Been taking quads and motorcycles here for almost a decade. Great personal service nice people , it's a relaxed atmosphere and good prices. It's true the google times and Yelp times don't match their shop hours it's best to call ahead and make sure they're open. They do close up due to personal needs at times. Some of these reviews take themselves too seriously like they're going to a Mercedes dealership. Relax and these guys will for sure take care of you. read more

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HOURS: Online hours and store hours don't match. Drove out there after checking online and it said open and gave the hours. Disappointed to arrive and the doors were shut, with different store hours listed storefront. read more

Let's Ride Motorsports - Motorcycle Repair Near Me - Bakersfield, California

The older gentlemen whom I am assuming is owner of this shop is a total chauvinist. I went in looking for parts and possible repair for 3 quads. If you are female, don't bother going as you are clearly an idiot for asking questions. I grew up in the automotive industry so I am used to that attitude. What really got me was the horrible customer service. Mid conversation this guy starts talking to other people. Now mind you I understand having to step away for a moment to help an employee or to acknowledge another customer but you usually would say something to the customer standing in front of you, credit card in hand. Something like " Please excuse me for just a moment". Nope nothing. Guy just walks away mid conversation like I wasn't even there. Walked to the back with out a word mid conversation. I didn't even get to finish asking about all the parts I need. I ended up walking out. Horrible customer service. I would not recommend at all. If I could give no stars I would. read more

Hey, my name is Vance and I heard Let's Ride got a bad review and so I feel compelled to set the community straight. I have been going to Darren since about 2006 or so. I'm up in Lebec and have three bikes, a BMW, FJR and my baby Victory Hardball. I would never ever let anybody else touch my bikes. Darren and Eric and Sammy and Darren's kids and wife and everybody in that shop treats me, as bad as I give it to them, like family. I have Darren's cell phone, home number, and if I ever needed to get bailed out of jail he won't admit it to you but I know he would be there to get me out, and that's wherever and whatever country or state I'm in. He also knows I have a job and would pay him back. The other shops, and been to them all probably, treat you like just another bike customer. The people that work on your bike you never really meet or get to know. And the guy that I hear is blasting the shop, his kid ran out of gas and borrowed gas without I guess dad knowing and without an oil mixture and messed it up and now blaming Darren. I know for a fact that Darren would never sell anything or not back up anything he sells if it had anything to do with what he sold and not human error. I don't do reviews but felt this one I had to. I think of the guy as a brother and I'm just another customer. Don't believe me, go on in and see for yourself. And while you're there make him do a few tricks on your bike. You know he used to be a stunt rider for the studios, don't you? And the only complaint I have about the guy is that he hasn't taken me out on a track class yet. Says he will but, yeah, right. read more

Buyer beware. Darrin does NOT back up his work or anything he sells. Bought my son a dirt bike from him that he told us he had rebuilt. Less than 10 hours into riding the bike it seized up. Estimated repairs were around $500 and he kept blaming US for it. Now, If I JUST paid you full asking price, several thousand dollars mind you, you'd think you'd be embarrassed to have it fail so quickly. But nope, deflected blame and took no responsibility. Needless to say, we will NOT be back and would not recommend this shop. read more

Had a motorcycle tire go out on I-5 W route to San Francisco - Called them up just as they were closing up for the day - Darren said he would stay open to help. They were out with a tow in 30 mins. Rather than just try and sell me a new tire they tried to patch it unfortunately to no avail - They quickly installed the new tire and I was back on my way. Really nice guys that went out of there way to help me. Thanks read more

Dropped of my Ducati there for tires. Was met by Darrin while he was working with another customer. He did NOT ignore me, he multi-tasked while making a large sale on an ATV. Got me started on my paperwork while answering questions on the sale. GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE! When he was finished, he discussed tire options with me. Asked all the right questions and found me the right fit! I will be coming back for all my motorcycle needs! Thanks Guys!!!!! read more

Took in a tire for a new tube install and a few days later it got flat when I left my bike parked with riding it

Local shop which is great but hard to use when they don't price match even other local chains. I understand not matching online but come on. Have had friends with great experiences here but after twice in the shop, each time the person behind the counter seemed more concerned with the computer screen than giving me more than one word answers to my questions. Hopefully things change for the better because I would prefer to support my community. read more

I would not recommend this place to anyone! As a new resident I visited this business in hopes of upgrading my 2 wheeler. I gave them my money in one occasion for a certain job. After I was ready to pick up my bike the owner made several inappropriate comments about my wife that I didn't take very lightly. My wife had called ahead of time to ensure the bike was ready. The "owner" (who he said was married to the daughter of a elderly gentleman that was there) began to talk about my personal relationship and made it seemed he was extremely sorry for what I would have to endore once I got home to my wife because of a misunderstanding that accured. His "good bye" that day was "GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR WIFE" and honestly made me sick to my stomach and couldn't believe he could possibly expect me to come back as a customer. 3 months later I gave this place a call back for an installation quote and right off the bat I realized that the person I was on the phone with was the same arrogant guy that I had last spoken with at Lets Ride. He rudely asked why I needed installation and why this and why that as if I was taking time away from him. Let me just say this was a $600 job that he could've had. I hung up on the guy. Never will I ever. read more

Took motorcycle in for an estimate,the guy was not very customer friendly,he took over an hour to look at the bike and then told me he would write up the estimate and call me. I called back a few hours later and was told he was busy I called back again little later and got the run around again. Very unprofessional and will not take it there to have any repairs made. And I don't recommend that anyone take anything there. read more

First off, let me say nothing really ever bothers me and I'm the type to never complain, but today, Darren the owner of Let's Ride was a complete unprofessional asshole and I will never go back again. I brought in a cylinder to have it honed/bored out, I told him I would bring my own piston and only wanted him to hone/bore it. He looked at me and told me to just take my stuff and leave because I was bringing my own piston. Very unprofessional and I will never go back again. read more

I would not recommend Let's Ride Motorsports if you want any type of post-sale service or repairs. They're more than happy to sell you something, but if you have a problem they don't have the capability nor the inclination to help you. We have a high dollar electric side-by-side from them that almost exactly one year after purchase, the control unit failed. We took it back for repair and it sat there for the better part of another year without them so much as calling and saying they couldn't or wouldn't fix it. We babied this machine. It was a perfectly maintained, garage-stored work vehicle that is very important to our business. During that time that it was at Let's Ride, it sat outside in basically a junk pile exposed to the weather and the batteries were not maintained. I don't know if the service tech left the key on or what, but when we picked it up the batteries that went there full were totally dead and wouldn't take a charge. It's common knowledge that if you let a vehicle just sit, especially if they're dead, it ruins the batteries. We picked it up after no results (we had to buy another vehicle to use in the mean time) and took it to a shop in Visalia who immediately fixed it with no ridiculous wait time. However, all 6 batteries had to be replaced due to it just sitting (at over $300 a piece). The owner of Let's Ride kept making excuses and wouldn't make it right by replacing the batteries that were ruined at his shop. Also, when we first got the vehicle we also made the owner aware that there was a problem with the brakes. It basically wouldn't stop. He chalked it up to that's just how they are, but the other shop found the problem and fixed it. It stops on a dime now. The shop in Visalia didn't even charge us any labor due to how terrible he thought they treated us at Let's Ride and the control unit that should have failed that soon cost over $2000 just for the part. We also brought in other carts of ours to fix and Let's Ride couldn't get it done. We want to be good, loyal customers. If they would have done us right we would have continued to spend our money there to support this local business. Now I have over $6600 in repairs on the cart and had to buy another cart to use during the time Let's Ride had it sitting at their shop. We tried to appeal to their integrity and it didn't do us any good, he acted like fixing this cart was an act of God. Well, obviously it can be done because it works great now after just a few weeks at another shop. So, if I can persuade just one person to not do business with these people it's worth it my time to write this. read more

They have had my husband's motorcycle for almost 6 months. ...it's still going to take longer but it will be done right when he finally gets it back. read more

it is too bad that only negative people did the review. all of my bikes and my buddy's bikes have been service there. they are very professional, knowledgable and price right. just like any business, you can't please everyone but you can please most and they did. read more