Push. Don't Paddle.

It was a bright and sunny morning when it happened.

Stevie, my Honda Steed VSE 400 was fine like any other day; able to start and idle while I was suiting up.

Riding for 200 meters or so (but still in the car-park), I had to stop because a car was reversing back into a lot. After the car had parked, I wanted to throttle and move off but Stevie just would not start.

So I pressed the electric starter a few times but to no avail. I flicked the kill switch a few times, pulled the choke, turned off my engine, turned on my engine.. still nothing.

Despondent, I decided that the only thing left to do is to park my bike at the usual motorcyle lot, which was about 200 meters away. So since I wasn't very good at getting off my bike and pushing it around, I decided to paddle my way back to the motorcycle lot, because to me, it made more sense to paddle my bike around than to push 200kg of metal.

But I was wrong.

Because the ground wasn't even, I had to exert a lot more force when I was paddling up some bumpy areas. And to be honest, my arms were aching after paddling halfway.

Finally after 10 minutes (and plenty of stops in between) I finally reached the motorcycle lot.

To cut the long story short, a fellow biker friend who lives a street away came to help and push start Stevie, and we headed to my mechanic at Ubi thereafter.

At the workshop, the mechanic identified that my battery was weak, and needed to be replaced. To cut the long story short again. he replaced it, tested my alternator and rectifier with a multimeter, and said that Stevie's good to go.

I of course, told the boyfriend about the whole ordeal, and whined about how exhausted I was after paddling my bike for 200 meters.

Instead of being sympathetic, he said that I should have get off my bike and pushed it instead. He then insisted that I try pushing my bike while he stood close-by.

Damn. I hate it when he's right.

Lesson learnt: Push. Don't Paddle. If you can't push, then get help, or pray for good samaritan to come by.


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