The picture above shows me and some friends, whilst on a pretty wet trip around the north coast of Scotland. The gentleman in the middle of the image is my friend Nick. Nick is a 79 year old pensioner with cancer; and this is the story about how the RAC left Nick to sleep rough with his bike in a petrol station!
First of all, I'd like to say how awesome it is that Nick still rides. The trip to Scotland wasn't easy, even for someone in their 30's like me. So to be able to still do this kind of thing at his ripe old age, really is incredible. I just hope that the experience he has suffered at the hands of the RAC hasn't put him off other such adventures.
The trip started off great (albeit wet), but on the third day of the trip, Nick started having electrical issues with his brand new Triumph Street Twin. His bike's traction control light kept coming on and the bike was constantly going in to "limp home mode" - where the bike's computer cuts the power significantly.
We managed to limp the bike to Ullapool, where Nick, a retired car mechanic, pulled out his tool kit to start having a look. It soon became clear that the issue couldn't be fixed at the roadside as it needed specialist equipment.
Luckily, when Nick bought his shiny new Triumph a few months earlier, he got Triumph Assist breakdown cover with the bike, which is run by the RAC. So, Nick called them up and insisted the rest of us plod on to the next hotel. Nick was hopeful that the RAC could fix it and said he would meet us at the next hotel. Great!
Little did Nick know that this was the start of a 48 hour saga where and elderly, vulnerable man was left on his own, to sleep rough, by the RAC.
Enter Triumph Assist (The RAC).
RAC fails elderly biker in need
From: Kev Quirk
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