For anyone looking for a good, independant garage in the Wirral/Merseyside area have a look here
http://www.seabankmotorcycles.co.uk/Freindly and helpful.
Took my wifes bike in for an MOT, he spent ages going over it, identified a couple of adjustments needed (which he did for free) and is a freindly bloke to boot.
My friend took a VFR400 in which other garages had all told him needed a new exhaust as it couldn't be repaired. These blokes arranged for it to be specialist welded (£30) and it has been running great for 6 months.
Using for all our MOT's from now on