Estimate in writing
Then call before anything is added.
One bill that came back larger than the estimate, with the extra work already done.
Florida law entitles you to a written estimate and to authorise anything beyond it, and the shops that treat that as paperwork are the ones people leave. Stopping to make a phone call costs twenty minutes and is the difference between a customer for a decade and a bad review.
Diagnostics is where the temptation is strongest. Replacing parts in sequence until a fault disappears is billable and feels like progress, but the customer is funding guesses. Measuring first takes longer and costs them less.
Returning old parts settles the rest. A shop willing to hand you the pads it says were worn out has nothing to hide, and asking for them is the simplest test a rider can apply to any workshop, including this one.
Then call before anything is added.
Parts swapping is billed guesswork.
The simplest test of a shop.
A free written estimate, with no obligation to proceed.