Dan from Motorad: my hero

**LBD** · 11th September 2009, 00:03

Dans the man chivilrous to the end....

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** · 11th September 2009, 06:43

Originally Posted by 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

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!

did you give him your phone number?.....

**Sparky Bills** · 11th September 2009, 17:36

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

**gatch** · 11th September 2009, 18:12

Originally Posted by chef

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

Originally Posted by unrealone

Hahahaha, I reckon you mean Ben!

Originally Posted by chef

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** · 11th September 2009, 18:54

Good on ya Dan! He has helped me out too

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

**kaz** · 12th September 2009, 08:14

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.