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The full review is on their facebook page, but I a...

The full review is on their facebook page, but I am character limited here.
Let me announce loudly that I am not a mechanic. If I was a mechanic, I would haven't have pay someone to work on my bike. I'm very open about this fact when talking to mechanics that I go to. I have to trust them.

I took my bike in for a squeal that was happening when under load. If up on the jack there was no squeal. So I booked it into Blackfoot service. They took a look at it and diagnosed it as the splines on the input shaft as wearing down.
Blackfoot offered me 2 options. Option 1 was the by the book repair which was to break the engine open and replace the shaft. Option 2 was the not by the book repair which was to weld the pully to the shaft. Option 1 would take about 2 full days of shop time. Option 2 would take about 3 hours. They further pushed me towards option 2 as they said they expected it to be a permanent fix (as in, it should last longer then the bike has left in it's life). They did give me the caveat that once done, it's permanent. If i ever want to change the pully or shaft, it's the full time in the shop then. There is no going back.

They told me option 2 was a good option. They told me it should only take 1 hour on the welders bench to get done. I trust them that it's a good option. I approve option 2. The bike goes off to the welder.

I finally get the bike back but no time for a shakedown ride. The time frame between getting the bike and leaving is too short.
I leave for Nelson and everything seems good. Until about 1/2 way there, it starts to act a little off. It doesn't seem to bad, so I keep riding and head up into the last round of mountains before Nelson. The bike starts making a loud squealing sound. I start losing power. The noise is getting so loud that the rider behind me starts moving closer then further away to make sure it's not his bike making the noise. (Hint: it wasn't).

I start slowing down and the bike stalls. I got the clutch in before the back wheel locked and pulled over (still raining). I try to move forward and the bike stalls again. It's dead. I call a tow truck.
One of my riding buddies knows people at Blackfoot so he starts making calls on my behalf. One of the sales guys from Blackfoot was also at the hotel so he starts making calls. At his suggestion we take the side cover off. Here is what we find:

imgurDOTcom/a/RmjNz shows everything.

At this point, the bike is opened up and we have confirmed it's dead. With it open, I go to move the bike to a part of the parking lot where it's out of the way and the front pulley falls off. The part they had welded fell off. After it had tried to drill itself through the side cover.

This doesn't explain why I'm writing this. It's how Blackfoot reacted when I told them this had happened. Not their fault, not their problem. I was on my own to get it to Calgary and to fix it. It was a bandage they said, one with no guarantee to work at all.

I have some issues with this obviously. 1) They said it should last longer then the bikes expected life span. It lasted less then a single day of riding, and less then 500 Km before failing. 2) Nothing on the paperwork said no warranty, that it was a bandage. 3) They knew I'm not a mechanic. It it was not a valid and safe option, why were they presenting it in the first place? 4) I'm at a motorcycle rally and everyone there who expressed an opinion about the work said it should never have been done that way.

So now I have a dead bike. And Blackfoot is refusing to stand by their work.

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