Ever have one of those days??

[GreyWolf]

Okay, so I get all ready this morning to finally get a ride in. Procrastinating for months on end. Always find an excuse to not go. Finally, the little woman is outta town and the guy has a Saturday all to himself. Check tires, oil, and water, pack up the tank bag, clean and wax the helmet, throw on all the gear and go outside to fire up the bike. *Click* no go, try again, still nothing. Damn, battery's dead. Lay on the charger, go inside and finish up details on the house so I's can go. Half hour later, still *Click* and no go. Haul up car, attach jumper cables and spark up the bike. Roars like a charm. Figure I could go 80-90 miles and the battery would charge up, right? Lay down the road from my house and speedometer is acting way weird. Blank, then mileage, then mph, then blank. Chalk it up to bad electrical due to battery. Figure it'll get better. Five miles down the road heading toward Siberia (or Egypt, take your pick...anyways, out to Timbuktu) and it's starting to pulse on, off, on, off, on, off....and such. Like a bucking bronco. Get about 10 miles out and the beast dies!

Pull off and assess what I got. No cell phone coverage, 10 miles from house out in nowhere land on remote road. Park bike next to expensive gate thinking it'll help deter any would be thieves thinking all along that hopefully someone will steal it so I can get a bigger and better bike. Take off helmet, back protector, top of leathers, roll up and grab tank bag. Start hiking down remote road hoping to hitch a ride back to the house. A mile down the road, three gals in two trucks who had passed me had turned around, got out of their trucks and starting walking back towards me. Oh Wow!! My day!! But no, they thought I'd run outta gas. "Just dead battery" says I. They offer a cell phone that actually has coverage (remind me to switch to Verizon as AT&T has zilch!). Call triple A but they can't find me in neither southern nor northern California, even though I swear I have an account (which I later confirm when I finally get home!). Finally girls take me to the next road turnoff and I start hiking again under 90 degree in the shade weather which makes it like 120 degrees on the asphalt.

20 cars pass me in a little over three miles of walking in Alpinstar boots and leathers. Sweating profusely at this point and wondering if I'm gonna have to hike all the way back to the house 10 miles away. One guy on a motorcycle circles back and gives me the "Uh, something missing from this picture" funny thing. Ha ha. (not!). Tells me his road plan which was mine in reverse, which just pisses me off even more knowing he had a good day and mine was, well, not so good to put it lightly. Finally, couple guys in a truck with an ATV in the back stop and give me a ride. Make funny comment about "boy, you must be hot in those leathers" and I reply "ya aint' got any idea, bro!". Thankfully, they be nice and drop me at the house, front door proper, before they head off to the local saloon for some cold brewskies. Find my front door open from when I had left it in a hurry some two hours before. Can't believe it. Head inside and hurriedly strip off leathers and coast into some shorts. Grab a gallon of Gatorade and swallow without stopping. Grab the bike ramp and hop into the truck. Fire up only to find less than a 1/8 of a tank of gas!

Head back to bike and still find it there (S*&^T!). With big rig, need to find lower area to load but cannot find. Local help no use (migrants, I think they thought I was La Migra). Head back to house and get ATV ramp (sharper angle, doesn't work for bike) and head back out again. Arrange ramps and finally get bike in back of truck. Look at gas gauge. Warning lights all over and almost on the peg. Figure I can make local bike shop to get new battery and still make the gas pumps. Head back into town 25 miles away and get battery and gas. Head back to house and unpile all the crap I loaded up. All this in a little over 6 hours without anything to eat since morning, all tolled about 10. Add acid to battery, wait and hour to soak into plates and put on charger. Grab a shower then fill up the largest drinking vessel I have with Rum and fruit juice and go outside and rest.
Weird, weird, day.........

[rockertom]

Well that just sucks. But on the Bright side. Got 10 miles of riding in.

[acalliste]

Your bike was making it's displeasure known for you ignoring it for so long.

[kevin_stevens]

Gee, that sounds just like one of Tammy's ride reports!

KeS

[NeedinJustice]

Actually, that's kinda what I was thinking when I was reading it.

[Electrical_Tech]

I'd have dropped a match in the tank .. aidios amigos!!!!

[kevin_stevens]

Originally Posted by NeedinJustice

Actually, that's kinda what I was thinking when I was reading it.

KeS