Local Garage

This morning, a strange thing happened. While slowing down for a speed-hump, my rear wheel (bike) skidded. Now this was strange cause this is my regular route and no surprises were there to cause any deviation. Then a few KMs later, while breaking hard for a car ahead, my rear wheel skidded again! This is also a normal occurring - the breaking part, not the skidding part. And finally, as icing on the cake, I braked when a cab ahead of me stopped and I just went and bumped it from behind. In All three cases no harm was done. But this had me really worried. Especially because in my past 2 years of extensive riding, I did not have a "total" of three [unplanned] slips like this.

Now that I think of, I had my bike serviced at a local garage this week end. Why a local garage, because Yamaha did not have time. I had to leave my bike Monday morning and collect it the same day evening....Not Possible. So ...a local garage.

I asked that guy to "change" the front and rear disk pads. That genius just cleaned and replaced them. Also the Disk Brake fluid was only topped up and not changed. Of course he did not charge me for what he did not do, but now my front brakes and almost non-existent and the rear one locks up.

I am getting the pads changed, even if I have to hold a gun to his head.

:)