Roadside repairs

[luvmy40]

I love when I can help out another rider in need.

 

Kris and I were out for a short CTFW session this afternoon. We'd been randomly running the back roads in our rural area for a couple hours and were headed home when I saw the tail light go out on a bike sitting at a traffic light for the freeway on ramp. The rider and his passenger pushed the scooter off to the side of the road as we went by.

 

I spun around at the next light and came back to them, a younger guy and his GF/Wife on a beautiful older yellow Moto Guzzi bobber. When I asked if I could help he said "It's something electrical, I just lost all power at the light" I said it might be the main fuse and asked if it had glass fuses. He said he didn't know but that the lights came back on but everything went dead again when he hit the starter.

 

Sounds like a bad ground at the battery to me, I said. He pulled the seat off and sure enough the negative battery connection was very loose. So, I tossed him a six way and he tightened the connections and the bike fired right up. They thanked us for stopping with a round of high fives and we rode off in opposite directions.

 

I hope he learned a lesson today. Always check the little stuff and always carry a tool kit.

[Marcarl]

One of the things tht was drilled into us at riders school, if you meet somebody in trouble, you stop to help if you can. I would do it anyways.

Thanks for being a VentureRider!!

[BlueSky]

I was riding my Yamaha Virago one day and saw a Harley rider on the side of the road working on his bike. I stopped and asked if I could help. He responded with a loud "NO" as if he couldn't accept help from a Yamaha rider. So, I rode on. Maybe I should have told him to swap that thing on a Yamaha!