Sunday, September 21, 2014

Bike died on the way to work...

Hey Friends,

I was on my way to work last week and a few miles from home, I noticed my console went blank!!  No speed, no indicators, nothing.  I thought it was a glitch so I went to restart the bike and it flat out was dead!

I ended up jumping it, but it died again. AAA left me high and dry even though I requested an upgrade to Plus RV back in May before my tail of the dragon trip.  No towing, no help.  SCREW THEM!!  Fortunately, I was very lucky to get a tow from my neighbor, who I never met.  We had a great conversation on the way home, a lot in common!

Still in the trouble shooting phase.  I ordered a new battery from Revzilla (Shorai!), but in the meantime I threw the trickle charger on and charged the battery.  Seemed to hold the charge well, and I rode the bike around for a bit with no issue.

Call me gun shy though, I'm scared to take it to work again in case it dies on me.  Don't feel like getting stranded again!

Let's see what happens!

- Pandabear