There are only a couple of motorcycle shops in Gainesville these days, and two of them won't even work on my motorcycle due to reasons, some reasonable and some stupid. One won't work on it because they only service one brand of bike... that is reasonable... they don't have any expertise on other brands, don't have the parts lines, etc. The other just won't take in bikes that are more than ten years old, despite having no problems taking them in on trade and then selling them to customers, who then cannot get them worked on by same-said dealer because of the ten year rule.
However, Vespa Gainesville has none of these problems. They were able to take in my wheel and change out the tire on it (it really needed changing) without any problems, and the price was even reasonable. They even went the extra mile for balancing it when they found that they didn't have the right attachment for their wheel balancer, and instead took it down to their other shop to have it balanced properly.
The shop doesn't just have Vespas in stock, either... they are also a Moto Guzzi and Aprilia dealership, and some of the Moto Guzzi's are starting to look really nice. Essentially, they are an all-Italian shop, at least in terms of what they work on, but they didn't have any problems working on my British-made bike! read more