Just be aware that there have been instances of people posting the names of dealers who were prepared to fit 'non-kenda tires' here on the Forum, only for whatever reason (& pressure from BRP is
just one of the myriad of possibilities & not necessarily involved at all!!
) the very next person to approach that dealer with the 'will you fit non-kenda tires to my Spyder/Ryker' request has been turned away disappointed because 'we don't do that here anymore'......
So if you're smart and you really want to keep the dealer you know who's prepared to fit the tires
YOU want on side & still doing that, then I strongly suggest that you
DO NOT publish their details or even identify them by region here on the Forum for all & sundry to see!! (is your location shown in your profile or sig line?
)
And for those of you who
WANT to know or share who the dealer is,
DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL on the public pages,
Rather, just send that request by PM, so that even if the OP
doesn't know that by telling the world they may be ruining their own chances and yours of ever getting another non-Kenda tire fitted, they will at least be
more likely to reply by PM and not ruin anyone/everyone else's chances as well as their own &/or drag their helpful dealer into something they don't deserve besides!!
If you want these helpful Dealers to keep on fitting non-Kenda tires, then it's pretty obvious that for whatever reason,
you SHOULD NOT PUBLISH THEIR DETAILS on the public pages - always share that info discretely, or risk losing that dealer as someone who is prepared to help you with fitting non-Kenda tires!
Yeah, I know - what's the world coming to?!
But it is what it is & you hafta work with that! Too many dealers who once fitted non-Kenda tires now won't, and the only common denominator we can see is that they were identified on the public pages of a Forum as doing that; and shortly there-after they stopped doing so!
You can connect whatever dots you like, but it doesn't change the fact that it
HAS happened, and may well happen again!!
Keep that info discrete or risk losing their help with fitting non-Kenda tires!