That is pretty crap service Tele - not by BMW, but by the 6 providers. There's NRMA at Walcha and Gloucester. I don't recognise the location from your pic (don't usually look sideways on that road), but by definition it must have been less than 75km from one end or the other of Thunderbolts well within daylight business hours.
The Taree guy has had to drive 75km just to get to Gloucester before starting the north run on Thunderbolts itself.
How did you get on overnight?
By the way I have a dedicated bike trailer here at home that is always ready to go.
Thank you very much Peter.
I was about 75k from Walcha and about 55k from Gloucester. With no outbound or inbound verbal comms (only the SPOT assistance message and some written details to two passing motorists) I had no real idea as to who may have been coming to assist me or when they might arrive. I assumed (given my location) that someone would arrive around 18:30 or 19:00. My first messages went out at about 14:30, so I figured about four hours or so by the time BMW would get the message, organise a pick up and then have someone physically arrive to that location.
By 20:30 when darkness had descended, the passing traffic pretty much dried up so I had planned on a night in the grass by the roadside. Luckily it was a pleasant evening. Beautiful starry night and moderate temps. I was expecting a towage contractor to arrive at any tick of the clock. I settled down in the most comfortable spot I could find, set up my jacket as a pillow and laid back to wait whatever was to come. It was quite pleasant until the mozzies arrived.
At about 21:45 a car pulled up. It was my wife. When BMW road service had told her they could not find anyone to collect me, she packed some clothes and toiletries, hopped in the car and drove from Newcastle. She had the GPS coordinates , so roughly knew where to look. Took the poor dear nearly four hours to get there due to driving in the dark on twisty mountain roads which are not at all familiar to her. She packaged me up and we drove into Walcha where we were lucky to snag a motel room for the night. Stayed in Walcha until Saturday morning when the Taree towie called and said he would be on site by about 10:00. We drove from Walcha back to the bike to meet up with him.
I was relaxed enough about spending the night roadside. I had half a bottle of water left, so I was OK. (I wish I packed toilet paper on the bike ...........). But I must say, the night in a comfy motel bed with my lovely wife was a much better option. And we stopped at Gloucester community markets on Saturday morning for a very pleasant diversion on the way home.
And by the way: I have had two lengthy phone calls with BMW Motorrad Customer Service managers. They have promised a full investigation into my case including interviews with the staff involved and the contractors who declined to assist on the Friday afternoon.