Why did my bikes battery die??? Spot the idoit

[svr-ash]

This afternoon i popped down to Looe during my split shift from work, bike started fine, no probs

After 10 mins buying a new pair of sun glasses, i went back to the bike, pressed the starter button and..................nothing.....dead as a doe doe

I knew what was wrong by that point as i fitted a fan to my reg/rec yesterday afternoon so i rang the RAC to come and give me a jump start, then i waited.....and waited............and waited (it must of been about 25c today and i was waiting in a car park with no shade)...and waited..........i used £6.45 of credit chasing the RAC to find out what was going on......and waited some more, in fact it was over 4 hours until they arrived, which considering they told me the second time i spoke to them the wait was 2-3 hours, i was a little annoyed, but the fourth time i spoke to them (at 6.20pm) they said the bloke was 20 mins away.

At 7.40 pm the man arrived and asked what i needed, so i told him i needed a jump start and he had no clue what so ever as to how to jump start a bike from a donor battery so i showed him

Got back to work at 8pm, 2 hours late and after firstly ringing the RAC at 3.26pm

After work a mate jumped started the bike so i could get home, racing the dark because if i put the lights on, the bike would cut out (but re-bump itself back to life), checked the charging system and the battery was at 10.6v with no difference with the bike running

So guess what the problem was

[age]

Did ya forget to reconnect rectifire ?

or have ya not wired it up right ?

Age

[svr-ash]

Did ya forget to reconnect rectifire ?

The winner, i completly forgot to reconnect the reg/rec, so the battery didn't charge and i was left stranded

[age]

Ya bloody numpty :lol:

[speedy(delboy)]

What a Dork, Carry Leads like I do in the boot

And before you say you were on the bike I KNOW

[gixerdrew]

The RAC are having a laugh - You deserve a better response than that - I would put in an official complaint & ask for compensation.

My RAC membership comes up for renewal later this month - £95. Is AAA or Greenflag any better

[svr-ash]

The RAC are having a laugh - You deserve a better response than that - I would put in an official complaint & ask for compensation.

Am going to, 2hours pay

My RAC membership comes up for renewal later this month - £95. Is AAA or Greenflag any better

I found the AA to be better then the RAC, not sure about the rest

[speedy(delboy)]

I'm greenflag with my insurance (just an extra £30 a year and this includes international breakdown as well).

I have only used them twice in 5 years, but they were there within the hour both times. I think it has to be within the hour or your money back.

[Jay]

What a Plonker

Glad you got it sorted mate

[Jonny]

RAC are rubbish, I had to wait over 3 hours for them yesterday when they told me they would be there 'within the hour'. The breakdown man was very helpfull and said I can probably get huge discounts now, but do I really want to stick with them now?

[Carlos1]

Least it was a Nice place to get stuck:P

Shame if you knew i lived there i would have helped ya jump your bike.

[svr-ash]

Least it was a Nice place to get stuck:P

Shame if you knew i lived there i would have helped ya jump your bike.

Typical

[Bikerbird]

Couldn't you have got someone to give you a push, if you don't like bump starting it on your own?

[svr-ash]

Couldn't you have got someone to give you a push, if you don't like bump starting it on your own?

I was tought not to talk to strangers..................besides i paid my RAC fee, so i'll use them