[varmint]

service is pretty indifferent at the kawahonzuki/BMW shop. i try to keep smiling because they're six blocks from my house. and we need to live together. but it's getting irritating. EVERYTHING, even the simplest bolt has to be ordered. nothing is is stock. staff turnover is very high. and an unsettling number of the people working there don't speak english.

back home we had this insomniac harley mechanic. show up around midnight with a six pack, hang out as he worked on your bike, he'd teach you things about maintenance. those days are over.