I have just come out of a lengthy period of electrical problems with my Sporty (thread on the Sporty forum under 'Battery Discharging') which thankfully have finally been resolved. One thing that did become apparant is that when the dealer is trying to diagnose problems, there is a general over reliance on what the computer tells the guys in the workshop. Unfortunately (as it turned out in the end) not all components provide diagnostic information, thus spurious faults are pretty much impossible to diagnose. My feeling all along was that if the dealer had an experienced auto electrician they would have solved the problem much quicker. In the end it was down to trial and error over a three month period, with HD-Aus finally making some recommendations. Anyone else notice this and is it a general trend where bike mechanics are losing a lot of their related skills due to such over reliance on computers?
Computers? Sorta... In a kinda related way I'm reminded of some shops and the check out chicks inability to work the till when 'the EFTPOS is down'.
"No worries luv, I have the right money - here, take it".
"Sorry sir", she says with a shrug of the shoulders... "but the EFTPOS is down; it's not working". "But I have the exact change... aah never mind, see ya".
Yep, too much reliance on technology as you say. Give me a crusty old bearded bike Mechanic / Tinkerer in his shed anyday!
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Its a problem because when your battery is losing all its charge in less than 24 hours and you can actually hear circuits charging when the ignition is off, yet all you get told is "nothing shows up on the computer" you would happily accept Baldrick with a multimeter to give the bike a once-over. Cheap too as you can pay him in turnips !
