Hinds is an authorized Polaris shop. Right? So they should know what their doing when working on a trail boss 250 2stroke. Right? If you know anything about Polaris you would know they have been making that engine since the 80's. My ATV sat for a while with old gas and old oil. Simple issue that should be a simple fix. Clean the carb clean the oil injection. Well after weeks with no reply from Hinds, they say its fixed. we bring it home, run it down the street and park it. the next day there is a big puddle of gas under my ATV. I take off the seat and find the fuel line was routed right over the exhaust pipe, thus melting it. If this were done to something that is street legal, couldnt there be criminal charges, it could have caught fire. imagine a 400lbs bike/ball of fire crashing 70mph into a station wagon. all because some idiot at Hinds routed a plastic fuel line over the exhaust. Like the sucker I was, I take it back to Hinds, for them to keep it another couple of weeks. Then for some reason Im told the engine is "hosed" WHAT!! no way. So I decide to pick it up(still in parts) and take it two towns over to Vally ATV. Vally had to fix what they did wrong, wrong oil in the oil injection system, incorrect rebuild of the carb(hinds used wrong needle and jets) , rerouted fuel and oil lines, jerry-rigged battery bracket, with incorrect battery, and Vally had to replace the gasket for the head as hinds took apart the top end and used the old gaskets when they put it back together. Vally told me the original starter could have been rebuilt, did Hinds offer that, Hell no! They made me pay for a new one. Long story short Vally ATV had fixed what Hinds did wrong and had my ATV running in two days. In original condition with correct factory parts. Something Hinds could not do in the 6+ weeks they had my ATV. How hard can it be to service a 250cc 2stroke. Hinds is the most incompetent shop I have ever dealt with. Check BBB and you will see I'm not the only one to have problems with them. They have refused to refund the $600+ dollars, So I will be taking them to court. Vally ATV even wrote me a long report of what was done wrong and what they had to do to fix it, to help me in my quest to recover my money and file my complaints. I filed with the BBB, and the BBB received no response from Hinds. I also filed a complaint with Polaris but I'm not sure what good that is going to do. I wish they could loose all factory authorization. Save yourself the trouble, avoid Hinds like the PLAGUE.
