Rebuilding rear drive unit

[HarrisBikeNut]

Anyone able to recommend someone to rebuild a rear hub for an R1100S? Been offered a spare which I would like to have refurbished for "just in case".......

Bob

[f90x]

Mike Overy from Overland and classic

He has a great reputation. I took mine there but have to be honest got messed about a bit. Primarily because he is always flat out and then he went on holiday. Bad timing really and he should have contacted me befor it all went sideways but I feel it's his logistics that are a problem rather than the quality of work.

Here's the link with his contact details from a post on UKGSR

http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread ... -am-moving

[Humbug]

Yes, I used Mike for my rebuild on y 1200S as he was 10 miles away from me. I dropped the unit in to him on Monday and picked it up on the following Saturday.
Logistics is the problem i am sure, the work was great and 5 days can't be sniffed at.

[f90x]

I think Humbug/Steves experience is the norm. Unfortunately mine was not. I dropped two off with the idea of swapping internals from one to the other because of external condition. I left it on a Monday and he said he'd have it ready within two weeks as he had 3 on the bench in front of mine. He was to go on holiday in two weeks time. That was fine because 'I' was going no on holiday in two weeks time as well. I foolishly didn't chase it until the end of the second week and called a number of times until he answered and he tells me that he didn't have time to do it and he goes on holiday the next day. When I left it with him I explained that two weeks was OK but I did need it back for the following week as I too was going away. Granted I should have chased earlier (but really as he's offering a service why didn't he let me know it couldn't be done) but he was also just going to disappear on holiday for three weeks without contacting me either. My unfixed FD's had to stay in his unattended workshop for an extra three weeks and I had to cancel my trip. Upon his return I decided not to have the work done and just used the replacement FD as it was. I should have just done that in the first place. It's fine and I wouldn't have been bike less for six weeks.

[HarrisBikeNut]

Thanks for the replies guys. I will give him a call Monday.

Bob