Lenny,
I Understand how you can feel attacked in regards to the faith alot may have of they're local dealer's service depts.
But,what you might consider is that no 1 here is personally attacking you as an individual,far from it infact.I'm no mechanic and I'll never claim to be 1,but as most would agree,it can take some folks more than 1 visit to a dealer ,to become comfortable with and trust they're mechanics,be it Auto or motorcycle.Some may take a couple of years,especially since you may never need to bring your vehicle in for repairs,for as much as a couple of years atleast,we hope neway.
It simply is very dificult to put all your trust into a service department unless you deal with them regularly or are friends with some at that shop,thats a reality across the board for any vehicle,and most people at 1 point or another have had a bad eperience with a service dept. at least once in they're life time.
For most of us,this bike is for recreation,hobby,and even an infactuation rather then a mode of transportation,which makes it all the more concerning when your pride and joy is going in to have it gut's ripped out and replaced by someone who ,if your lucky has seen your bike once and that was for a 600 mile chk-up.
I'll probably be taking mine to the same dealer DarkStar or Grumpy brings they're bike to since they are both close to me,but thats fortunete for me,other's may not know someone who's taken his or her bike to a particular shop and be able to give you some recomendations.
Fact is,one should'nt knock a shop or it's employee's down if they've never had an issue with them.
Wish you were out my way Lenny,to have some 1 from right here @ the site as your mechanice for the recall is 1 **** of a bonus,I'd be more than comfortable to bring mine in for you to do the recall fix.