Ok so here is the deal with my scooter just sitting while being repaired so did my helmet makes sense. But the bird that decided to make a nest inside my helmet inside my garage made no sense at all!! Not wanting to disturb the poor mother bird with three eggs under her I decided to just let things be and retrieve my helmet after the eggs hatch and the baby birds are gone.
So last night I rode to work no problem when my weather alarm started going nuts and a storm front moved in. I thought that I'd wait to take lunch after the weather cleared up a bit so when I saw a break in the rain I began my five mile commute home. About half way into my trip the rain let loose!! OMG it pelted my forehead like stones being thrown at me! I got home safe and sound but man I can't wait until those eggs hatch!!
Wish me luck tonight more rain in the area and I have to commute home again with no helmet! Errrrr
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
My Scooter is Back!!
So sorry for the delay in posting but to be honest I was a little down about my new Roketa Scooter. If you follow the blog you will know that it suddenly broke down only electrical but it stopped my scooter for around two months. Here is the deal I took it apart tested all connections told the company what I thought was the part I needed and then waited on the part to arrive. The part took a long time due to some shipping issues not any fault of the company or myself just life so I waited. Finally the part came in I put it on and it did not fix the issue when the key is in the on position nothing would happen!
So I called Steve back at Power Ride Outlet and he sent me another part which took some more time to arrive which it finally did and I put it on and still nothing happened. I was sick to say the least! Two months of collecting dust in my garage it just sat. Finally I decided to take it to a shop for someone else to look into.
Here is the fix which took them some time to find as well. The fuse under the battery compartment looked fine. But the little wire that is soldered to each cap came unsolder-ed on one end. Now believe me I tested this fuse several times as well as the battery here is why it tested good. When you open the plastic holder to put the test meeter on each end of the fuse it placed enough pressure on the fuse end to make a connection so voltage was fine so was continuity. Voltage was fine on the battery as well as on some of the leads under the gauges that I tested.
Talk about a hard problem to solve! When the fuse plastic clip was closed and the seat was put down the little wire failed to make a connection so there was not any power to the controls or key! When the seat was lifted and the battery and fuse was tested it tested fine as the pressure of the test lead was enough to make the wire connect. This drove myself and well as the repair guy nuts!
So I installed a better fuse and the scooter fired right up after sitting not running at all for over two months! I still love my scooter! I hate the damn fuse but love the scooter! And a little something about Power Ride Outlet and Steve the guy that helped me there most these guys are relentless about helping out when you report a problem! Steve called me all the time to see if my part came in or to give me a status report as to why the shipping was running behind. He even got the repair guy there to phone me and attempt to help me over the phone. Excellent service! Excellent product! Still happy with purchase I know bad luck just happens sometimes like with a hard to solve fuse problem. But I am back to riding it everyday and should be approaching 2,000 miles soon. Peace to all gas savers out there and penny pitcher's!
And a great big shout out to Steve at Power Ride Outlet THANKS! Your efforts will not be forgotten.
So I called Steve back at Power Ride Outlet and he sent me another part which took some more time to arrive which it finally did and I put it on and still nothing happened. I was sick to say the least! Two months of collecting dust in my garage it just sat. Finally I decided to take it to a shop for someone else to look into.
Here is the fix which took them some time to find as well. The fuse under the battery compartment looked fine. But the little wire that is soldered to each cap came unsolder-ed on one end. Now believe me I tested this fuse several times as well as the battery here is why it tested good. When you open the plastic holder to put the test meeter on each end of the fuse it placed enough pressure on the fuse end to make a connection so voltage was fine so was continuity. Voltage was fine on the battery as well as on some of the leads under the gauges that I tested.
Talk about a hard problem to solve! When the fuse plastic clip was closed and the seat was put down the little wire failed to make a connection so there was not any power to the controls or key! When the seat was lifted and the battery and fuse was tested it tested fine as the pressure of the test lead was enough to make the wire connect. This drove myself and well as the repair guy nuts!
So I installed a better fuse and the scooter fired right up after sitting not running at all for over two months! I still love my scooter! I hate the damn fuse but love the scooter! And a little something about Power Ride Outlet and Steve the guy that helped me there most these guys are relentless about helping out when you report a problem! Steve called me all the time to see if my part came in or to give me a status report as to why the shipping was running behind. He even got the repair guy there to phone me and attempt to help me over the phone. Excellent service! Excellent product! Still happy with purchase I know bad luck just happens sometimes like with a hard to solve fuse problem. But I am back to riding it everyday and should be approaching 2,000 miles soon. Peace to all gas savers out there and penny pitcher's!
And a great big shout out to Steve at Power Ride Outlet THANKS! Your efforts will not be forgotten.
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