Bikers Factory Warehouse

Deon Maritz / Deon Schoeman / GT750 / GS1000G / GS850G

There are two individuals who are involved in this business. The first one goes by the name of Deon Maritz. He is the more technically knowledgeable one. The second one goes by the name of Deon Schoeman and he has almost no technical knowledge from what I can tell. They are operating from two different locations. The first one is located at No 34 Jolly Street, Lowrenville, Johannesburg. The second one is located at No 7, Ohm Street, Kya Sands. The Kya sands location is grotty and disorganised. It is being used to store vehicles which belong mostly to Schoeman including a white and blue 80s GSXR750 and another red and white 80s model GSXR750. Maritz keeps a 80s GS850G which is unlicenced at the Kya Sand location. Take note that even though Maritz has a GS850G parked at his Kya Sands business premises he is still unable to provide spares for a GS850G which fit the bike properly. They deal with old Japanese motorcycles including the 1980s Suzuki GS1000G, GS850G, smaller 1980s Suzuki GS bikes and Suzuki GT750 two stroke. It appears that Schoeman is buying old bikes and then peddling them at massive mark ups. I highly doubt that he is declaring his income to SARS as required by law. They charge exorbitantly high prices for spares and there is a chronic problem with the quality of their spares. They do not display signage on their business premises and do not provide a tax invoice. They provide a hand scribbled invoice which does not contain any details of their business or details of either of the individuals who are involved in it. I can only conclude that they are not paying tax and the business is not VAT registered as is required by law. They charged R4645 for a points ignition set for a GS850G which I bought for a friend of mine. The points do not work on the bike from what my friend told me. I recently bought a GS850G. The bike's fuel tap was leaking when I bought it. I took the fuel tap to Maritz and specifically asked him if he can repair it by fitting a new O-Ring kit to it. He told me that there is no such thing as a replacement O-Ring kit available for these fuel taps and that the only solution is to replace the entire fuel tap. He charged me R750 for a "new" fuel tap, which has its outlet on the wrong side (the right side) and not on the left side as with the original one. Maritz R750 fuel tap leaked even worse than the original one. I complained about the exorbitant pricing and poor quality of their parts. Schoemen then fitted another "new" fuel tap to the bike which also leaked like a sieve. I then said that I want a refund to which Maritz refused. Eventually I took the bike to a local bike shop who repaired the original fuel tap by simply replacing the O-Ring kit. Maritz charged me R400 for two carburettor clamps for my GS850G. Suzuki charge R46 for one. This means that the Deon pair charge over 400% of what the agents charge for spares. Needless to say that one of the carburettor clamps did not fit the bike. Remember that they have a sample GS850G parked in their business premises which can be used to check that parts fit. They provided me with a GS850G badge that that had the G broken off. Schoemen blames everything on Maritz and neither of them accept any accountability for their poor quality service. The fact that they are unable to repair a fuel tap leads me to the conclusion that they are not safe to work on a motorcycle since a leaking fuel tap can cause a motorcycle to catch on fire. On 12 May I travelled through to their Kya Sands business premises to collect my fuel tank, to which they had fitted yet another leaking fuel tap. Deon Schoeman tried to assault me during this encounter. He approached my vehicle while I was in the process of leaving the premises and accosted me next to my vehicle. These two men are very dangerous individuals. They believe that they can solve their problems with violence. Schoeman refused to provide the business name under which he is peddling old vehicles. My advice is to completely avoid both of these men. They believe in violence.