This is an all around great place. I have been going to Crossroads for the last 3 almost four years. I have vintage motorcycles; 1980 Kawasaki KZ650, 1980 Honda CB750F. Anyone that owns a vintage 34+ year old motorcycle knows that they can be finicky. The guys at Crossroads (Dennis, Bryan, RC, JR, I can list more) have always bailed me out. These guys are not trying to make a fast buck on you. They provide great service, they will give you an honest opinion. The prices here are very well worth it. Take it from a guy that has tried to get quick jobs done here and there. You can pay for fast quick and dirty services all you want, but eventually you will need to get it done once and get it done right. These are the guys that you call on. Dennis the main man of Crossroads is also very knowledgeable. I have learned to fix things hear and there on my motorcycles and also got great advice from Dennis. Myself at a high level; I'm an IT professional, and I run a blog focused on men's style and motorcycles www.gentlemensbrim.blogspot.com I and my partner in crime do allot of road traveling by motorcycles to attend events, on motorcycles, and the moto culture. Internatioanl travel as well.
KZ650: Bought this bike via craigslist. I paid a local guy to get the bike running (carburetors, jetting, spark plugs, all of that stuff) needless to say it wasn't running right. I kept getting the local guy to do work on it; until one day I said you know what its time to get the bike in the hands of some experts. I later got a good recommendation from friends that have been riding for 10+ years to go with Crossroads. At that time RC, and Bryan did the majority of work on my KZ650 (rejetting the carburetors, installing the brand new exhaust system, installing the hydraulic brake master cylinder, changing the tires, shaking down the bike, and doing a routine motorcycle check, install and repair leaking gas, install petcock). They did not take long at all when working on the motorcycle. Usually with the carb jobs I was able to get the bike back in a day or two. I have road this motorcycle from Washington D.C, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Baltimore, Virginia Beach, Richmond and put allot of miles on it.
CB750F: I bought a 1977 Honda CB750 via Ebay (Ohio); had it transported to the Bronx NY after locating a motorcycle "builder" out of the Bronx. The "builder" said that he had a new engine that was rebuilt from an 80 CB750F, and instead gave me that bike. I thought I was getting a deal, However; that was not the case. The guy took two years to build the bike, and cut allot of corners. The carburetors were off, the back wheel on the bike moved around at low speeds, the custom seat was not mounted on the bike properly, had an exhaust leak, had bad electrical wiring, As of the time writing this I've had the bike for just about a year and only road it 4 mounts out of 18 months.
Bryan from Crossroads was able to (install a new axle, and spacers) This solved the problem of the moving tire. I did not have all of the parts needed for the job so they were able to either order it for me, or point me in the direction of where I can go to find the parts. Once the part was in hand they got it all done in a day.
At another point in the life of the CB750F I had a leak coming from the engine covers. I tried to tighten the engine cover bolts, and over torqued a screw, two of them. I later on ordered a new engine cover gasket (mind you this would've been replaced if only the original bike builder was honest). While installing the OEM engine cover gasket, I broke a camshaft holder (rocker). I was able to find a set of complete camshaft holders for the 80 DOHC model, I was able to order brand new OEM engine cover bolts. Dennis advised me on things to look out for when installing a gasket for the first time. I was able to get all done myself. In the process I disconnected the spark plugs, and put them on in the wrong sequence. Needless the bike did not start. And for 3 months I was trying to fix it myself. I ended up pulling the carburetors and rebuilding the carbs. I installed new jets, needles, gaskets, pretty much the whole complete OEM set. The bike still did not run. I turned the bike over to Crossroads, and they were able to get the job done. It turns out the bike did not start as they noted because the spark plugs were connected in the wrong sequence. The Carbs slow jet needed to move from a 75, to a 68 (70 may be perfect), The original builder had a 130 main jet. I got it down to a 110. Crossroads was able to fine tune the carbs, and pretty much rebuild it again, and give it a good shake down. I was able to ride the motorcycle from Washington, D.C to New York and back. This weekend Ill be riding from DC to New Jersey.
You can even stop by and shoot the breeze with them. Dennis is a wealth of knowledge as well. Gave me a good history lesson on the difference between bobbers, and choppers, modern sport bikes, as well as vintage. read more