Dogboy900
28th March 2013, 19:25
I picked up my girlfriends new CBR 250 from the bike shop today (new tyres, chain, sprockets, fork seals). All good riding it home along the motorway, until I get close to the Terrace Tunnel and it kind of feels like its not running quite right, just not responding to the throttle right. I filter through the cars queueing for the tunnel and it starts to get worse. I pull into a gap and as the traffic moves I can't move forward? The motor is revving fine but as I let the clutch out I don't move? Then I realise that the front brake has somehow jammed on.
By now there is a big pile of cars behind me looking impatient. I tried to manhandle it off to the side, but thats pretty hard with an immobile front wheel! Next thing a guy a few cars back jumps out and offers to help and we get it to the side and he runs back to his van.
As the traffic starts moving a ute pulls in in front of me and offers to chuck the bike on the back AND the original guy who helped pulls over as well, the three of us load it up and head to a parking spot just off the end of the motorway. As we are creeping along in the traffic my nephew pulls up on his bike and tags along to see whats wrong.
So we get there unload the bike, I offer my profuse thanks and the two good samaritans head off after making sure I can get home with my nephew. We stand around trying to figure out whats gone wrong and as the brakes cool they start to release a bit so I decide I will try to limp home while my nephew follows. At this point he says "does that dude have your helmet in his ute".... FUCK! Left my helmet and gloves in his ute! Luckily my nephew had a spare helmet on his bike!
So I get home and remember the company name on the ute. After a couple of calls I get the guys name and number and I give him a call. He is not far from my place having a drink with a couple of mates, so he offeres to drop my helmet off to me. When he arrives all he can do is thank me for tracking him down so he can get my helmet back to me!
Chris Jones from PCL Ashphalts you are a bloody good bastard! You saved my weekend. And the other unknown helper you have my thanks too. You both saved me heaps of trouble!
I doubt either of them will ever read this but I will be dropping some beers off to PCL next week!
By now there is a big pile of cars behind me looking impatient. I tried to manhandle it off to the side, but thats pretty hard with an immobile front wheel! Next thing a guy a few cars back jumps out and offers to help and we get it to the side and he runs back to his van.
As the traffic starts moving a ute pulls in in front of me and offers to chuck the bike on the back AND the original guy who helped pulls over as well, the three of us load it up and head to a parking spot just off the end of the motorway. As we are creeping along in the traffic my nephew pulls up on his bike and tags along to see whats wrong.
So we get there unload the bike, I offer my profuse thanks and the two good samaritans head off after making sure I can get home with my nephew. We stand around trying to figure out whats gone wrong and as the brakes cool they start to release a bit so I decide I will try to limp home while my nephew follows. At this point he says "does that dude have your helmet in his ute".... FUCK! Left my helmet and gloves in his ute! Luckily my nephew had a spare helmet on his bike!
So I get home and remember the company name on the ute. After a couple of calls I get the guys name and number and I give him a call. He is not far from my place having a drink with a couple of mates, so he offeres to drop my helmet off to me. When he arrives all he can do is thank me for tracking him down so he can get my helmet back to me!
Chris Jones from PCL Ashphalts you are a bloody good bastard! You saved my weekend. And the other unknown helper you have my thanks too. You both saved me heaps of trouble!
I doubt either of them will ever read this but I will be dropping some beers off to PCL next week!