Any recommendations on L.A. dealers?

[acebradley]

I have my ST13 in Los Angeles for the rest of the year (it and I would otherwise be in the Dallas, TX area) and I'm going to hit the 16k mark on a ride next weekend. I'll need to find a local dealer to have service done. Any recommendations? If it makes a difference, I office in Culver City and tend to stay in Marina Del Rey.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

[Clark]

Honda of Santa Monica (located on Lincoln Blvd., in Marina Del Rey) This is the only shop I would let near my valves.

I have a lot of history with this place after working my way through some of the other dealers in L.A.

Shoot me an email or P.M. and I can give you some of the background. The service manager comes across a bit rough, but he's a good guy and knows his stuff.

[HRCRob]

Honda of Santa Monica (located on Lincoln Blvd., in Marina Del Rey) This is the only shop I would let near my valves.
+1 on SM Honda of MDR. They don't suck, like all the rest of the LaLa stealers.

[acebradley]

Scheduled for the 16k check-up next weekend at Honda of Santa Monica (even though it's in Marina del Rey). Spoke to "Red" as Clark suggested and should be good to go. Thanks much.

[acebradley]

I haven't picked up the bike, yet (do that tomorrow), so I can't speak to the work itself. But, it's Sunday afternoon and I got a call from Red asking if he needed to get the bike ready for me today! Awesome.

I've NEVER had a dealer call with an offer like that (hell, I've had others I bought bikes from say "NO" to a request to wait for me 10 mins past closing time to drop one off or pick one up!) and I've been on Hondas since 1974. Never. Nada.

Now, I can only hope the work is that thorough! Report later this week. I can tell you that a really good dealer can make a HUGE difference in the ownership "experience". Huge (to me, anyway). I've dumped or avoided bikes because I couldn't find a supportive dealer.