Ryan
New Member
I'll apologize in advance if this is not the right place to post this, but I need to know of any recommended BDM service places in the St Louis, MO, or Metro East area. Here's the problem.
My 2003 Chopper died on a poker run today. Thankfully, my wife was riding our trike at the time so I had a way to get home to get my truck and trailer ~ 3 hours later my dog is home.
Shortly after making a turn onto a remote country road the clutch lever snapped while shifting into 3rd and about 1 mile later all the electronics took a dump. My odometer is a Dakota digital and it started flashing on and off and the motor was spitting and sputtering at the same time. Luckily, I found neutral (light was out) before I was jerked to a sudden stop and was able to coast to the shoulder safely.
When I say the lever snapped, it was the piece about 1/2 inch wide that the cable attaches to that snapped completely away from the lever. The cable remained attached to that piece so nothing was dangling. I thought I could limp to the nearest town which was maybe 7 miles away but no such luck. Less than a mile later, the electronics went bizarre and there was no way to stop it. Shortly after crapping out on the side of the road, I called insurance (Allstate) for a tow but they couldn't find my policy (I'll be discussing that with my worthless agent). So I pushed the Chopper to the nearest farm house and luckily the biker-friendly resident was gracious enough to let me stow the bike behind his barn while I road with my wife on the trike to get my trailer.
Now I need to get the bike somewhere for diagnostics and repair. My gut tells me that the clutch is toast and maybe the transmission, too. As for the electronics, I'm hoping it's just a case of the speed sensor in the transmission tacking a beating from no tension on the clutch cable. That could be naive but I'm hopeful.
So this brings me back to the reason for this post. I need to know where to take my bike for reliable service; hopefully, someplace within 100 miles of Fairview Heights, IL. Thanks in advance for any help offered or directing me to a better place to post this plea for help.
My 2003 Chopper died on a poker run today. Thankfully, my wife was riding our trike at the time so I had a way to get home to get my truck and trailer ~ 3 hours later my dog is home.
Shortly after making a turn onto a remote country road the clutch lever snapped while shifting into 3rd and about 1 mile later all the electronics took a dump. My odometer is a Dakota digital and it started flashing on and off and the motor was spitting and sputtering at the same time. Luckily, I found neutral (light was out) before I was jerked to a sudden stop and was able to coast to the shoulder safely.
When I say the lever snapped, it was the piece about 1/2 inch wide that the cable attaches to that snapped completely away from the lever. The cable remained attached to that piece so nothing was dangling. I thought I could limp to the nearest town which was maybe 7 miles away but no such luck. Less than a mile later, the electronics went bizarre and there was no way to stop it. Shortly after crapping out on the side of the road, I called insurance (Allstate) for a tow but they couldn't find my policy (I'll be discussing that with my worthless agent). So I pushed the Chopper to the nearest farm house and luckily the biker-friendly resident was gracious enough to let me stow the bike behind his barn while I road with my wife on the trike to get my trailer.
Now I need to get the bike somewhere for diagnostics and repair. My gut tells me that the clutch is toast and maybe the transmission, too. As for the electronics, I'm hoping it's just a case of the speed sensor in the transmission tacking a beating from no tension on the clutch cable. That could be naive but I'm hopeful.
So this brings me back to the reason for this post. I need to know where to take my bike for reliable service; hopefully, someplace within 100 miles of Fairview Heights, IL. Thanks in advance for any help offered or directing me to a better place to post this plea for help.
lets help this guy out. I glad no one said he need air in his front tire 
