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

Crazy day of riding!

Well friends,

It has been quite busy.  I barely even get to sit down and type anything so I haven't been able to post much.  I've mostly just been commuting to work and back.  Some instances...

Today was crazy.  I had some bad tailgaters, and one work van which decided to overtake me, IN MY LANE!  And then he just made the next right turn.  What was the point of that honestly? He could have waited two more seconds instead of doing something that could have resulted in something bad.

And finally turning into my own neighborhood, a pickup truck decided instead of braking for a guy making a left turn, he was going to use the right turn lane to overtake, while I was right next to him making, uh, a RIGHT TURN!

Sigh, people drive me crazy.  Nobody cares, everyone is on the phone, or who knows what.  And people think motorcyclists are reckless!!!!?

::END RANT!::

- Pandabear

Anticipate!

Hey friends,

Dropped my bike again today.  Someone slowed at a yellow light and then decided to go through it while I was turning left.  I stopped short to avoid a collision but on the road angle and turning angle, my bike was too far over to stay upright under braking.  She got scratched AGAIN on the left side and the person drove off.

Couldn't pick it up, and nobody helped me at all. Finally another motorcyclist stopped by and helped me.  I feel so fortunate to have people like that help me out.  I can not be more appreciative.  If you see a downed biker, stop and help out! I know I will in a heartbeat!

- Pandabear