Do you stop when a fellow rider is on the side of the road?

**98tls** · 5th July 2012, 21:03

Originally Posted by Kickaha

Does he live a bit further South and like running round naked?

Heres a clue mate,the pained look on Chrissys face is cause she just got stung by a wasp.

**caseye** · 5th July 2012, 21:07

Do yer fly up there Mr EWE No who! Still got those red undies on I see.
Thank God she'd stopped riding aye. Nasty they are.

**Akzle** · 5th July 2012, 21:13

depends where i am and what they look like.
if they look like sh*t's f*cked, then i stop, car or bike.
i carry many useful things with me so can at least try kicking things into shape, elsewise i can go for fuel etc or let them use my phone.

i'm more likely to stop if you're on a road that isn't a main one, or a through road, if you're on your phone i'll leave ya be, if you're kicking the vehicle i'll stop, wave me down i'll stop, if you're in the car with a map looking confused i'll stop...
if you're in auckland i'll point and laugh and toot and wave, if it's a crash and someone ended up parked on their roof i will give a round of applause...

**geoffm** · 5th July 2012, 21:16

Always stop - but one problem is seeing the biker in time to stop before it is to late (eg on the motorway).
I have picked up a couple over the years when I was in the van or with the trailer. Their good luck - beats pushing an XJ900 whale from Ramarama to the Drury gas station....
Had a tow in the past from bikes and cars, and a lift home when pushing the scooter after it died (again)

**Madness** · 5th July 2012, 21:24

I got a slow puncture after riding through roadworks on Monument Rd out the back of Clevedon a couple of years back, they laid rocks the size of apples all over the road that were sharper than Ginsu knives. A month later I was riding through the same stretch with a nice new rear tyre fitted when I came across a guy standing beside his CBR600 on the side of the road with a massive hole in his tyre. After much discussion and draining my cell battery trying to locate his wife, I rode home and jumped in the cage and hired a trailer from the servo. All up it took about 3 hours to get him somewhere safe and the trailer returned. Expenses covered on the day, a very nice perk job done since and I've got to know a true gentleman biker.

**CookMySock** · 5th July 2012, 21:49

I'll stop if there's anything I can actually DO about it, or if I know they have no cellphone coverage.

**Flip** · 5th July 2012, 22:15

I always stop. Even if they are on jap bikes, you never know if they need a light!

**gammaguy** · 5th July 2012, 23:42

i always stop

unless they are some idiot wearing a reflective vest

or they have a four stroke

or they are wearing shades instead of a visor

or they are a teenager on a bike they dont maintain correctly

or they are an old guy who should be driving a mobility scooter

or if they are a female whos bum looks too big in her leather pants

or they are a guy who looks too poor to afford the bike hes on so he obviously stole it

or someone on a ducati who doesnt have shredded knee sliders

like i said,i always stop

**Gremlin** · 6th July 2012, 01:18

Always... never know when the favour might be returned...

**munster** · 6th July 2012, 06:44

Nearly always, as long as it's safe to do so and I see them in time. Few flat tyres & out of gas etc

Even jump started a Harley of the the work ute.

**Road kill** · 6th July 2012, 06:52

Not if their on a jap sports bike.

**Maha** · 6th July 2012, 06:56

No, not my problem if dont have road side assist...
Normally they are just having a piss of a smoke, so I look the other way.

**Berries** · 6th July 2012, 07:05

Nah, fuck 'em. I have stopped a couple of times only to be told help wasn't needed. The only tool I carry on the bike is a cell phone, and I would expect the rider to have one anyway. Ran out of petrol in the Manuka Gorge once. Stood at the side of the road and waved down the next rider who gave me a croggy to the nearest petrol station and back.

Could I suggest that if you are out of petrol, broken down or however incapacitated you actually look for others who you can wave down, rather than mope around like an arse expecting people to use their Jedi skills to work out that you stopped in a stupid place for a stretch, a slash and a fag?

What we need is a KB distress wave.

**Maha** · 6th July 2012, 07:29

Originally Posted by Berries

Nah, fuck 'em. I have stopped a couple of times only to be told help wasn't needed. The only tool I carry on the bike is a cell phone, and I would expect the rider to have one anyway. Ran out of petrol in the Manuka Gorge once. Stood at the side of the road and waved down the next rider who gave me a croggy to the nearest petrol station and back.

Could I suggest that if you are out of petrol, broken down or however incapacitated you actually look for others who you can wave down, rather than mope around like an arse expecting people to use their Jedi skills to work out that you stopped in a stupid place for a stretch, a slash and a fag?

What we need is a KB distress wave.

A distress wave?... goes like this..