Rider1701

Rider1701

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Reviews

  Brother HL-2040

Excellent – I am a printer technician, i have no affiliation with Brother or any other brand except that my employer sells them, we sell several brands but i dont like all of them in fact

some are an embarassment to me and the company to the extent that when i hear that a particular brand has been brought in i cringe. I look at the big picture when it comes to printers, ill tell you straight up now i hate ink printers, brother or otherwise. Im a laser and LED printer man, i consider price, parts availability, part price, page count, drum/toner cartridge v's seperate drum and toner, ease of install, website support, tech support, image quality etc. Im not saying nothing go's wrong with the brothers, but when they do play up parts are a beeze and the price is worthwhile and Brother are a joy to work with. Im lucky in a way there are other brands otherwise i wouldnt have a job,lol. Fast reliable laser printer, obtainable parts and tech support, incredibly easy website for driver downloads etc, small foot print i.e desk space, seperate drum and toner components, long drum life, economical printing @5% coverage. Nothing really, when my Hp lj3380 die's i will buy a brother.

  Yamaha V-Star XVS650A Classic

Terrible – Every device or machine has its failures but you need a company who will back you up when things go wrong; Yamaha Dont. Beautiful looking bike, mine is the two tone silver and

does handle great. I was originally looking at black Honda shadows but this bike blew me away in appearance, unfortunately sitting there and looking good is not enough. My machine has a massive vibration that virtually rattles the bike to submission, it is a disaster to ride and is only capable of a few km's around town, it is a real teeth rattler. It only has 600km's on the clock. The problem is my local dealer and Yamaha dont want to acknowledge the problem and have repeatively told me the vibe is normal, if it is, its by far the biggest heap of junk ive ever ridden and ive ridden a few (i had a 30year old suzuki that was smoother)it has an obvious bearing issue (you can hear it let alone feel it!) squeeking brakes and a dodgy clutch but apparently its all normal! sorry but take heed, Stay away. I have no doubt that most of these bikes are ok but when one go's wrong they dont want to know, its not worh the risk.