Just to toss my worthless 2¢ in here, I've never met Dan Kyle, never had any work done at his shop, and wouldn't know who he was if he parachuted into my living room this minute. But I think he's a stand up guy and can be trusted. Why? Let me tell you a quick story...
Back in '02, I was between spouses. That's before MissusHowie and I resumed our "relationship" after being "on break" for 20 years.
Anyway, for about 2 years, I was footloose and fancy free, had just received a major promotion and commensurate salary increase. That's when I bought my ZRX. At that time, I was as active a member on the zrxoa.org forum as I am here now. Spending all that time on the forum, I became seriously hooked on modding my ZRX. One of the BIG DEAL - MUST HAVE items was Ohlins shocks for the ZRex, as the stockers are/were MUCH worse than a similar comparison that could be made between the FJR's stock shock and an aftermarket unit.
Anyway, I had lots of "fun" money to spend on myself and decided I'd become one of the few to put Ohlins on the Rex. So I set aside $1000 of my discretionary fund and started doing some internet shopping.
My endless hours of Googling finally led me to Kyle Racing where I found the exact model Ohlins shocks for the ZRX, but at an unbelievably low price....$500 LESS than the prices I had found at any other site, and $500 less than prices quoted on the ZRX forum.
Needless to say, not only was I shocked, but skeptical as well. I thought, "in for a penny, in for a pound" so with debit card in hand, I gave Dan Kyle a call.
The conversation went something like this:
Dan: "Kyle Racing, what can I do for you?"
Me: "I'd like to buy a set of Ohlins shocks for my '02 ZRX and you came highly recommended by the ZRX Owner's Association Forum."
Dan: "Yep, sold a few to those guys. A great bunch."
Me: "I've got one question, though....I thought the shocks for the ZRX were about $1100? But the price on your website is $599."
Dan: "WHAT!!! Let me check....."
Me: (oh ****, here comes the backpedal)
Dan: Christ, that's a typo. The price IS $1099 with free shipping. But ****, I'm a guy who stands behind what he says. You want a set at that price, I'll sell 'em to ya, but
don't be going back to your forum bragging on how you bent me over, okay?"
Me: (thinking "$500 to spend on other ****") "Hell yes I'm ready to buy, and hell no I won't tell anyone." Gave him my card info and 4 or 5 days later, got a brand new set
of Ohlins for my ZRX AND $500 left for other stuff.
That was 7 years ago and this is the first time I've told the story to anyone. Statute of limitations, y'know?
Anyway, although I never bought anything else from Dan, that one instance of him standing behind HIS mistake made a great impression on me. Him standing behind this fork rebuild boo-boo is just another reason why I wouldn't hesitate to buy something from Dan Kyle and Kyle Racing if the opportunity or need ever came up.
And no......my real name ain't Dan Kyle and this story isn't made up. :****:
BTW, I spent the other $500 on a Traxxion fork rebuild, jet kit and pod setup and full Muzzy exhaust for Rex (had to throw in a couple hundred more). Win-Win
'Howie
