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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

Did ya forget to reconnect rectifire ?

or have ya not wired it up right ?

Age

AGE996 wrote: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

Ya bloody numpty :lol:

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

And before you say you were on the bike I KNOW

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

gixerdrew wrote: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

gixerdrew wrote: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

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.

What a Plonker

Glad you got it sorted mate

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?

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.

Carlos1 wrote: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

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

Bikerbird wrote: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