284 and Funny Threads Galore

Yup, I've been reading more funny shit on motorcycle message boards this morning.
I just got a kick out of a thread where a guy with a Yamaha WR-250R (the dual-purpose version of my WR-250XX) was told by his local dealer's mechanic that his bike, which supposedly has about 4,000 kilometers on it (the guy's a dumb Canadian, by the way) is overdue for a valve clearance check.

The dimwit...oops!, I mean guy, posted this as a question, asking fellow WR-250R and WR-250X riders about whether or not this could be the case.
As expected, he got replies that basically said the mechanic was a know-nothing idiot, he should go down there and wave his Owner's Manual in the mechanic's face to prove to him that he's wrong, and that the guy should go find another shop to deal with if the mechanic doesn't know the Yamaha product range well enough to know what model bike we're talking about.
The only reply that seemed right to me was one that simply stated the mechanic was thinking of the wrong model Yamaha motorcycle (he was probably thinking of a WR-250F like my own firebreather WR-250FY, a bike that does come with a recommendation that you check valve clearances more often that on a WR-250R).

So, why am I getting a kick out of this situation?
Two reasons:

1) Every person that replied with some kind of that-mechanic-doesn't-know-anything comment has posted some pretty stupid shit since I've been on that message board and reading their comments and questions.
Yes, folks, these are the guys that will have to ask where the oil goes and how does one service their air filter, or even more hilarious, believes he can go six months without ever servicing his air filter (and, of course, he'll do it incorrectly when he eventually does service it).
The same guys that are more concerned with installing their brand-new Gayrider Dualsport, Inc. brand homo heated grips than learning the basics about their very own bikes, themselves.
The basics that are very important when riding your dual-purpose bike out in the woods and far away from anybody else.

2) I believe that 95% of the comments posted in these situations, where somebody who works in a motorcycle dealership is being thrown under the bus for being yet another know-nothing asshole, are coming from people who are too ignorant about motorcycles, themselves, to be worthy of even sweeping the shop floor at a dealership, never mind being able to field any questions about a model of motorcycle they don't own (or never even saw in person) themselves.

In other words:
Look who's talking. :)

Off to jerk,
-John