Don't deal with these guys. Honestly. This was a terrible transaction. I thought at first it was great but then Mark didn't want to do any kind of business through email. He wanted to do it all over the phone. I didn't think anything about it until it was too late.
Before anything, I'd like to say that I paid him a large chunk up front and then the rest at the end but he had my parts for a 2 weeks because of a pay error on the military to me's part. I told him what was going on and I thought he understood and didn't mind too much. I found out later that apparently I was breaking his bank because he didn't have it all. Anyways:
Over the phone, he said that I would get EVERYTHING that APE was offering for the 1441-2 kit for less because he would do some of the work in shop and wouldn't charge as much.
I got my parts back and was missing pieces that are pretty important and that APE said they would send with it. Such as the adjustable cam gears and bearings installed, cylinder studs, heavy duty head nuts and the head gasket.
I tried to get ahold of Mark but he kept telling me to call him, call him, call him. This way there would be no written record of what he was supposed to give me. In fact, even after the phone conversations, he told me that none of that was in the original deal BECAUSE it wasn't in the email. Shady.
Well, I moved and just got my stuff unpacked for the bike. After a long bout with a wrist and ankle injury I wanted to put the past behind me and work on my bike.
I was going to build the bottom end today. It turns out that when they (M/T Performance) undercut my transmission, they put the center gear on the input shaft on BACKWARDS!!!! There is a big gear side and a little gear side. You can't put it together with them backwards. NOW I have to take it to someone that can fix it for me before I can continue.
Oh, and the guys at SAE Outlaw hooked me up with the cam sprockets for cheap and even installed them for me for next to nothing. THOSE guys are good guys!
I will NEVER, NEVER deal with Mark or M/T Performance ever again. He is crooked and I hate talking about people like this, I really do, but he is CROOKED!
Sorry it wasn't the jolly, upbeat, "These Guys Rock" speech but hey, I'd rather you not get screwed if you ever deal with someone.
Sincerely,
Me
Before anything, I'd like to say that I paid him a large chunk up front and then the rest at the end but he had my parts for a 2 weeks because of a pay error on the military to me's part. I told him what was going on and I thought he understood and didn't mind too much. I found out later that apparently I was breaking his bank because he didn't have it all. Anyways:
Over the phone, he said that I would get EVERYTHING that APE was offering for the 1441-2 kit for less because he would do some of the work in shop and wouldn't charge as much.
I got my parts back and was missing pieces that are pretty important and that APE said they would send with it. Such as the adjustable cam gears and bearings installed, cylinder studs, heavy duty head nuts and the head gasket.
I tried to get ahold of Mark but he kept telling me to call him, call him, call him. This way there would be no written record of what he was supposed to give me. In fact, even after the phone conversations, he told me that none of that was in the original deal BECAUSE it wasn't in the email. Shady.
Well, I moved and just got my stuff unpacked for the bike. After a long bout with a wrist and ankle injury I wanted to put the past behind me and work on my bike.
I was going to build the bottom end today. It turns out that when they (M/T Performance) undercut my transmission, they put the center gear on the input shaft on BACKWARDS!!!! There is a big gear side and a little gear side. You can't put it together with them backwards. NOW I have to take it to someone that can fix it for me before I can continue.
Oh, and the guys at SAE Outlaw hooked me up with the cam sprockets for cheap and even installed them for me for next to nothing. THOSE guys are good guys!
I will NEVER, NEVER deal with Mark or M/T Performance ever again. He is crooked and I hate talking about people like this, I really do, but he is CROOKED!
Sorry it wasn't the jolly, upbeat, "These Guys Rock" speech but hey, I'd rather you not get screwed if you ever deal with someone.
Sincerely,
Me