Motorcycle & Scooter

I once had the computer control box go bad on a bike. Fortunately, all it really meant was one cylinder firing instead of two so I was able limp to a shop for repairs.*

Another time, the battery on a new holdover bike I bought was toast. It held the initial charge at the dealer long enough for me to ride for several days, but since it couldn't recharge fully after each start I was dead in the water after four or five days. There's nothing quite like learning where things are under the bodywork of a new bike in the first week of ownership.


* Though I don't know for sure, this incident may have been the result of me washing the engine off with a power sprayer resulting in water damage to a critical electrical component...word to the wise.