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Took mine out Friday to get the annual MA inspection sticker. Barnstorm Cycle in Spencer is less than a 1/2 mile from my house, so I've gone there the past couple years. They were picky with me, telling me the accessory fog lights had to work because they were a factory bit and had the button on the handlebar together with button for heated grips. Almost failed me on tires one time, but they were just off the wear bar in center of rear. They also check very closely each time that the VIN on my registration matches the OE sticker on the frame of the bike.
I mention this because they're also a used bike dealer, custom bike builder and "Jeep focused" auto dealer. I've seen some of the Harley's they inspect that have no turn signals, straight pipes, even no mirrors in some cases. Definitely two classes of "pass" there!
When I pulled up the bay they use for inspections was chuck full of bikes. "No stickers today" I was told be a guy outside, he suggested I "check at the front counter." I went inside and was told "We didn't get the stickers yet", that there'd been "some problem with paperwork with the state." They took my name and number, said they'd call when stickers were in. I commented that I was good until 5/31/17 on my Tiger, but had a new-to-me used bike coming that would need a sticker within 7 days of registering it. He replied that "We've sold 4 bikes this week and couldn't inspect them, it's not an issue yet because it's still winter and no one's riding." Yet I was standing there with my bike outside that I rode in.
I asked if this was a statewide problem, or are they the only ones who don't have stickers yet. He was ambiguous with an "I don't know." So I called Motorsports International in Auburn MA, about 8 miles away. They were doing stickers, and today (Friday) would be fine. "Come on over." And so I did.
Barnstorm Cycle is seemingly getting a lot of business. The shop was packed. I don't know if it was service or storage or both, but there were more people working in the shop than ever before, and I didn't see the guys who started the business a few years ago. The fact that they don't have inspection stickers is suspect, to say the least.
Be careful with this place. Go in with eyes wide open.