<div dir="auto">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. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Enjoy the spring riding, everyone. We certainly are up here!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Brian (and Katie)</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 14:41 Michael Cecchini via MDAirheads <<a href="mailto:mdairheads@casano.com">mdairheads@casano.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)">
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I was asked to explain my RaceTech experience with Tom Cutter. <br>
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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. <br>
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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. <br>
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Make no mistake, when Cutter is asked a knowledgeable question that HE <span style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;color:rgb(32,33,36)">perceives </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36)">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. <br>
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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. <br>
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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. <br>
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Bottom line, I'm a consumer advocate for ALL Airhead owners, not just those who have not had issues with Cutter. <br>
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My best.......... Mike<br>
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