Good Mechanic Wanted For Yamaha Virago

[SCARLETIBIS1]

I posted this on the CM Forum but someone suggested I do it here as well. Thanks

Does anyone know of a good, honest mechanic in Chiang Mai who can work on a 1983 Yamaha Virago? I just brought a friend's bike in to a shop in CM and had it restored to some degree so that I could sell it. It had a frame off paint job with the seats replaced, a new battery, a new regulator, re-built alternator, timing chains, oil pump along with brand new chrome spokes and also had the bike cleaned.

The bike looks great but when I went to pick it up it won't stay running. The shop owner told me it would run fine if I did all this work but now I realize I got ripped off. He even had to jump on his bike and go get gas because he was too cheap or stupid or both to put enough gas in the tank to get it started.

I originally brought the bike in to his shop because it had been stored for a year and it would not start. It was running before being stored. The guy told me it needed a new battery and regulator. I had that done. He tried to sell it for two months but no one bought it. So I decided to take it home. I drove about 5 kilometers and the bike quit on me. I took it back to his shop and he said it now needed a new alternator but that there were none around so he rebuilt it.

I decided to fix it up cosmetically and then try to sell it again.

I knew the engine was maybe weak but before I had the work done I asked him if it would run okay and he said it would be fine but now we can't keep it running. He said it is due to the oil mixing with the gas.

I don't speak Thai so I don't understand what is now needed. Clearly, I woudn't have spent the the 17K to get all this done if the bike wouldn't run. I feel like I got ripped off by this guy and I would print his name and shop but the bike is still there.

I mean it was clearly running when I picked it up but then died out due to the electrical problem. Now since he took everything off the bike it does not run. He says he did not do anything to the engine yet it will not run.

So, is there anyone out there who can help me with this situation. I understand parts are hard to find but someone told me a ring job should be easy and inexpensive to fix.

So if anyone knows a good mechanic who can work on this type of bike I would appreciate it.

I can be emailed at jlightner1 at gmail.com. Thanks to all.

[jonwilly]

Try Khun Uhte located at Tung Hotel Rd Soi 1.

His garage is about 400 mtrs up from Tung Hotel Rd on left hand side first garage.

Tung Hotel Rd starts from traffic lights opposite Railway Station and goes up to road with the McCormick Hospital on.

Uhte has maintained my bikes since 2002, he did a motor mechanics course at the Polytechnic and is a Biker, he does a good job and is not expensive.

john