of money. I finally got the Bike back a week before my flight back to the UK, only to find new the ignition will not switch off and the engine sounds strange nothing like it was. The next day the battery was flat and I have to leave. So, I have it parked up.
I am looking for a good Steed Mechanic, now I used to have the best chap at a Big bike shop in Khon Kaen some 10 years back but sadly Thai roads got the better of his driving and the shop is now no more, God bless him a great guy. Does anyone know where I contact to get the bike collected and repaired. in the Isan region, I see most shops seem to be closed. Are there any good Steed repair shops in Udon? Any help would be well appreciated as I am at my wits end getting the Bike back on the road without all the parts being replaced. I see some places still operating Chiang Mai.