Roadside assistance provided by a lawn mower repair man!
So, yesterday I go to the doctors office and I ride with my "CANE" on board, well the wife called off from work to go with me to those appointments. So Stupidly enough we get there at the doctors office and the wife had trouble getting my cane to release from the bag that holds it to my luggage rack. Quickly (NOT) I jumped into action, and got off the bike and helped her to remove the cane, well in doing so, I forgot to turn my bike off and remove the key, well you guessed it, we went into the doctors office and there the bike sat with key in the ignition and power on,now the appointment wasn't that long, but yet when we were about to leave a fella who had just came in asked me if I was on the bike that was outside and I said yes, well he then said , hey your lights are on, I just wanted you to know that because I don't want your battery running dead. Well the wife hurried out and turned off the bike and brought in the key. I waited to finish up at the doctors and we scooted of on our way. We got out to the bike and I stowed my cane and I keyed the ignition and "BAM" nothing, she was dead, no battery left to even click the ignition over.
Being as this happened to me one other time, I figured just give the bike a push get her rolling and drop the clutch into first forcing the engine to turn over. Now I've done this in extreme cases only and we've only did this one other time. Keep in mind folk's, I'm a full fledge member of "H.O.G"- Harley Owners Group, a benefit of having "Roadside Assistance" which I totally forgot about, they bring you gas, food, and a jump for your battery if you go out or have trouble with your bike on the road.
Now I will admit to forgetting that I had this service available to me, but hey I'm on some pretty strong meds which has me forgetting a lot of things as of late, but I sure could of used that yesterday, thankfully my wife spotted a guy coming out of the Gym next door who owned a "LAWN MOWER REPAIR" mobile service. My wife then asked if he could give us a hand and I explained that we tried the old push and dump the clutch trick a couple of times to try and get the bike started but no luck. The Fella then said don't worry I have an old mower battery and jumper cables I'll have you going in a jiffy, sure enough we removed the seat from my bike to access the battery and jump the bike off and she started right up no worries.
The Man left without me being able to show my gratitude, so I'm going to give him a huge shout out on my Blog and hopefully you guys out there in cyber land will know this guy is great, and be able to get him some business, it's the very least I can do for the guy who saved us a big amount of headaches yesterday. The Name of the repair service is:
"REELMAN"
Mobile Lawnmower Repair
Clermont, Florida, 34711
Owners name is : John Nussbaumer
ph#: 352-243-6177
Cell#: 352-978-1904
Great guy, and great person for helping us out that is for sure, I certainly hope that if any of you in the area have problems with your lawn mowers, I certainly hope you call this guy first, as he truly helped us out and has one great attitude on life .
MAKE IT A GREAT DAY FOLK'S!
Philip Dresko Sr.
Free Lance Travel Writer/ Photographer
"SCENES FROM THE SEAT"
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