Mutt in administration
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Discendo Discimus said:
Can I get done for anything if I share my experiences from working there for a trial day in their "workshop"?
Not sure if a company can sue for defamation if it's in administration?
Just preface it with saying your experience of Dogg. Its only PH that might get jumpy but the mods don't really spend much time in the bike section.Not sure if a company can sue for defamation if it's in administration?
Okie dokie, a few friends of mine worked at *dogg* motorcycles in the advertising / merchandise departments and at the time I was looking to shift careers into something more bike related.
When I heard about a vacancy at *Dogg motorcycles I gave them a call and asked if I could have a trial day there to put the bikes together.
Perhaps naively, I expected it to be a production line type place, fitting engines to frames, building bikes up from bare components but was disappointed when I saw the warehouse was full of crates.
The build process consisted of removing the box from the crate, undoing the transit straps, securing the handlebars, controls and mudguards and doing a quick electrical test.
Frames were often scratched / scraped and the fix for this was to cover the exposed metal in permanent marker.
The mudguards didn't really fit, so they would drill new holes next to the factory ones, leaving swarf and exposed metal all over the bikes.
The brakes were woeful, even when pushing the bikes around the workshop.
I walked away, unable to feel any pride in the brand and knew it wasn't for me. I follow the *Dogg Motorcycles reddit page and owners complain about a huge list of issues. It's no surprise that the service department isn't great as the bikes aren't assembled there to start with.
Bit of a shame really, I'm a Brummie and was keen to see a properly Birmingham built bike again but it wasn't to be.
When I heard about a vacancy at *Dogg motorcycles I gave them a call and asked if I could have a trial day there to put the bikes together.
Perhaps naively, I expected it to be a production line type place, fitting engines to frames, building bikes up from bare components but was disappointed when I saw the warehouse was full of crates.
The build process consisted of removing the box from the crate, undoing the transit straps, securing the handlebars, controls and mudguards and doing a quick electrical test.
Frames were often scratched / scraped and the fix for this was to cover the exposed metal in permanent marker.
The mudguards didn't really fit, so they would drill new holes next to the factory ones, leaving swarf and exposed metal all over the bikes.
The brakes were woeful, even when pushing the bikes around the workshop.
I walked away, unable to feel any pride in the brand and knew it wasn't for me. I follow the *Dogg Motorcycles reddit page and owners complain about a huge list of issues. It's no surprise that the service department isn't great as the bikes aren't assembled there to start with.
Bit of a shame really, I'm a Brummie and was keen to see a properly Birmingham built bike again but it wasn't to be.
Discendo Discimus said:
Okie dokie, a few friends of mine worked at *dogg* motorcycles in the advertising / merchandise departments and at the time I was looking to shift careers into something more bike related.
When I heard about a vacancy at *Dogg motorcycles I gave them a call and asked if I could have a trial day there to put the bikes together.
Perhaps naively, I expected it to be a production line type place, fitting engines to frames, building bikes up from bare components but was disappointed when I saw the warehouse was full of crates.
The build process consisted of removing the box from the crate, undoing the transit straps, securing the handlebars, controls and mudguards and doing a quick electrical test.
Frames were often scratched / scraped and the fix for this was to cover the exposed metal in permanent marker.
The mudguards didn't really fit, so they would drill new holes next to the factory ones, leaving swarf and exposed metal all over the bikes.
The brakes were woeful, even when pushing the bikes around the workshop.
I walked away, unable to feel any pride in the brand and knew it wasn't for me. I follow the *Dogg Motorcycles reddit page and owners complain about a huge list of issues. It's no surprise that the service department isn't great as the bikes aren't assembled there to start with.
Bit of a shame really, I'm a Brummie and was keen to see a properly Birmingham built bike again but it wasn't to be.
Disappointing. 2/10When I heard about a vacancy at *Dogg motorcycles I gave them a call and asked if I could have a trial day there to put the bikes together.
Perhaps naively, I expected it to be a production line type place, fitting engines to frames, building bikes up from bare components but was disappointed when I saw the warehouse was full of crates.
The build process consisted of removing the box from the crate, undoing the transit straps, securing the handlebars, controls and mudguards and doing a quick electrical test.
Frames were often scratched / scraped and the fix for this was to cover the exposed metal in permanent marker.
The mudguards didn't really fit, so they would drill new holes next to the factory ones, leaving swarf and exposed metal all over the bikes.
The brakes were woeful, even when pushing the bikes around the workshop.
I walked away, unable to feel any pride in the brand and knew it wasn't for me. I follow the *Dogg Motorcycles reddit page and owners complain about a huge list of issues. It's no surprise that the service department isn't great as the bikes aren't assembled there to start with.
Bit of a shame really, I'm a Brummie and was keen to see a properly Birmingham built bike again but it wasn't to be.
airsafari87 said:
Discendo Discimus said:
Okie dokie, a few friends of mine worked at *dogg* motorcycles in the advertising / merchandise departments and at the time I was looking to shift careers into something more bike related.
When I heard about a vacancy at *Dogg motorcycles I gave them a call and asked if I could have a trial day there to put the bikes together.
Perhaps naively, I expected it to be a production line type place, fitting engines to frames, building bikes up from bare components but was disappointed when I saw the warehouse was full of crates.
The build process consisted of removing the box from the crate, undoing the transit straps, securing the handlebars, controls and mudguards and doing a quick electrical test.
Frames were often scratched / scraped and the fix for this was to cover the exposed metal in permanent marker.
The mudguards didn't really fit, so they would drill new holes next to the factory ones, leaving swarf and exposed metal all over the bikes.
The brakes were woeful, even when pushing the bikes around the workshop.
I walked away, unable to feel any pride in the brand and knew it wasn't for me. I follow the *Dogg Motorcycles reddit page and owners complain about a huge list of issues. It's no surprise that the service department isn't great as the bikes aren't assembled there to start with.
Bit of a shame really, I'm a Brummie and was keen to see a properly Birmingham built bike again but it wasn't to be.
Disappointing. 2/10When I heard about a vacancy at *Dogg motorcycles I gave them a call and asked if I could have a trial day there to put the bikes together.
Perhaps naively, I expected it to be a production line type place, fitting engines to frames, building bikes up from bare components but was disappointed when I saw the warehouse was full of crates.
The build process consisted of removing the box from the crate, undoing the transit straps, securing the handlebars, controls and mudguards and doing a quick electrical test.
Frames were often scratched / scraped and the fix for this was to cover the exposed metal in permanent marker.
The mudguards didn't really fit, so they would drill new holes next to the factory ones, leaving swarf and exposed metal all over the bikes.
The brakes were woeful, even when pushing the bikes around the workshop.
I walked away, unable to feel any pride in the brand and knew it wasn't for me. I follow the *Dogg Motorcycles reddit page and owners complain about a huge list of issues. It's no surprise that the service department isn't great as the bikes aren't assembled there to start with.
Bit of a shame really, I'm a Brummie and was keen to see a properly Birmingham built bike again but it wasn't to be.
snagzie said:
airsafari87 said:
Discendo Discimus said:
Okie dokie, a few friends of mine worked at *dogg* motorcycles in the advertising / merchandise departments and at the time I was looking to shift careers into something more bike related.
When I heard about a vacancy at *Dogg motorcycles I gave them a call and asked if I could have a trial day there to put the bikes together.
Perhaps naively, I expected it to be a production line type place, fitting engines to frames, building bikes up from bare components but was disappointed when I saw the warehouse was full of crates.
The build process consisted of removing the box from the crate, undoing the transit straps, securing the handlebars, controls and mudguards and doing a quick electrical test.
Frames were often scratched / scraped and the fix for this was to cover the exposed metal in permanent marker.
The mudguards didn't really fit, so they would drill new holes next to the factory ones, leaving swarf and exposed metal all over the bikes.
The brakes were woeful, even when pushing the bikes around the workshop.
I walked away, unable to feel any pride in the brand and knew it wasn't for me. I follow the *Dogg Motorcycles reddit page and owners complain about a huge list of issues. It's no surprise that the service department isn't great as the bikes aren't assembled there to start with.
Bit of a shame really, I'm a Brummie and was keen to see a properly Birmingham built bike again but it wasn't to be.
Disappointing. 2/10When I heard about a vacancy at *Dogg motorcycles I gave them a call and asked if I could have a trial day there to put the bikes together.
Perhaps naively, I expected it to be a production line type place, fitting engines to frames, building bikes up from bare components but was disappointed when I saw the warehouse was full of crates.
The build process consisted of removing the box from the crate, undoing the transit straps, securing the handlebars, controls and mudguards and doing a quick electrical test.
Frames were often scratched / scraped and the fix for this was to cover the exposed metal in permanent marker.
The mudguards didn't really fit, so they would drill new holes next to the factory ones, leaving swarf and exposed metal all over the bikes.
The brakes were woeful, even when pushing the bikes around the workshop.
I walked away, unable to feel any pride in the brand and knew it wasn't for me. I follow the *Dogg Motorcycles reddit page and owners complain about a huge list of issues. It's no surprise that the service department isn't great as the bikes aren't assembled there to start with.
Bit of a shame really, I'm a Brummie and was keen to see a properly Birmingham built bike again but it wasn't to be.
Flogging a dead horse basically...
te in motorcycling then thats a good thing
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