Racetech emulators on a R100RS

Sat May 15 12:03:41 EDT 2021

Jesus Mike — did he kill your dog too? You seem to have gone full John Wick
on Tom here. Relax. It’s better for the soul.

I can say Tom helped me remotely by email and phone several years back and
walked me through a parking lot carb repair. I’m grateful to the guy.
Nothing in it for him but getting a fellow airhead back on the road.

I will add — I’m now living about 30 minutes from Bud Provin’s shop up here
in Vermont. I can verify - he’s also a great guy and my new go to for work
beyond my limited skill set.

And a final note: If any of you fine Maryland folks find yourself up around
Vermont or want to take a trip up here, Katie and I bought a house in
Middlebury and have plenty of room to put people up. My motorcycle shed is
starting to take shape too. It’s no Techno-Barn (life goals!) but it’s
great to finally have a dedicated building for motorcycles. And we have a
full fledged late 1700s Party Barn on our property. Coming out of COVID, we
are keen to start properly using it. Happy to host folks who are interested!

Enjoy the spring riding, everyone. We certainly are up here!

Brian (and Katie)

On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 14:41 Michael Cecchini via MDAirheads <
mdairheads at casano.com> wrote:

> Hello Chris,
>
> I was asked to explain my RaceTech experience with Tom Cutter.
>
> So while your experiences with Cutter have been good, there are many many
> Airhead owners that have had similar experiences that I had with
> him.....and even if 80% have good experiences with Cutter, then the 20%
> should say nothing?  Sorry, my friend, the 20% should be heard loud and
> clear.  Most of them are afraid to speak-out, but I am not.  I get emails &
> messages regularly from the big Airhead List and from the Airhead Facebook
> page where Cutter has left a path of pissed-off customers.
>
> As far as two sides of the story, do you really think Cutter is going to
> admit to being abusive and arrogant?  Do you really think he will admit to
> calling the machinist that was doing my forks and telling him to "stop the
> job right now" and he would come pick-up the forks "as is".  Then he took
> some left-over (wrong) springs he had on-hand, shoved them in my forks and
> dropped in some 5 wt oil (that should have been 20 wt, right on RaceTech's
> site CLEARLY stated....and sent my forks back to me not only unfinished,
> but wrong.   No, there is no "other side of the story".....only
> self-serving deception.  You can swallow it, I will not.
>
> Make no mistake, when Cutter is asked a knowledgeable question that HE perceives
> challenges his opinion he becomes arrogant and abusive.  I've seen it at
> every Tech talk he's given.  You see it too, but you turn a blind eye to
> it....as do many because they fear the loss of Tom's Airhead
> knowledge......and he knows it.
>
> Airhead shops like Bud Provin, Ted Porter (Beemer shop), Bob Henig
> Scottie Sharp all understand how to treat their customers with respect and
> professionalism......before, during and after the job is done....well past
> 30 days of warranty.....especially when their own invoice shows they did
> the job wrong.
>
> As far as praising Cutter for his helping others and giving Super Tech
> talks, make no mistake..... this is for his business and he would not be
> there if he had a Honda repair shop.   Yes, he gives out a lot of BMW
> knowledge, but his after sales service & treatment to a customer is abusive
> & arrogant.  Not to everyone, but still too many.
>
> Bottom line, I'm a consumer advocate for ALL Airhead owners, not just
> those who have not had issues with Cutter.
>
> My best.......... Mike
>
>
> ****************************************
> Chris Kennedy wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> Mike I would like to say that I feel your diatribe against Tom Cutter is
> unwarranted and this is not the format to express your displeasure. Your
> unfortunate experience is not the norm. Also there are usually two sides to
> these disagreements.  I would suggest that anyone who has responded to
> Eric’s request for information has had exactly the opposite experience. Tom
> is the individual that has unfailing helped so many of us his immense
> Airhead knowledge whether or not it was a paying job, providing information
> for a rider stranded on the side of the road or standing up to entertain us
> at a Supertech when speakers did not show up.
>
> I think Cannon # 8 was written with Tom on mind.
>
> Cheers Chris
>
>
> *********************************************************************
> Michael Cecchini wrote:
>
> 
> Actually Cutter doesn't put together a RaceTech Emulator "kit".
> He buys everything from RaceTech just, like you & I can do on the RaceTech
> site.
> Then he simply marks up the price, repackages the parts and sends to you.
>
> Do note, Cutter's warranty on anything RaceTech is only 30 days.  After
> that he'll tell you not to call him anymore.......even if his invoice shows
> he sent you the wrong springs and fork oil.  It's yours on day 31..
>
> RaceTech has a excellent site to deal with with full PDF instructions with
> pics that make the job easy.
> The fork springs and fork oil drop-down menus are excellent and spot-on
> the money to your weight & suggestions.
>
> https://racetech.com/ProductSearch/12/BMW/R100RS/1980
>
> *******************************************************************
> Michael Cecchini wrote:
>
> Eric, Do the emulators.  Big diff and you'll thank yourself.
> Be ready to find out how much your shocks suck. ;)
>
> Don't send your forks to Cutter.  He screwed-up mine big time.
> Contrary to popular & poorly informed opinions he's a hack.
> I ended up doing them properly myself.
>
> Bill Lambert and I can answer further questions.
>
>
> --
Brian Kirchhoff
402.617.2222

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