Workshops putting stickers on your ride

[Cath]

What do you think of shops that put advertising stickers on your bike when you get them serviced?

When we get the car serviced, they often put a small sticker on the top corner of the windscreen, with advertising facing out and info on next oil change, etc facing in. It's never really bothered me at all.

Today I got my bike serviced at a new place and now there's a little sticker sitting on my chain guard...

I just thought I'd see what other people think about this practice.

[6maniac]

Tag the shop with a KSRC sticker ?

[robracer]

Cath, lucky they are vinyl & will peel off no dramas, personally I dont like the Idea & would remove it straight away...... he has been doing that since day one....I cant complain its good for business

[Wattie]

mmmm i think i know who your talkin about.

yeah ask him for a stack of stickers to hand out to your mates Cath!

Rob will love one i'm sure


i once went to pedders for a safety check on my car, )which i had lowered and "wheeled" myself. and they liked the look of it and stuck their stickers on it and wanted to take a pic for their website. (right after telling me i was an idiot for fitting springs and swaybars myself.)

i tole em to feck off, and ripped off the sticker and left it on the ground in their carpark

but if Aitkens wanted to chack a sticker on my bike somewhere like the chainguard after the worked some magic, im all for it

[fireyrob]

If they had done a good job and price was right I'd happily stick it on somewhere of my own choosing...

[Nelso]

I think they should check first but if they look after you well I have no problem with it. The ones that you have no history with or that charge you an arm and a leg and then put a sticker on without asking piss me off. I would have no problem putting a small Aitken's sticker on my bike if they asked me to as they do look after KSRC members and it's the least we could do in return.

[Gosling1]

If it can easily be removed, then I wouldn't be too worried if it were added to my bike......but if it was one of those bastard-stickers-from-hell that you find on DVD covers at JB HiFi !!! that would piss me right off.....

[Blurr]

if they ask first then cool
if they dont then, not cool and I make of point ripping it off and giving it back to them!!!

Had the same as Wattie from Penrith Suspension Wholesalers when I fitted out my old commodore as a youngster and they just fitted the 2 front shocks, geez I fired up

[Ali600+150]

DONT GET ME STARTED!!!!!!!! THis stuff &#@($^ me off big time! I demanded a new car boot once because dealership decided to "brand" the boot lid on my brand new car!!

My old flatmate owned a Kawasaki workshop.....I took my Honda there once because I trusted his mechanic.......he also knew my view on this matter......I was pulling his dealership stickers off my bike for the next 2 years!!! 27 all up in total and he reckons I didn't find all of them!!! That was kinda funny

And Cath I know the sticker you're talking about - you see them allover Sydney.....on most bikes they normally put it just above or below the numberplate - ugly little stickers too....actually, they aren't that little either!

[Tinman]

I usually rip them off

[Saki]

i am totally against it, if i wanted the sticker there, i will put it where i want. They are not paying to me advertise there business, i pay for a service, thats all i want. On top of that, i am very selective about what brands i want to put on my vehicles, i often only like the clean skin look, which is why i like many Kawasaki paint schemes!

[shinnynoggon]

if they're easy to take off i would take it back and slap it on their forehead

[MrWasabi]

if you have somewhat of a relationship with the place then sure why not? But if you take your bike or car to a new place and they brand you, it really pisses me off.
Not as much as some places that plastic solder rego plate covers on without asking !

[MickLC]

First mod I did on the Crim was remove the dealer sticker from the front mudguard when I got home. Fiddly little things they are too.

[Smitty]

my servicing dealer (me) puts an oil change reminder sticker
...under the seat