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Communications is the key and sometimes gets the best of us. But seems like some people on here live to bash peolel or shops when they don't know the whole story. Always 2 sides to a story.
Everone need to chill out and just ride some dirt bikes.. Lol.
someone else was still waiting on an ECU from 2016 if I remember correctly as well.
If you got something out of him in 2 weeks go buy a lottery ticket. Heck by two and send me one.
By the way, your “communication” line reads very similar to an email Harris had written to me attempting to save face when our transaction went so foul he realized he had no excuses left to provide, Jus’ Sayin’....
Did the neighbor come up and ship his parts back, as was being discussed?
Mx Tech offered to do it for free, probably the route i woulda took. Damn cool for him to offer that. Thats about as far as i got in the original thread.
A 2nd (and 3rd) thread has been created then, which i didn't see, that was from what i understand now talking about an engine that had been sent 5 months ago. This is indeed too long, and from what I am reading the way it has been handled has not been great either. I hope it can be sorted out for this case and maybe others as it for sure tarnishes his reputation. It is unfortunate as to me he is probably the most knowledgeable on this forum when it comes to building a fast engine.
5 months is (way) too long we all agree on that, but patience is also something the first OP 1 year ago in the thread i mentioned did not have and here it was not justified to be mad, which is why I posted.
In all cases, delays happens dealing with small businesses where the owners does everything, but also sometimes with big companies. With internet shopping people tend to think they will be delivered the next day. That is why I was talking about patience, and just for bikes I also had my share, for instance waiting 3 months for a new bike making me race a rented one and putting me out of a championship contention, 14 months wait for just a welding job i had to visit or call every 2 months for which eventually they didn't do and lost a pipe, 3 months of wait for a special pipe, 3 months to receive some special kit and parts, 2 month wait for a gearbox failure while leading a championship and making me race a bike I sold before (and almost killing myself because I OTB hard and took the bike and peg due to different suspensions), etc etc and just for bikes ... Anyway we all know that to have one bike working we need at least 2 bikes as 1 is always in the shop.
Now back to the topic, the 5 months engine, it would be great if Dereck Harris would come here and tell us what happened.
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The first link is dead, but I accessed the second one via the mobile version (the desktop version is dead too). I can only read the page you sent, it is pretty shaddy indeed, and it is quite shaddy too that the threads cannot be accessed.
I also understand now why i didn't read, "Help" as a thread title is so telling (...), most people don't have time to open each thread and just select the topics they want to read.
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Pit Row
My detailed Derek Harris experience is there. Couldn’t advise someone enough to take your business elsewhere.
"Interesting" story. A bit of a weird timing as the full bashing mode based on 1 engine issue comes like last year around the loretta lynns period (to recap, he was at loretta with no internet, it went 3 or 5 pages pretty hard, then he came back from Lorreta and it was sorted out in a couple posts). Here it looks different than last year, the email exchanges and the time frame were indeed not sounding good at all. S... happens but I would go get my engine asap to see what the problems are.
It would be great if Dereck could come to tell us what happened.
BS.
Enough mechanics around who are working in the mx scene who are doing 15 engines a week for certain big companies and do that in 5 working days. Monday in friday morning shipped out out. So how would you say 5 months is ok? Waiting time? So you're talking BS.
14 months wait for just a welding job i had to visit or call every 2 months for which eventually they didn't do and lost a pipe,
Really? you're a racer and wait 14 months for a welding job?? You know one welder who can do a job?
3 months of wait for a special pipe
Now explain and let us see what kinda pipe that is, just curious about that.
3 months to receive some special kit and parts
Well what was that special kit, only made by one compagnie or person?
2 month wait for a gearbox failure
you're a racer and have only one gearbox?? How special is that gearbox. Gold with diamond finish? Explain?
Now back to the topic, the 5 months engine, it would be great if Dereck Harris would come here and tell us what happened.
HE FUCKED THIS ORDER UP with 5 months. Not only this order but someones ecu having from 2016. A cylinder fucked up from a person. So how many person that don't use the internet that are fucked by him? Or still waiting?
Glad my brother didn't pull the trigger to send him his engine, he could be fucked. If a american has to wait 5 months. How long does a European have to wait. If he get the parts back lol If you read his page you would think that is a great guy with knowing but when he starts to talk. Then you know he knows only his own truth not open for other things.
Even with proper communication, 5 months is too long. First in, first out unless you have a policy for rush srrvice and even then you dont keep pushing other jobs back.
Anybody else would be pissed too..just not sure how many would have deleted the original thread. I wouldnt, until after I got my motor back.
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