[faz1]

Hi there,

any of you guys ever used these? Good or Bad?

[thinkingaboutit]

That's Chopper of biker.ie. Good prices on fitting alarms. I certainly have heard nothing bad.

[LaFiamma]

Done lots of top notch work on my bike, very resonable too. Always helping out lads when stuck, dont get much better really

[The Mex]

faz1, on 11 September 2011 - 09:54 PM, said:

Hi there,

any of you guys ever used these? Good or Bad?

Welcome to IBF faz1.

Stick up a post in the "New users" section and introduce yourself?

[faz1]

Thanks for that.

[skipper]

is he a qualified mechanic?
i heard not

[The Mex]

skipper, on 12 September 2011 - 08:14 AM, said:

is he a qualified mechanic?
i heard not

Even Judge Judy wouldn't allow hearsay!

[Kjeldahl]

skipper, on 12 September 2011 - 08:14 AM, said:

is he a qualified mechanic?
i heard not

Qualified? What sort of nonsense is that? qualified by whom? What possible relevance does being qualified have? The OP wanted to know if Poleon was a reputable firm, so he could get some work done ....FFS

[jimgoose]

Haven't used them myself, but plenty do, and all speak very highly of them. Recommended.

[The Greek AKA The cat]

Kjeldahl, on 12 September 2011 - 10:00 AM, said:

Qualified? What sort of nonsense is that? qualified by whom? What possible relevance does being qualified have? The OP wanted to know if Poleon was a reputable firm, so he could get some work done ....FFS

Here we go with "well in my day" so be a warned I might get boring.

I am a qualified mechanic. I did 3 months block release in Bolton St. every year for 4 years. I also had to fill in experience sheets that had to be signed by my employer. At the end I got my papers issued by AnCo, now FAS.

But here is the funny thing there was no way to become a qualifed motorbike mechanic. And it is a very different game. So the only way to get "qualified" is to work on them years.

So is Chopper qualified? I believe he is and Tony is a member here too.

Bottomline is you are right - the only thing that matters is reputation.

[BeerBaron]

I agree 100% Pete !

Reputation is everything, i dont care if they have 1000 certs framed and hanging on the wall, aint worth a toss if they know nothing about fixing a motorbike !!

[Gasman]

Used Chopper myself, grand job done....no complaints

[chopper]

The Greek, on 12 September 2011 - 02:07 PM, said:

Here we go with "well in my day" so be a warned I might get boring.

I am a qualified mechanic. I did 3 months block release in Bolton St. every year for 4 years. I also had to fill in experience sheets that had to be signed by my employer. At the end I got my papers issued by AnCo, now FAS.

But here is the funny thing there was no way to become a qualifed motorbike mechanic. And it is a very different game. So the only way to get "qualified" is to work on them years.

So is Chopper qualified? I believe he is and Tony is a member here too.

Bottomline is you are right - the only thing that matters is reputation.

damit pete thats a secret ,lol .

[The Greek AKA The cat]

chopper, on 12 September 2011 - 04:45 PM, said:

damit pete thats a secret ,lol .

Oooops

[evoblade]

The Greek, on 12 September 2011 - 02:07 PM, said:

Here we go with "well in my day" so be a warned I might get boring.

I am a qualified mechanic. I did 3 months block release in Bolton St. every year for 4 years. I also had to fill in experience sheets that had to be signed by my employer. At the end I got my papers issued by AnCo, now FAS.

But here is the funny thing there was no way to become a qualifed motorbike mechanic. And it is a very different game. So the only way to get "qualified" is to work on them years.

So is Chopper qualified? I believe he is and Tony is a member here too.

Bottomline is you are right - the only thing that matters is reputation.

Here here!!! I did 2 years in Bolton Street before they decided to drop the course....am i qualified to work on bikes,yes i am........however many of the lads who i sat through the course with are not,technically they have the same paperwork as i do but if you put them in front of a bike and asked them to carry out a 10k kms service most would struggle.Not a whole lot of us where actively working on bikes before or during the course.Most of the lads depended on the practical classes to be able to learn the trade.....not a hope in hell.

It takes years and years to build up a basic knowledge of all the different brands and models of motorbikes and the make up of their parts etc. You don't learn a whole lot from sitting in the classroom,in fact i would argue that you might pick up about 25-30% of your knowledge through it,and that would be the technical areas of say suspension,in depth knowledge of electronic systems and so on but again this is all useless without the hands on experience of actually working on bikes and if you are working on them you pick up on the technical stuff as you go,its constantly changing anyway so you are constantly learning too.

And my answer is the very same,i believe Anto would be qualified,infact he would be more qualified than most!

[Chris P. Bacon]

I've yet to use his services but know Anto from the other site and have had to phone him on a few bike related issues over the years and he's always taken time to explain and help me everytime - he knows his stuff

Get's the from me

[Tenmill]

The Greek, on 12 September 2011 - 02:07 PM, said:

Here we go with "well in my day" so be a warned I might get boring.

I am a qualified mechanic. I did 3 months block release in Bolton St. every year for 4 years. I also had to fill in experience sheets that had to be signed by my employer. At the end I got my papers issued by AnCo, now FAS.

But here is the funny thing there was no way to become a qualifed motorbike mechanic. And it is a very different game. So the only way to get "qualified" is to work on them years.

So is Chopper qualified? I believe he is and Tony is a member here too.

Bottomline is you are right - the only thing that matters is reputation.

Yeah whatever, Pops.

[Tazzzie]

chopper, on 12 September 2011 - 04:45 PM, said:

damit pete thats a secret ,lol .

50% discount for IBF'ers

Bottom line seems to be the guy has a good reputation.

I know plenty of people with no qualifations (dont care if thats an issue) who are top class tradesmen.
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