Recovery woes.

[Brenhden]

That's terrible service.

I use some cheap service that contracts bike recovery to Motorcycle SOS. They've picked me up once and we're excellent.

[Peirre]

Only 26hrs?
Try 6 1/2 weeks trying to get a triumph back from Lyon with the AA

[Mosel Bikes]

Sorry to hear your woes Mike.
Could have been worse .... few years ago ....
sat in a cafe on Westgate Road Newcastle ('The Hill' locally), where all bike shops are (were?), watched as a breakdown flat bed 'recovered' a new for the time, GSXR750. Strapped it on, pulled away, turned right into a side road - if you know the hill, you'll know that's a steep hill onto an even steeper hill - when the bike decided it would make its own way home, tumbled right off the back, onto the road :woohoo: . The recovery guy didn't bat a lid, but the bike owner did, livid wouldn't go close. Didn't slap him either, remarkable self-control and discipline I thought.
No idea what happened after that, as we left whilst they were sorting things out!

[JonnyBravo]

Bloody Hell what a balls up. I would have been livid. I was messed about by my insurance company over rescue for my bike a few weeks ago. Ive now joined a dedicated recue company for bikes called Start Rescue. You get an app on your mobile that lets them know by your phone signal exactly where you have broken down. Happily Ive not yet used the service yet but the reviews are pretty good.
Nick.

Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk

I used Start Rescue for the first time way out near Lairgs Scotland last month

Bloody excellent service - a bloke with a proper bike recovery set up arrived in under an hour (thumbs)

[AndyB]

The one time I've had a dedicated bike recovery van with a floor that dropped down on rams so there wasn't a ramp I'd quite clearly told them it was to recover an outfit so it needed a proper low loader with a winch to get it up the ramps :pinch:

The bloke who arrived with the van wanted me to let him remove the chair or he only got a minimal call out fee rather than the full recovery fee and was very put out when I told him no.

[sprintster]

I've been recovered three times now by Autoaid on different bikes.Once on a flatbed that had a front wheel clamp,another was a tail lift thing that hangs the bike off the back of the recovery truck and another was by a car towing a bike trailer.I've always had great service whether it's the car or bike and never had to wait more than an hour.

[Dark Knight]

Thats really bad service from the RAC.

I called out the RAC for a Rear tyre puncture on my 660Ten, maybe two months ago.
I was lucky and got a steel pin in the rear tyre near a Dobbies cafe, so I bombed into the cafe, got some lunch after phoning the RAC.
They phoned during the lunch saying that they had sub contracted the recovery to a business in Falkirk.
Just finished lunch and this guy arrives with a massive flat bed truck, ran the bike up the ramp and secured with tie down straps and got home without any trouble.
My RAC policy covers any vehicle that I am driving and one of these days the Rac are going to find out that I have access to three cars and four motorbikes.

[AustinW]

So, is it ok to jump from the remote live?

If its 12volt and connected properly to the battery terminals on each device then I don't see why not. I have jumped bikes from cars, loose 12v batteries, and power packs. I have heard all sorts of stories that electronics on either the donor vehicle or the receiving vehicle could be damaged but I don't see how - its 12v electricity thats all and the starter on the bike will only draw the current it needs. If in doubt don't start the donor vehicle, although if its a power pack of some sort then thats not an issue.

[Liam gsa]

Yes it's fine to jump start from there most new style home jump packs ( the ones that look like laptopbatgrry packs ) come with the adaptors to fit the remote sockets d

[Liam gsa]

Regarding damaging the jumper vehicle what happens is people don't attach to the correct points i.e. Jump start post or they go onto the battery when it has electronics distrubtion points these have non replaceable fuses built in. Once one of these go you can have all sorts of faults.