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Title: BROKEN-DOWN NORGE in North Carolina
Post by: mojohand on October 16, 2015, 04:15:31 PM
My brother just broke down on 74/23 near Balsam, NC, on his way to Blue Ridge MC. He got the ABS light and a red triangle. He pulled over and the bike died. Can anyone who has an idea call him?

His number is 804.691.0543. Please help!
Title: Re: BROKEN-DOWN NORGE in North Carolina
Post by: oldbike54 on October 16, 2015, 04:47:41 PM
 Bump . Don't worry , the forum will respond shortly . Balsam appears to be 70 miles or so West of Asheville NC .

  Dusty
Title: Re: BROKEN-DOWN NORGE in North Carolina
Post by: mojohand on October 16, 2015, 05:07:23 PM
He's now in Waynesville. Found a 10A blown fuse. Will try a 20a so he can get someplace safe
Title: Re: BROKEN-DOWN NORGE in North Carolina
Post by: mojohand on October 16, 2015, 05:33:30 PM
Trailer in the bike to BRMC. Will check things tomorrow in daylight. Sux.
Title: Re: BROKEN-DOWN NORGE in North Carolina
Post by: oldbike54 on October 16, 2015, 05:39:53 PM
 Yes ,"sux" , but it could be worse . Spent a night sleeping next to my Jackal in April waiting for daylight so I could see to diagnose a problem . Glad he found help  :thumb:

  Dusty
Title: Re: BROKEN-DOWN NORGE in North Carolina
Post by: elvisboy77 on October 16, 2015, 05:45:02 PM
Sorry to hear, hope it gets sorted!
Title: Re: BROKEN-DOWN NORGE in North Carolina
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on October 16, 2015, 06:52:24 PM
You guys and Guzzi have bad Mojo.. :evil:  :boozing: Sorry, couldn't pass it up, but I'm clueless as to what happened. Pete's been run oft again, so he'll be no help.
Title: Re: BROKEN-DOWN NORGE in North Carolina
Post by: Lannis on October 16, 2015, 07:39:47 PM
....Pete's been run oft again, so he'll be no help.

Nobody insulted him or anything, he just doesn't agree with the "GuzziDiag" advice given by some of his compatriots about 10 days ago and seems to be taking a break.   

Maybe if someone's stuck on the side of the road and he knows what the problem might be he'll come back?   

Lannis
Title: Re: BROKEN-DOWN NORGE in North Carolina
Post by: oldbike54 on October 16, 2015, 07:42:09 PM
Nobody insulted him or anything, he just doesn't agree with the "GuzziDiag" advice given by some of his compatriots about 10 days ago and seems to be taking a break.   

Maybe if someone's stuck on the side of the road and he knows what the problem might be he'll come back?   

Lannis

 He told me there was a 25 year old Eastern European girl involved  :shocked:

  Dusty
Title: Re: BROKEN-DOWN NORGE in North Carolina
Post by: mojohand on October 16, 2015, 07:44:29 PM
Ray made it to BRMC. We'll look at sorting things out tomorrow. mark is here and suggested disconnecting the battery to reset the ECU. We'll also look at grounding and any other obvious electrical shenanigans.
Title: Re: BROKEN-DOWN NORGE in North Carolina
Post by: Lannis on October 16, 2015, 07:45:13 PM
He told me there was a 25 year old Eastern European girl involved  :shocked:

  Dusty

He might have survived his Midget Porn phase, but he's going to wake up next to Jude with some important parts missing if there's a young Slovakian woman in the closet somewhere .....

Lannis
Title: Re: BROKEN-DOWN NORGE in North Carolina
Post by: Lannis on October 16, 2015, 07:46:56 PM
Ray made it to BRMC. We'll look at sorting things out tomorrow. mark is here and suggested disconnecting the battery to reset the ECU. We'll also look at grounding and any other obvious electrical shenanigans.

Shoulda taken the .... no, never mind.

Sorry this monkey wrench has been thrown into his trip, but sounds like he's got good help, and this will just "put another wrinkle in his arse" as they say (add to his knowledge and experience) .....

Lannis
Title: Re: BROKEN-DOWN NORGE in North Carolina
Post by: elvisboy77 on October 16, 2015, 07:50:51 PM
I don't blame Pete a bit for backing off from this site.
Title: Re: BROKEN-DOWN NORGE in North Carolina
Post by: oldbike54 on October 16, 2015, 08:01:27 PM
I don't blame Pete a bit for backing off from this site.

 He is still communicating , and would probably answer a serious question . Just don't mention bed bugs and Muskogee in the same sentence  :grin:

  Dusty
Title: Re: BROKEN-DOWN NORGE in North Carolina
Post by: Mayor_of_BBQ on October 16, 2015, 10:03:06 PM
dang sorry I missed this...  too late now but I've got a truck and trailer, in Asheville. Let me know if I can help
Title: Re: BROKEN-DOWN NORGE in North Carolina
Post by: mojohand on October 17, 2015, 08:31:04 AM
It looks like the battery's the culprit. After charging all night, it registered 11.3. Xmas tree sweep but just a click. No start. He's going to get a new battery and also trailer it home. Thanks all.
Title: Re: BROKEN-DOWN NORGE in North Carolina
Post by: Waltr on October 17, 2015, 09:19:13 AM
He told me there was a 25 year old Eastern European girl involved  :shocked:

  Dusty

I wonder if she was hauling root vegetables?
Title: Re: BROKEN-DOWN NORGE in North Carolina
Post by: Lannis on October 17, 2015, 06:10:36 PM
It looks like the battery's the culprit. After charging all night, it registered 11.3. Xmas tree sweep but just a click. No start. He's going to get a new battery and also trailer it home. Thanks all.

The 20-month-old NAPA AGM battery in my Norton just failed, too.    Was losing its charge for no reason, then wouldn't charge back up to 12.7.

An astonishing number of electrical problems on this list over the last 7 years have eventually been traced back to unexpectedly bad batteries.   Most of the rest are bad grounds ....

Lannis