Topic: Tunnel Breakdown….Scary!!!!

[supersport_CB400F]

My bike stopped in the middle 2.13 mile tunnel tonight, I’m glad it was Sunday night and not a busy time!  I had no place to put the bike, a couple of cars avoided me and it was scary stuff I have to admit…..phewwww I’ll use the bridge over the river next time.

[GroovieGhoulie]

What happened? 

[supersport_CB400F]

What happened? 

GG it just stopped no lights no nothing! I stopped the bike as far over as I could, I waited for the bang as the cars avoided me, I sat for about 2 seconds and looked for a place to go for safety and the idiot lights and head and tail came on …hit the button and it fired up. I then I rode out and we won’t be going back that way again the thing is a race track, it’s a toll road so has no speed cameras  and I was stuck on a bend one of the regulation is you don’t change lanes (2 each way) and I was stopped in one of them…. bloody scary mate! 

[jtb]

Glad it fired back up and you got out without incident.

[mcpuffett]

is that the mersey tunnel dave? , hope you got the bike sorted ,  mick.

[Raul CB750K1]

Many years ago, I was driving my siblings and mother to my grandma's burial, and we got a flat tire in the middle of a 3 km-long tunner. No way to get out as it came flat suddenly. "No big deal" I thought, just stop here and change the wheel. The one with the puncture was in the same side of the passing traffic and I must say it was scary stuff. In five minutes we where good to go, when a Land Rover from the highway maintenance patrol stopped by and said if we needed help. We said "no thanks, we are done" and he said about using the emergency phones next time. "What for?" I asked, I can change a wheel. "At least we can come here and signal the coming traffic to slow down". Fair enough I thought, but how many chances there are to get a flat tire again in a given 3 km piece of road?


We arrived to the burial on time.


Raul

[ChrisR]

Glad you got out ok, biffta, the noise in there must have been incredible. Scary situation. Now you know how a hedgehog feels

[supersport_CB400F]

is that the mersey tunnel dave? , hope you got the bike sorted ,  mick.

Yes Mick the old one built in the 1920’s for horse and carts…….I’m looking at the wires before I go out again on the bike, it was a most uncomfortable moment  with cars passing a couple of inches away not something I want to do again I can tell you!!!! 

[supersport_CB400F]

Glad you got out ok, biffta, the noise in there must have been incredible. Scary situation. Now you know how a hedgehog feels

Never heard all the other noise until my engine stopped, then things got loud, strange feeling….I never want to be a hedgehog again!

[malcolmgb]

Phew!!! glad you both survived it Dave.

On a lighter note, mine stopped on Saturday night, I ran out of petrol  switched to reserve and we were away again