you need a friendly local bike shop with a van, not a big one that dosnt care!! been on numerous local callouts up to midnight. its the personal touch not someone funding big showrooms and their own racing. we have even met AA vans at the unit at 2am with breakdowns. thing of the past now as only doing selective work as riders prefer lower prices then complain about treatment. not sour grapes , I love the easier life Im getting now.
regarding the AA, you can wait hours, then have to wait if their driving hours have run out. only a few dedicated bike recovery vans, and knowledgeable patrol men. they prefer to take you to a garage as bikes are harder to work on due to compactness. generally they just look at fuel and battery and that's their limit.
maybe there is the need for a chain of local vans willing to call out.....
