Roadside Repair Kits

[GoldOxide_imp]

One of the coolest benefits of an [url=http://www.americanmotorcyclist.com]AMA membership is that they will provide towing for automobiles in your household as well. We've used it twice in the last three years.

That is a great benefit.

[rboe]

We do have AAA coverage for motorcycles. However; for some of the areas I go there's no cell coverage. If you can't call for help then help can't come. sigh.....

[GoldOxide_imp]

We do have AAA coverage for motorcycles. However; for some of the areas I go there's no cell coverage. If you can't call for help then help can't come. sigh.....

Understood. Similar to what Django experienced in the desert states. Not surprising in mountain ranges, but I thought by 2019 [the flat parts of] the desert would be covered at the very least 2G. Guess not quite so.

[rboe]

If you look at coverage maps you'll see big gaps of coverage in the mountain states. sigh

[Stichill_imp]

One bad thing about AMA: they'll retrieve your bike if you break down. However, if you wreck then they won't come to your aid. My buddy had AMA and his wife went off the road on her CTX700 on Tail of the Dragon due to target fixation. She wasn't hurt thankfully because she just rode into a grassy ditch and didn't hit anything. But the bike was nearly unrideable. There's no cell service on the Dragon or at Deal's Gap either. After struggling to reach AMA on the Deal's Gap land line, he found out that they would not come to their members' aid for an accident. He coasted the wrecked bike back to the 'resort' and called a towing service on his own to take the bike to a shop, where it was subsequently totaled.

[GoldOxide_imp]

One bad thing about AMA: they'll retrieve your bike if you break down. However, if you wreck then they won't come to your aid. My buddy had AMA and his wife went off the road on her CTX700 on Tail of the Dragon due to target fixation. She wasn't hurt thankfully because she just rode into a grassy ditch and didn't hit anything. But the bike was nearly unrideable. There's no cell service on the Dragon or at Deal's Gap either. After struggling to reach AMA on the Deal's Gap land line, he found out that they would not come to their members' aid for an accident. He coasted the wrecked bike back to the 'resort' and called a towing service on his own to take the bike to a shop, where it was subsequently totaled.

Gee, all-round bummer experience for sure.

[Bheezy27403_imp]

I had laid my Bonneville down and called my AMA service and they were on the way before I realized I could get her home as she was.

[Stichill_imp]

That’s interesting, Bheezy. I’ll need to check the member site.

[IndianRider_imp]

Going back to carrying tire repair kits, I USED to carry a smaller/compact motorcycle tire patch/plug kit with the 2 smaller and shorter tools.

We had a fella on a R1200RS have a rear tire flat at “The Junction”, a common but less well known congregation spot than the famous Alices in the SF Bay Area. After removing the small nail, It was a real biotch trying to file the tire with the compact MC kit and this very nice local kid in a pickup truck brings out his heavy duty patch kit for cars/trucks which basically has longer handles for the file and plugger and gets her done in a couple of minutes. Seriously !!

I’ve since carried a larger kit more of a car/tire spec kit since that incident. The tiny air compressor still worked just fine airing his tire up to spec .. cheers


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[Gone in 60]

I stopped carrying a kit a few years ago. I guess I'm tempting fate that nothing will happen to my bike or its tires on the road. With my current commute, I'm just 12 miles door to door, and I'd be stopped on the side of a freeway, not conducive to motorcycle repair. More conducive to calling the office and saying "Come get me, and bring the van."

I have AMA, but signed up at a show recently for a new service that Law Tigers is promoting (Ok, I mainly signed up so the pretty girl would hand me a goody bag full of stuff). Supposedly, if you sign up for their program, if you have a problem on the road, you call their 800 number, and they'll connect you with a rider in the area who can come bring you gas, tools, etc. I had to check boxes saying what I would be willing to do for a rider if I were called. Hope I never need it, but nice to know, if it's a real thing and not just a scam to get you to engage their legal services.