Got a little issue..

So this last Friday, as I'm leaving the Characters meeting, I got a text from Dave. He wanted to know where I'd gotten the relay for the bike. So I told him. Then I get another text asking for Everetts phone number (my buddy who helps out, does TIG and electrical stuff) and I told him I did not have permission to give out the number. So he calls me a few minutes later. The first words out of his mouth are this: "You built me this fucking piece of shit bike, and you can't even wire in a new fucking relay?" He was saying a bit more, but I inturupted with "Dave, if you're going to talk to me this way, you can find someone else to work on it" and hung up. I did not hear back from him until just now. I got some threatening text messages from him. The first was "I gave you a lot of money to make somethign that runs, and this thing fucking sucks. I was nice to you, and you were rude about it. I just want you to know, you fucked with the wrogn guy." The next said, word for word "Everywhere you go, when you leave yoru house, yoru school, the store, your girlfriends house, watch your back, because you fucked with the wrong guy. You won't get away with this one." I asked if that was a thread, and he said "No buddy, thats a Fucking promise. Have a good night."

About the not running, he brought it to me with a dead battery, and busted handle bars. He hit something (cracked powdercoat and sheared the bolts off that held them in) and he claimed it was my fault. He told em somethign was wrong because it wouldnt start, but the lights turned on. I explained why I thought it was the battery. I fixed the handle bars, which took abotu an hour to get the sheared bolts out and put new ones in. This time Grade 8. So it cost me about $6 in hardware, and an hours time. I told him I'd make it an even $30 for the work. He said it didnt start so he would not pay. I told him fine, but if he wants anythign done to it again he would have to pay me for this time, and an hours labor ahead of time before I touched it again. I didnt hear from him until last Friday, where this story begins.

So my issue. WTF do I do about this? This guy is threatening me, and he fights in the UFC. He beats peoples asses for a living. Honestly, I'm a little scared. He's bigger than me, and beats the hsit otu of peopel all the time. I feel I have reason to feel threatened. And I have no idea why he is so angry. I know I was rude on his last visit, but its because he would not pay me.. And I was a bit rude on occasions before due to tress and dealing with his crap, but I dont think it enough to make him want to cause me physical harm.

Is this grounds for a restraining order? I have proof that he threatened me on my phone now. Or is there something else I should do? I'm not sure he will actually act, but I dont really feel like riskign getting my ass beat by a professional fighter.

honestly dude it sounds like u have the grounds. did u ever find out what he hit to break off the handle bars and mess it up? it seems like he is not wanting to be to nice to get his bike fixed which is the wrong way to come accross. but there is always to sides to the story bro. make shure u just cover your ass k man.

I never did find out what he hit. Normally his brother comes with him. The first time he brought it back, it had a shattered bearing. He told me it happened while he was riding. He brother told me that he was doing a burn out for hell long and the tire grabbed and the bearing got fucked up that way when the jackshaft bent. Told him not to do burnouts with an 8" wide flat tire anyways.

Does anyone know what I have to do to get a restaining order?

Contact your local PD, they will have the information you need.

yeah fuck this guy. Sounds like hes fucking shit up then trying to lay it off on you to get things free and hes not getting his way so hes getting pissy. Get a restraining order definatly just show them the messages hes sending and im sure they will fill out the paper work for ya.

That sucks bro, but my guess is hes full of shit. Hes most likely just saying this shit so youll fix his shit for free. Talk to the local PD about getting a restraining order and once its served to him i doubt youll ever hear from him again. He was probably the high school bully in his day and hes just trying to keep his pathetic dream going. Other than that always keep a gun at arms length (sucks your underage). I always have a conceled weapon somewhere for bigass dumb mother fuckers trying to fuck with the little guy (or the group of bigass dumb mother fuckers).

Alright. Looks like I may be going to the police department tomorrow. This sucks..

hey seth tell him to order something from byc! he will spend years trying to get his product and just forget about kicking your ass!

but yea i already posted on whynotfab.com/forum my real response.. keep me posted seth and dont stess about that shit!

Yea I can't exactly buy a gun. I'm only 17, so theres still a lot of limitatiosn on what I can buy. I don't want it to get to the point where I would actually need a gun. I wish I would have never built this damn bike...

YEAH SETH CALL THE PD, AND LET THEM KNOW WHATS UP AND MAYBE JUST GET THE BIKE FIXED AND TELL HIM YOU WILL NEVER FIX HIS BIKE A AGAIN, BECASUE OF THIS ISSUE. BUT FUCK THAT GUY, HIS BIG BUT CHARACTERS GOTS YOUR BACK.