I talked to Riva Motor Sports (Honda Dealer where I purchased bike) and they said they would not work on the bike with the care on it. I was a bit surprised since they sell and work on Honda four wheels - Said they would not do trike either.
OH Well their loss - anyone have any suggestions??
I have only one suggestion.
You yourself have to become at least a fairly reasonable mechanics.
I myself now since my first bycicle were allways aware to make myself all basic maintenence work, electrical and mecanical repairs. Exept on the engine, there I learned the hard way (expensive way) to leave engine overhauls better to real profesionals.
Sidecar aligning is not too difficult, but the right set of tools and experience aren't to underestimate. Your shoulders do appreciate very much an exellent aligning job. (in my case its cheaper to pay the importers shop then do it myself => the medical bill for Quiropractics jumped up each time I didn't get the allighning right myself, while local Fernando makes a great job.)
On the road fixes and keepking up and running as well as maintenance like oil changes and valve gap adjustments or carb cleaning and syncronizing are things you should learn over the years.
At least with simple low tech bikes as Jawa and Ural its a MUST.
The Honda shop owner in the small town where I grew up ,teached to those people who where worth their bullet exactly that. Where and how we should fix things and where we should leave our hand off from.
Dear friend Helmut Paetzel(I met him 2 weeks ago in his garden(Sorry for the table I broke that day!)) now as pensioneer he builds up again a bike to his likes.... One of my best teachers I had. Now as "hands on engineer" I appreciate every minute I passed in his shop as client and surplus mechanics for to round up my wallet as poor scholar.
I learned one other thing. Observe how the mechanics treats you, a hummild person who will explain things with detail and logical sequence in 90% of the cases is at the same time a better mechanics then the grinch!
Allthough his shop might be crowded with parts or jobs, have an eye on it if he leaves an engine opening open for dust or if he covers open engines inmediatly with cloth or paper against dust. A detailist and perfectionist is the one to go for.
(hupp, I should then clean up my own shop again right now - at least I do not permit to mix parts of different jobs on the table)
Just my 2 cent, take it for what its worth for.
Sven Peter
