Had a bit of drama yesterday, coming back from Ohakea. Just North of Whatawhata The bike felt as if it was running out of fuel and came to a stop. Tried a restart but it died again after 5 secs or so.Bit the bullet & pushed it 2 km back down the road to the service centre to find it only sold petrol & had no mechanic. Peter (?) & his wife who were coming back from the waitomo weekend stopped to see if I was O.K. & gave me Henry's phone number. Henry gave a list of easy faults with no success, so Mr AA man was called. He had a go fault finding & after another talk to Henry, decided it was a matter of getting it to Hamilton Motorcycle center.A towtruck turned up & took it to my mates place, early this morning I rang mike at HMCC & the boys quickly isolated the fault to the fuel pump relay which had died a horrible fried death. No part was in stock, but the boss kindy allowed the relay to be cannabalised from his new 1200 GS ADV, so I was on the road quck smart.Thanks to all those who helped, Peter, Henry, the AA dude, the towies and the team at Hamilton MCC.Dave Bessant at Thunderbike (who I got the bike off 6 weeks ago) is also coming to the party with the warranty claim, so happy faces all round.Thank god it didn't happen on Friday when I was riding down the forgotten Highway!!(Man the GS is a good bike) (except when it breaks down!)
