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Porting / Big Bore 2 stroke options
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His website had said he was on vacation all of September. I was planning on sending something his way here soon but I still have to talk to him as well. Let us know if you get hold of him.
I wasted a lot of time and $$$ on his YZ295 "mo betta" kit in my 2006 YZ250 2-stroke. The powervalve ended up coming into contact with the piston due to an assembly issue. As I understand it, he was having college students/others perform the final assembly. Long story short, I ended up getting my $$$ back to a degree ... but I had to call like 25 times, no kidding, and it took a looooong time. FWIW, he was never argumentative.
Another time I dealt with him on the early 2002-2004 CRF450Rs (the first time I dealt with him actually), I sent him new valves, a new cam, etc., plus work instructions per his request. He did SOME work requested (not all), then sent me everything back with no communication whatsoever in the process. I called him (again it took 20+ times) and when I did get him, I asked why he didn't use all the parts I sent him and I explained "I was hoping to replace the ENTIRE valve train to get everything on the same replacement interval." He said "Oh. I didn't think everything needed replacing." OK, appreciate where you were coming from, BUT I really wanted the work done AND AT LEAST a discussion ... about my WORK REQUEST. To me, this was like "I rebuilt your 100-hour YZ250F and the timing chain looked good, so I reused it/put it back in." Sooooooo frustrating. Note, however, I never had any issues with his work on this project, but I only put like 10 hours on things before I changed bikes.
Later he went to Millennium as their "big bore & porting guru" (and other assignments as well, no doubt) and then they parted ways fairly shortly therafter. No idea what happened, but telling.
My 2 cents on Eric Gorr is to steer clear.
"When you can't get in touch with Gorr, the Universe is trying to tell you something." -Rider 5280, 28-Oct-2022
Finally, truth in lending: The last time I dealt with Eric was in ~ 2011 (and initially ~ 2004).
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Dear Eric Gorr Customer Service (that's you, Eric!),
Quality work is a must and communication matters. Big time.
Please respect your customers' time, safety, and pocketbooks.
Sincerely,
The Universe
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Speaks volumes about his commitment to customer service.
Definitely a future customer here.
For the second bike I'm building I decided to try Tokyo Mods because Tom Morgan was pretty backed up, 4-5 months I believe at the time. (Good sign though) I'm waiting to get my stuff back from Tokyo Mods, I bought a Cylinder Works head from CRF's Only that's still on backorder. Apparently, Tokyo Mods also runs CRF's Only as well I found out just by noticing similar email styles, website design and both of the people replying were named Justin. Justin has been great at communication as well. Tokyo Mods was a little more expensive, but not too much more. I got the Tokyo Mods carb mod and CDI for both bikes as well. 2007 CRF 250R.
It's a 98 RM125, notorious for breaking power valves. I had a power valve break. Sourced some new ones, put em in but didn't put everything back together (figured he'd be taking them out anyway). Head was all shredded so sent the head and cylinder in for some work.
No communication (this is my second time working with him so knew that'd be the case), except for a handwritten note in a baggie with some of the power valve parts:
"My website says DO NOT DISASSEBLE THE POWER VALVES. Good luck putting these back together"
I was quite taken aback.
I also didn't ask for a bored cylinder, but he bored it out 2mm. Sent me a new piston too.
So for 185 bucks, I got head work, cylinder/head lapping, porting, bored out cylinder, piston, return shipping, and a snarky, passive aggressive note.
Frankly, as much as the note POed me, I'm overall happy with the transaction
Everything went together real smooth. Heat cycled a few times, and sort of kind of took it easy yesterday.
Thing ran like a top. It's almost a luggable 125.
Again, super happy with the work from Eric Gorr.
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