Saviours of the broken and hopeless

**ego** · 27th March 2012, 12:16

Prologue:
been battling with a battery issue for a few days now, after pushing it 2km home (thought it would be a great idea to go for a ride with a dead/dying battery), breaking down in the city with the new battery (again thinking i would manage the trip home with obvious battery issues) and pushing it to Britomart car park who were kind enough to let me store my bike there overnight free of charge

and then came the hero of the tale, Mr. Kevin Lewis of Motorcycle Recovery Specialists was kind enough to meet me at the car park and tow the bike to Botany Honda where it now resides in safe hands for mechanical attention. he's a great guy, really friendly, and had just finished saving another biker who broke down on the motorway (in the fast lane the poor bugger). definitely good to keep their contact information in your phone should trouble manage to find its way to you, and they also offer a service where if you've been out drinking they'll pick up your bike, you and your pillion and get you home safe

link to their facebook page to show em some love

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Motorc...47474728622719

**gijoe1313** · 27th March 2012, 13:10

You ain't Gremlin's brother are ya?

**Gremlin** · 27th March 2012, 13:22

Originally Posted by gijoe1313

You ain't Gremlin's brother are ya?

He is indeed

It is perhaps worthwhile to mention I told him to get it checked out by Botany Honda (I ain't attempting to figure out lecky stuff around batteries) but no, he couldn't be bothered. Seems he can now, after pushing it a few times... funny how it works aye?

Kevin is indeed good though, haven't used him, but I've seen him as recovery at Hampton Downs, behind organised big rides etc. Mobile is 021 156 9448...

**baffa** · 27th March 2012, 13:52

God you mean there's two of them?

**gijoe1313** · 27th March 2012, 13:58

Ah well, if he had mentioned earlier about the problems, maybe I could have helped. Fixed many a lekky prob on my lil'ol'hornet (with plenty of other assistance!)

**oneofsix** · 27th March 2012, 13:59

Originally Posted by baffa

God you mean there's two of them?

Mr Broken and Mr Hopeless.

**willytheekid** · 27th March 2012, 14:06

Originally Posted by baffa

God you mean there's two of them?

DEAR GOD!

....RUN!!!!

**Paul in NZ** · 27th March 2012, 14:26

Originally Posted by baffa

God you mean there's two of them?

Dear God someone let them get wet.... Don't feed them after midnight whatever you do....

**ego** · 27th March 2012, 16:14

yeah i dont visit the site as much as i should, gremlin does the trawling and i eat the fish. it was only when i posted the thank you that i saw all the other threads from helpful little bike rescuers that i realised i was not alone and that somewhere...out there...there was hope

on a side note, anyone needs help pushing their bike some place? im a professional now