Dealers not giving basic info

[Crasherfromwayback]

I worked at a bike dealership where the same applied. Had two girls come in once, tourists travelling around on a couple of bikes. They wanted to know torque figures for something, might have been steering head nut, the owner overheard the conversation and interrupted by saying he would not hand out that info as he employed mechanics to do such work and if they any help they would have to book the bike in to get the work done.

The cunning devil. Tried to get them to stay over night eh!!?? "I just happen to have a place you gals can stay..."

[tigertim20]

The cunning devil. Tried to get them to stay over night eh!!?? "I just happen to have a place you gals can stay..."

yeah, in the back of his van?
the one without windows?

[Crasherfromwayback]

yeah, in the back of his van?
the one without windows?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=15S0g8pG6HU

[3umph]

One would have to ask..... What was the fault that blew a 40 amp fuse?? A fuse is simply a weak link in the wiring to protect wiring and equipment in the event of a fault. Did it blow, as in disintegrate the fuse wire completely, as they do in the event of a short circuit, or did it just melt the middle section of the wire, as they do in an overload situation. They seldom blow for no reason, and unless you know why it blew you shouldnt just simply replace it and carry on. You could damage whatever it on the end of the circuit, or cause a wiring fire.

Well the bikes running fine now, done close to 1000km with a new battery and fuse... the last battery died so I would suspect it blew due to that... middle section gone only

[3umph]

I wouldnt complain too much
You got exactly what you paid for !!

You are so right but then I could of paid for something I didnt need if it was up to them... but like a while ago when I asked for them to do certain stuff but they did quite a bit more then asked...

[Blew]

My Daytona was having a charging issue so I put a new battery in it as the original was quite old and suspected a dead cell ans did not take long for it to lose charge.
New gel battery in this morning, rode to work and tested to see charge... bugger not charging...

I rang the local Triumph dealer to see if there was anything simple that it could be... ie a fuse, loose connection etc... was told that no fuse related to charging and it would be the regulator/rectifier...
cost starting at $250 for an altered after market bit not including fitting...

I was pretty fkd off... got home and got out the manual and low and behold found a fuse relates... replaced 40a fuse and now I have charging...

good to see dealers are happy to help out... NOT!!!!

On a Triumph a faulty battery will blow the fuse. One of only a few bike with a charging system fuse.