Stage Tour I: from Munich to Cypres - Entries for: Austria
7° | dry to very wet | km 668
Fixing Basti's AT and goodbye austria
on 2012-10-13 in Austria, Slovenia
After some internet research Basti found a few bike dealers nearby. Sadly, everybody told him on the phone that the repair shop is closed on Saturdays and they couldn't help him.
- All but one! -
One Honda dealer a bit further away (150km) assumed already on the phone that the commutator and not the alternator is broken, because the alternator almost never breaks on an AT.
Since it was already 10:30 p.m. and the dealer told Basti he will (like everybody else he called) close at noon we had to break our no highway rule already on the second day! To make matters worse, this meant we had to buy a vignette for road taxes!
Anyway, at 12 p.m. sharp we arrived at Auto Dohr GmbH in Wolfsberg where Mr. Dohr jun. was already waiting for us. He assured us he wouldn't close his shop until we are finished fixing Basti's bike! What great customer service!
He even had an original AT commutator, but for the RD07 model. So Basti decided to go for a cheaper commutator originally for a Honda CBR which is known for its better reliability. It had one cable less than the original, but Basti made it work!
Having lost over half of the second day fixing Basti's AT we couldn't reach Croatia as planed. Soaking wet, we chose to spend the night in some hotel in Logatec in the middle of nowhere in Slovenia.
- All but one! -
One Honda dealer a bit further away (150km) assumed already on the phone that the commutator and not the alternator is broken, because the alternator almost never breaks on an AT.
Since it was already 10:30 p.m. and the dealer told Basti he will (like everybody else he called) close at noon we had to break our no highway rule already on the second day! To make matters worse, this meant we had to buy a vignette for road taxes!
Anyway, at 12 p.m. sharp we arrived at Auto Dohr GmbH in Wolfsberg where Mr. Dohr jun. was already waiting for us. He assured us he wouldn't close his shop until we are finished fixing Basti's bike! What great customer service!
He even had an original AT commutator, but for the RD07 model. So Basti decided to go for a cheaper commutator originally for a Honda CBR which is known for its better reliability. It had one cable less than the original, but Basti made it work!
Having lost over half of the second day fixing Basti's AT we couldn't reach Croatia as planed. Soaking wet, we chose to spend the night in some hotel in Logatec in the middle of nowhere in Slovenia.