Suspension work

[boosten lebaron]

What local place is everyone using these days? My gf want to go full tilt on her klx250 so complete rebuild front and rear with springs and valves. She doesn't want to send anything out so it has to be a place in New England she can drive to and drop off and pick up. She will pull the suspension herself so it's not the whole bike.

[xrocket21]

https://www.facebook.com/people/ArtW...045734451873/#

This guy?

[FriskyDingo]

Suspension work near Boston ?

yup that is what i had picked up . I went with Jimmy who works out of clinton in Mass. Good guy

Sounds like Jimmy is fairly close to you...

[boosten lebaron]

Who is jimmy? That thread just mentions his name lol.

[loudbeard]

Jimmy is an independent mechanic, he does pretty good work. Been a while since I’ve had him do anything for me, give him a call and see if he’s setup to do full service suspension work.

Most suspension specific shops really don’t want to take the whole bike.

[Paul_E_D]

I use motoworx in whately, MA or Factory Connection in NH.

[RandyO]

https://www.factoryconnection.com/
Current Turnaround
Friday Jan 23rd
Oregon
1 - 2 days
California
5 - 5 days
Oklahoma
5 - 5 days
Florida
3 - 3 days
Pennsylvania
6 - 7 days
New Hampshire
1 - 2 days

[FriskyDingo]

Who is jimmy? That thread just mentions his name lol.

figured you could PM BLACK, sure he'd be willing to share contact info...

[typeone]

i personally use Aaron at AMP out in MT but i've been wondering about local service as well ... C-Cycle in CT and FactoryConnection in NH are on my radar.

[boosten lebaron]

So today she has tried mm performance in carver. They just do strictly rebuilds, no performance options or tuning which tells me they don't have a suspension guy even though they bill.themselves as suspension experts. Cost was $250 so not terrible if you just want a rebuild
Then she tried TbT racing in bellingham. She thought it was a local type place but it's just a chain like racetech so she didn't like them. Eye watering $1200 for a performance rebuild which is several hundred more than a brand new ohlins.
I told her to check out factory connection. We shall see. I think she should just go down to racetech in CT and be done with it but she is insisting on finding a mom and pop type place.

[xrocket21]

WHERE IS GMD WHEN YOU NEED THEM

[xrocket21]

i personally use Aaron at AMP out in MT but i've been wondering about local service as well ... C-Cycle in CT and FactoryConnection in NH are on my radar.

I forgot about factory connection!

Factory Connection adjusted sag and fork pressure in both kids bikes for free at a jday, and I thought that was pretty cool of them.

[boosten lebaron]

Tell me about it. Im still on Petes old rebuilds of my bikes because i dont want to bring them anywhere else. My penske could use a rebuild too.

[MattR302]

So today she has tried mm performance in carver. They just do strictly rebuilds, no performance options or tuning which tells me they don't have a suspension guy even though they bill.themselves as suspension experts. Cost was $250 so not terrible if you just want a rebuild
Then she tried TbT racing in bellingham. She thought it was a local type place but it's just a chain like racetech so she didn't like them. Eye watering $1200 for a performance rebuild which is several hundred more than a brand new ohlins.
I told her to check out factory connection. We shall see. I think she should just go down to racetech in CT and be done with it but she is insisting on finding a mom and pop type place.

I’ve heard good things about Eric at Manchester KTM/Honda (authorized Racetech service center)

[boosten lebaron]

Yeah. All the local enduro guys use him. The owner that just retired is my neighbor too. Nice guy.

[MUZ720]

I know he does race bikes, but you might ask to see if he would help you out. superbikeservices44.com

[Paul_E_D]

I hate to say it, but for performance upgrades, factory connection crushes the mom n pop places 90% of the time. They just have better R&D and volume of customers. THeir service and support is also top notch.

[RandyO]

I hate to say it, but for performance upgrades, factory connection crushes the mom n pop places 90% of the time. They just have better R&D and volume of customers. THeir service and support is also top notch.

I sourced my WP shock for my V-strom thru Factory Connection (Ziggy the owner is a neighbor) and had my local dealer install it, when they ran into a problem (came with reservoir on wrong side) Factory Connection made a house call to my dealer

[boosten lebaron]

Suspension went to TBT today for a full rebuild and upgrade where possible. We shall see how they turn out.