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Bike Boys

(4 reviews)

Owner and mechanic of Bike Boys, Alex Borghi worked on my Harley Davidson. Quoted me $700 for work,…read moreincluded a hose replacement for an oil leak, oil and fluid change, he replaced my front and rear brakes. The service was good for two weeks, and we had a written and verbal agreement to pay in installments and that was agreed upon by both parties. Service has been paid $300/$700, until I had a small accident after using my rear brakes to shift down and stop at a red light. The rear wheel locked while in motion. After close examination the brake pad he replaced is nonexistent, and the piston went through the rotor. After a simple brake service in addition to other services done, I will now have to replace the brake caliper, the piston, rotor, and new brake pad, I will now be spending double to repair the bike after his damages. Mechanic Alex has since blocked my number and ghosted me after agreeing to fix the issue he caused. I will be pursuing this issue to the highest extent of the law. Thankfully I am not dead. He has zero organization and poor communication. The issue has since been professionally diagnosed and not based on assumption! Harley compatible parts were not used for the brake servicing! Also not disclosed was the ongoing issue Alex had while doing my rear brakes, to the point that diagrams had to be looked up to determine whether or not he was correct! Not only was the tone and choice of words on the phone call I had to make from a separate number despicable but extremely rude to a customer and friend he had a personal friendship with. The issue after being professionally diagnosed was deemed not a user error but a mechanical error. Mr. Borghi since has still not returned any call or message and since deemed he is not responsible for the work done when clearly he was the only person to touch my brakes. There should be no surprise after reading this review as this will remain on his conscious forever!

Never got there. communication with a proprietor was not great. We had trouble getting a time for…read moreme to drop off my bike so he could take a look at it and give me a good estimate.

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Motorcycle Works

(58 reviews)

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South Slope

If Motorcycle Works was a movie, Tom would be the bike-whisperer that the protagonist/Matt Damon…read morepartners with in order to win Daytona or rob a bank in spectacular fashion. The pre-war wood and iron exterior of his shop may appear quaint to some, but inside is a state-of-the-art mechanics paradise. A while back, I bought a 1998 R1100GS with 18K miles and right from the start I started bringing her to Motorcycle Works in Brooklyn. For the next three years Tom performed all the regular maintenance and although I ride all four seasons, not once did I experience a serious mechanical problem. It was right about the time she hit 38K miles that my mid-life crisis went into high gear, and suddenly my brain was inundated with visions of riding West with the throttle rolled, stopping only for gas until I hit the California coastline. My biggest concern was not whether I was crazy enough to do it, but whether my 14-year-old bike would hold together long enough for me to see the Pacific. I had read something about how BMW's reliability was legendary, but I also knew that the same legend becomes worthless if my mechanic overlooks the smallest detail. It's one thing to go curb-hopping around Manhattan knowing that Tom's shop is a short distance away, but this time I'd be going across the country, and I'd be traveling by myself. I informed Tom of my intentions and asked him to give the bike a solid going-over and replace anything that could become a source of trouble. I expected a litany of potential issues, but the only thing he recommended was to replace the timing belt slightly ahead of schedule as a precautionary measure. I adjusted my suspension to handle the weight of my panniers and hit the road. If you ride in NYC, you rarely find occasion to break 100mph, and if you do, it's only for 3-10 seconds. On the open road, you can do it for hours, as long as you have the right machine- and on the eve of my 2nd day of riding, I had made it all the way to Kansas City. By the afternoon of my 3rd riding day, I was enjoying the cool, Colorado Rockies. By the afternoon of my 4th day, I was feeling a warm ocean spray through my open helmet while the alternating gray, black and yellow hues of the Pacific Coast Highway raced underneath me. I made it. Over 3,500 miles and my bike never blinked once. To those one-star reviewers who found Tom's demeanor unexpected or unnecessarily harsh, you should know that I once felt Tom's condescending wrath, in person, where shortly after he began inspecting my machine for the first time, he started chastising me for letting my rear tire dip eight pounds below the recommended pressure. Once I got over my own ego, I understood immediately that on a car, this results in a slight understeer or poor gas mileage. On a motorbike, a lack of adequate tire pressure means that your sidewall could fold in the middle of a turn. I'm grateful that Tom is a great mechanic. Perhaps I should be more grateful that his safety tips, and especially the manner in which he delivered them, were f*cking unforgettable.

Places a small overcharges don't recommend don't have every part in stock wouldn't go back again. I…read moreprefer motorcycle superstore/ or JP cycles

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Sixth Street Specials

(14 reviews)

Alphabet City, East Village

What can I say...Hugh & Co. have been addressing the needs of full range of the City's…read moreMotorcycles...from vintage nuts (me) to commuters and sport bike junkies, since the days when the Hell's Angels headquarters were a few blocks away in the early '80's.. He is totally old-school, works from a yellow pad (like me) and his shop is one of the great places in the city that reminds us of what it is like to deal with a fellow member of a vibrant community. Just pass by (even thirsty on a Friday afternoon) and count all the people who rely on, and trust this establishment. Doug D.

(I am posting this review anonymously)…read more I am conflicted as I write this review. Hugh (owner & chief mechanic) and Fumi (mechanic) are extremely competent, old-school mechanics, and their positive reputation is well-deserved. Hugh is responsible for keeping the sub-culture of vintage British motorcycles alive and well, in the dealer-infested NYC. I have used the mechanic shop since 2016. I really wish them well and want the shop to continue to succeed. However, over the last couple of years I have had bad experiences with them. Josh who is now the shop manager is lacking in people skills, communication, dependability, follow-through, courtesy & humility and other principles of basic customer service. It is not easy to bypass him, given he also blocks the customers from talking to Hugh directly which is odd given part of the great experience with Sixth St Specials used to be the friendly contact with the mechanics who work on your bike. Most recently, the brand new tyres they installed in June 2020 developed side-wall cracks despite just 6 months/3K mile use. I had diligently inflated the tyres to the manufacturer-recommended PSIs, ridden the motorcycle non-aggressively on tarred roads, and winterized the motorcycle on the center-stand in a weather-controlled garage etc. When I asked for help with filing a warranty claim with the tyre manufacturer Josh was unhelpful despite multiple calls and never followed through. I had to contact the tyre manufacturer directly and have them call the shop to get the purchase details in order to file the claim. Last year, I had poor experiences dealing with Josh as well (for e.g. he insisted that my motorcycle did not have liquid cooling even though it did, pushed me towards the brand of tyre he had in stock, mounted the tyres despite my forewarning that the manufacturing dates were more than 5 years old, gave me strict ultimatums on deciding various options of fix for a rear brake light trigger etc.) I believe this issue is fixable and I hope the shop does not lose its hard-earned reputation because of the shop manager.

Moto Borgotaro - motorcycledealers - Updated October 2026

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