Dan from Motorad: my hero

[kaz]

I just wanted to put in a good word for Dan from Motorad who really helped me out tonight.

My engine cut out suddenly on the way home. It was a blown fuse. No problem, replace the fuse. Or so I thought as I rode off. My first piece of luck came 5 minutes later - the fuse blew again but lucky for me it happened as I was reaching the traffic lights at the end of the motorway offramp - it didn't happen ON the motorway :sweatdrop

Then my second piece of luck - who should pull up but a guy I recognised from Motorad, who recognised me as a customer. We could replace the fuse again but I didn't want to risk a ride over the Wadestown Hill and have it blow again up there (no idea what was causing it). So Dan found a spare fuse with more amps off his bike, enough to get me going more safely - and followed me back into town, where we stowed the bike at Motorad for the night. Then he doubled me home.

Thanks, Dan, you're great. And Motorad, well that's service! :niceone:

[Marknz]

Good onya Dan :clap:

[howdamnhard]

Well done Dan for stopping and :clap:helping a fellow biker in need.

[Duke girl]

A real Gentleman. Make sure you take a Lotto ticket this Saturday Dan as you may get lucky and be rewarded for your good deed.

[quickbuck]

Good to hear of great service from Dan.
Nice one.

[chef]

I just wanted to put in a good word for Dan from Motorad who really helped me out tonight.

My engine cut out suddenly on the way home. It was a blown fuse. No problem, replace the fuse. Or so I thought as I rode off. My first piece of luck came 5 minutes later - the fuse blew again but lucky for me it happened as I was reaching the traffic lights at the end of the motorway offramp - it didn't happen ON the motorway :sweatdrop

Then my second piece of luck - who should pull up but a guy I recognised from Motorad, who recognised me as a customer. We could replace the fuse again but I didn't want to risk a ride over the Wadestown Hill and have it blow again up there (no idea what was causing it). So Dan found a spare fuse with more amps off his bike, enough to get me going more safely - and followed me back into town, where we stowed the bike at Motorad for the night. Then he doubled me home.

Thanks, Dan, you're great. And Motorad, well that's service! :niceone:

yeah there good sorts there. theres one guy there who looks stoned out of his brains all the time dono if he is or not though ha

[Gareth51]

Dans the man:niceone:

[CookMySock]

spare fuse with more amps off his bike, enough to get me going more safelyIt is very tempting to do that, but you can do a huge amount of damage to your bike and yourself. A slightly larger fuse will blow just the same as the smaller one. A much larger fuse won't blow at all, and quite likely you will have a lick of flame at your crotch to deal with.

Quite often, intermittant faults can be temporarily resolved by grabbing the wiring loom and giving it a good shove in both directions and then trying a new fuse. This often dislodges the fault and can get you going in a pinch.


Steve

[unrealone]

yeah there good sorts there. theres one guy there who looks stoned out of his brains all the time dono if he is or not though ha

Hahahaha, I reckon you mean Ben!

[fi5hy]

Quite often, intermittant faults can be temporarily resolved by grabbing the wiring loom and giving it a good shove in both directions and then trying a new fuse. This often dislodges the fault and can get you going in a pinch.


Steve

Or have your bike not go at all:bash:

[kaz]

It is very tempting to do that, but you can do a huge amount of damage to your bike and yourself. A slightly larger fuse will blow just the same as the smaller one. A much larger fuse won't blow at all, and quite likely you will have a lick of flame at your crotch to deal with.

Quite often, intermittant faults can be temporarily resolved by grabbing the wiring loom and giving it a good shove in both directions and then trying a new fuse. This often dislodges the fault and can get you going in a pinch.

Steve

Yeah, thanks Steve. That's why it's at Motorad - hopefully they can figure out what is wrong (I have no clue about these things). I am worried that a larger fuse is going to mask the real problem. And that other BIG problem you mention of the crotch-flame! :eek5:

What is the wiring loom and how do I find it? (in case this ever happens again). Thanks, in advance.
Karen

[CookMySock]

I am worried that a larger fuse is going to mask the real problem. And that other BIG problem you mention of the crotch-flame! :eek5:Haha, yep. And you would be exactly right. A fuse is there to prevent the wiring from going up in flames when something shorts out, until someone replaces it with a larger one. If the fuse doesn't blow, the wiring just heats more and more until something else does. :bye:

I doubt you will ever be unlucky enough to see flames. More like a destroyed wiring loom (pricey) and a thick blanket of smog.


What is the wiring loom and how do I find it?If you can whip your seat off easily, you will see a fat bunch of wiring running between the battery area and other little electrical doo-dads, and up towards the front cowling area, all wrapped tightly in some black tape or other protective covering. If you can't get the seat off, just kneel down and have a gander up under the upper frame or cowling area and you might be able to see it.

There will almost certainly be a part of this wiring which has rubbed through its' insulation and shorting out on some nearby metallic object. If you can tug it forward or backward slightly it will just move the rubbed-through part away from the problem area.

This is clutching at straws slightly, but when you are on the side of the road and down to your last fuse you have to do something other than just burn your last fuse. It has often got me home.


Steve

[kaz]

Thanks heaps, Steve. I now know the bit (the loom) you are referring to and can get at it. Good explanation of what could be happening too.
Karen

(p.s. I can never again think of "crotch-flame" as a good thing that happens on a date with somebody spunky)

[DMNTD]

Awesome service from Dan(and Motorad)....see,we aren't all bad :woohoo:

[chef]

Hahahaha, I reckon you mean Ben!

yeah maybe..im always trying to figure out is this guy wasted?..or wdf is his situation

[LBD]

Dans the man chivilrous to the end....:yes:

In my not so experienced days....(Lessons learnt from mistakes are alway the best)....in a far away time....When I stepped on the brake, the main fuse blew and the bike stopped....I had a spare fuse which blew againg when I stepped on the brake. I had one more bigger fuse, up to a corner, stepped on the brake and it died again. Time for a little kiwi injenuity Foil from a ciggie packet from the side of the road. (I was way out in the country and it was raining)

That worked for a while till the bike died again. No worries I had kept some spare foil. Off with the seat again and discovered....a melted mess of a wiring loom from tail to headlight....bugger!

[ajturbo]

I just wanted to put in a good word for Dan from Motorad who really helped me out tonight.

My engine cut out suddenly on the way home. It was a blown fuse. No problem, replace the fuse. Or so I thought as I rode off. My first piece of luck came 5 minutes later - the fuse blew again but lucky for me it happened as I was reaching the traffic lights at the end of the motorway offramp - it didn't happen ON the motorway :sweatdrop

Then my second piece of luck - who should pull up but a guy I recognised from Motorad, who recognised me as a customer. We could replace the fuse again but I didn't want to risk a ride over the Wadestown Hill and have it blow again up there (no idea what was causing it). So Dan found a spare fuse with more amps off his bike, enough to get me going more safely - and followed me back into town, where we stowed the bike at Motorad for the night. Then he doubled me home.

Thanks, Dan, you're great. And Motorad, well that's service! :niceone:
did you give him your phone number?.....

[Sparky Bills]

Good to hear some more good feedback about people in the industry.:rockon:

[gatch]

yeah there good sorts there. theres one guy there who looks stoned out of his brains all the time dono if he is or not though ha


Hahahaha, I reckon you mean Ben!


yeah maybe..im always trying to figure out is this guy wasted?..or wdf is his situation

He's not stoned lol, just doesn't get enough sleep. Hes a good dude, if you need bike gear he will do what it takes to help you out.

[steelestring]

Good on ya Dan! He has helped me out too :yes:

Ben is a good sort, he has hooked me up a few times lately :Punk:

[kaz]

A wee coda to the story:
I had ordered a takeaway that night of the fuse blowing incident. I of course was no longer able to pick up the food on the way home.

So the next night when I had access to a car, I drove over there to say sorry and pay them.

They were really nice and made me another meal without charging for it. :sunny:

[CookMySock]

Off with the seat again and discovered....a melted mess of a wiring loom from tail to headlight....bugger!Yeah. I've seen the same done in a house, LOL. /fail All the lights wanted to stay on. :pinch:

Steve

[elevenhundred]

Ben is a good sort, he has hooked me up a few times lately :Punk:

Sweet, I need a new dealer.