Mechanic in Iquique
 

Got stuck in deep stoney track on monday and broke 3 spokes When I eventually got to Antofagusta I was given the name of a BMW specialist in Iquique Sammotos This guy was very good came and collected me from hostel in town as his garage is difficult to find he didn´t have three new spokes but took three from a spare 1150 that he rents hen he would replace when his spares arrive. He then charged me only 80 pounds for a brand new Continental TKC which is only a few quid more than back home. The daughter of one of the partners is fantastic and speaks good English so everything was easy.
Website is sammotos
Phone no area code 57 then 392818
it is best again to phone first as he is very difficult to find
Very highly reccomended

Iquique!
 

Jorge, the owner of sammotos was awsome!

s20 12.792'
w070 08.032'
Pasaje 1 sitio 16 (sotomayor alt.2100)
call him... hard to find the place.

he came to my hostel, look at the bike. next day he brough me to his friend workshop and he left. his friend workshop at
S20 12.848'
W070 08.432
Bemoto
serrano 1531

there are 2 mechnics. one of them is from equdor, a black senior, in a wheel chair. cool. they checked my steering wheel bearing, took out everything and did a service for my. only 5000cpl. in santiago metzeler, to change a tire cost 15000cpl PER TIRE.

about Jorge, Bike is his hobby business. i went to his workshop, his mechnics were busy, fixing new bikes imported. about30-50 of the xr250 and xr650. he has bmw for rental also. kinda of a bike business with the chile army. big time! he didnt charge me any $ for his help. hmm... how could we thank all these guys?

not great experience
 

This year (2015) we had an accident in the desert and needed a front fork straightened. We went to Sammotos because his reviews seemed best.

He did drive out to our hostal to fetch the broken part and was eager to help. To straighten the front fork he tried to charge us $250 - a ridiculous price. He also gave us some dubious advice regarding gasoline and entry to Bolivia.

We did manage to bargain him down to $190 for the fork and to fix the radiator mounts and a few other small jobs, but left feeling like we had had a bad experience.