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What a Bad experience
Hi Guys let me share a story that really leaves a bad experience and which i wished i havent done it in the first place and after tons of attemp to establish contact with the guy i felt so cheated and never wanted to do this in the first place but here it goes. I wont be mentioning any names here and this thread is it to let fellow bikers learn from it and stay away from it. ill be calling him Mr X
It all started in 27/03/2010 with a reputed tuner from bangalore i trusted him since he is also an engineer in one of the most prestigious racing team in INDIA. anyway here it goes
With some introduction from a friend our negotiation started on building the fastest ever drag R15 huge load of money (lakhs of rupees) was transferred to bank accounts agreement were set to finish the projects in 3months time . Since I'm also running a small business he also offered me big bore kits which i took around 2lakh worth of goods. Then came the reality excuses were made after 2 months with stating races were holding him up from starting the project which i calmly understood since Mr X is a busy man with all the racing in chennai after tons of god know what excuses after much frustration and 11 long months and much demand he send me pictures on what seems to be the pictures of the bikes eventually on march 2011 i received the bike (that's after8 months delay) so with high hopes we took the bike to the abandoned airstrip to test it tested the bike did around 14highs-15lows sec on a quarter mile. HMMMM this is absolutely not worth it with the amount of money invested we were expecting 13-14secs.
With the amount invested we were very disappointed so we decided to inspect what has been installed in the bike for us. Bike is light weighted of course with skinny aluminum rims and lots of weight reduction on the chassis. Anyway we found out it was an Indonesian bigbore 165cc (during negotiation it was a 200cc) big cam and stronger valve springs all from indonesia ECU tuned by Race dynamics with a stock injector not even a 12hole injector all these modification when calculated at that time costed Rs 40000/ so lakhs of rupees cheated.
Race day came finally our team were doing great securing 1st and 2nd in open below 400cc class (1st RD 2nd RX135) but our long waited R15 couldn't even start and once it did start it seized so after a phone call with MR X he told us to send him the Block cylinder head and ecu and he would fix it for free so we send him all on end of March 2011.
Now here is where all the fun begins after confirming he received the parts we send him he said it would take 4 months since he is very busy with his team so we said its ok so after 4 months i called him again which he answered 1 of 50 calls and said that it was all done and he had dispatched it. since we live at the end of India Mizoram to be specific it usually take 1month sometime 2months so after waiting and waiting still no courier guy showing up asked Mr X for the consignment no 4 time no reply from his end. (Damn Man he is such a big guy looking after one of the most prestigious racing team in India and still he turns out to be a liar and a cheat if he wanted my Block,head and ecu he should have asked which i would happily donate it to him.)
any way i never give up but I'm in no position to fly to bangalore and loose 4working days just to see him since our place is a connecting flight through Kolkata. So i came up with an evil plan since he wont take my call i send him a threat stating im meeting my lawyer and we are filing a FIR which i never did but i did work he send me the block back (180cc big bore) on august 2012 whew a year has passed, but wait where is the cylinder head and ecu guess my prank never really worked or this guy team is so financially broke that they need their clients engine parts to run their team any ways I lost all respect for Mr X.
Ohhh BTW i forgot to mention i tried meeting him up in june 2010 i told him im coming to Bangalore please make yourself free in 2 weeks advance but that day some how at the last minute before i reached his place he somehow has to go to a team meetting and had to wait for 7 hours.
Should i be angry i don't know
Guys please keep away from Mr X and if anybody want i will happily share all the emails we exchanged
It all started in 27/03/2010 with a reputed tuner from bangalore i trusted him since he is also an engineer in one of the most prestigious racing team in INDIA. anyway here it goes
With some introduction from a friend our negotiation started on building the fastest ever drag R15 huge load of money (lakhs of rupees) was transferred to bank accounts agreement were set to finish the projects in 3months time . Since I'm also running a small business he also offered me big bore kits which i took around 2lakh worth of goods. Then came the reality excuses were made after 2 months with stating races were holding him up from starting the project which i calmly understood since Mr X is a busy man with all the racing in chennai after tons of god know what excuses after much frustration and 11 long months and much demand he send me pictures on what seems to be the pictures of the bikes eventually on march 2011 i received the bike (that's after8 months delay) so with high hopes we took the bike to the abandoned airstrip to test it tested the bike did around 14highs-15lows sec on a quarter mile. HMMMM this is absolutely not worth it with the amount of money invested we were expecting 13-14secs.
With the amount invested we were very disappointed so we decided to inspect what has been installed in the bike for us. Bike is light weighted of course with skinny aluminum rims and lots of weight reduction on the chassis. Anyway we found out it was an Indonesian bigbore 165cc (during negotiation it was a 200cc) big cam and stronger valve springs all from indonesia ECU tuned by Race dynamics with a stock injector not even a 12hole injector all these modification when calculated at that time costed Rs 40000/ so lakhs of rupees cheated.
Race day came finally our team were doing great securing 1st and 2nd in open below 400cc class (1st RD 2nd RX135) but our long waited R15 couldn't even start and once it did start it seized so after a phone call with MR X he told us to send him the Block cylinder head and ecu and he would fix it for free so we send him all on end of March 2011.
Now here is where all the fun begins after confirming he received the parts we send him he said it would take 4 months since he is very busy with his team so we said its ok so after 4 months i called him again which he answered 1 of 50 calls and said that it was all done and he had dispatched it. since we live at the end of India Mizoram to be specific it usually take 1month sometime 2months so after waiting and waiting still no courier guy showing up asked Mr X for the consignment no 4 time no reply from his end. (Damn Man he is such a big guy looking after one of the most prestigious racing team in India and still he turns out to be a liar and a cheat if he wanted my Block,head and ecu he should have asked which i would happily donate it to him.)
any way i never give up but I'm in no position to fly to bangalore and loose 4working days just to see him since our place is a connecting flight through Kolkata. So i came up with an evil plan since he wont take my call i send him a threat stating im meeting my lawyer and we are filing a FIR which i never did but i did work he send me the block back (180cc big bore) on august 2012 whew a year has passed, but wait where is the cylinder head and ecu guess my prank never really worked or this guy team is so financially broke that they need their clients engine parts to run their team any ways I lost all respect for Mr X.
Ohhh BTW i forgot to mention i tried meeting him up in june 2010 i told him im coming to Bangalore please make yourself free in 2 weeks advance but that day some how at the last minute before i reached his place he somehow has to go to a team meetting and had to wait for 7 hours.
Should i be angry i don't know
Guys please keep away from Mr X and if anybody want i will happily share all the emails we exchanged
let us not feign ignorance.. and there have been quite a few people dissatisfied with their experience and lack of communication from Mr.X (even if the product had issues, it is the communication that can set right a lot of things which is lacking as reported by a number of users)..
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by the way where'sJoel
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