Help your fellow biker

**Phantom Limb** · 12th June 2013, 15:31

I was heading home last night as per usual cutting a swathe of destruction through the back country byways north of the Auck(actually just cruising, but that sounded better in my head). I pulled up to a stop sign and in the darkness I see the outline of a stricken biker, no hazard lights, beside a single carriage 100Kph road with no street lights, hmm, trouble. So I pull up and flick on my hazards to make the poor bugger more visible.

It turns out that he was just cruising along on his trusty 80's K series Beemer and she went dead in the water. No spark, no lights, no nothing. Not being a mechanic he really was not going anywhere. So I had him whip off the seat and proceeded to check battery terminals, fuses, the ignition switch, all the usual culprits. Nothing looked even remotely loose or corroded.

Something caught my eye though, there was a very dim light glowing feebly on the dash, ABS, brilliant. Sure enough, in the suitcase sized box next to the six pack o' stubbies sized Motronic ECU sat the mother of all motorcycle ABS controllers! When I say big, this mother was Hoooge! Anyway I whip the plug out of the box and presto, all the lights come back on, stick the plug in and she's back to the twilight zone. So I tuck the ABS plug in so it wont move about, we throw the seat on and my new mate Scotty is off into the night with nerry' a splutter.

I thought it was a good feel good yarn, you never know who you might meet out on the road, so pull up and lend a hand, even if it is just to provide a set of hazard lights on a dark night.

I did however learn that karma is a feking lie!
I'm on the road 5 minutes later with some warm fuzzies flowing as my good deed for the day was done. Come round a blind bend and theres a fekin' double bed square in the centre of my lane! I dont think I've ever thrown my bike that hard on it's side before, what a nasty bitch of an obstacle to dodge at highway speed.

Shiny side stayed up though, so no

for you lot today.

**unstuck** · 12th June 2013, 16:14

Good on ya fella, some people are just too scared to stop for anyone at night now.

**Dogboy900** · 12th June 2013, 16:24

Good on ya.
I had a couple of guys stop and help out when I broke down a while back. Got me out of a sticky situation with minimum fuss.

Buy yourself a beer you deserve one!

**granstar** · 12th June 2013, 17:23

Yup had a BMW rider stop for me in Christchurch after dead bike with electrical fail. He offered help and metric tools ( it's a Triumph mostly imperial and i had my ball of string) which i was very grateful of as well as the brief chat. It restored my faith in human mankind of the motorcyclist type. A previous topple over at a set of lights when my ( now discarded) rain leggings caught the footrest as putting foot down and around 30 cars just drove around me as I inconveniently blocked a lane, leaving myself to sort it, did fark all for respect for other motorists.

**Tigadee** · 12th June 2013, 17:54

OP - Green bling on its way to you!

**unstuck** · 12th June 2013, 17:59

Originally Posted by granstar

A previous topple over at a set of lights when my ( now discarded) rain leggings caught the footrest as putting foot down .

**russd7** · 12th June 2013, 18:01

good on ya dude, always good when somit works out

**russd7** · 12th June 2013, 18:02

Originally Posted by unstuck

Good on ya fella, some people are just too scared to stop for anyone at night now.

theres a damned good reason for that, they scared they gonna run in to you

**unstuck** · 12th June 2013, 18:06

Originally Posted by russd7

theres a damned good reason for that, they scared they gonna run in to you

And whats that supposed to mean? I am a very helpful soul.

**Mo NZ** · 12th June 2013, 18:48

onya.

Did you go back and remove the bed from the road?

**haydes55** · 12th June 2013, 18:54

Originally Posted by Mo NZ

onya.

Did you go back and remove the bed from the road?

Or where is it? I need a new bed

**Grashopper** · 12th June 2013, 18:56

Originally Posted by Phantom Limb

I did however learn that karma is a feking lie!
I'm on the road 5 minutes later with some warm fuzzies flowing as my good deed for the day was done. Come round a blind bend and theres a fekin' double bed square in the centre of my lane! I dont think I've ever thrown my bike that hard on it's side before, what a nasty bitch of an obstacle to dodge at highway speed.

Shiny side stayed up though, so no

for you lot today.

So it was dark, you were distracted, went around a blind corner and there was a big mofu of a bed on the road, but you managed to get around it anyway. Wouldn't say karma is a lie.

**Drew** · 12th June 2013, 18:57

Originally Posted by unstuck

And whats that supposed to mean? I am a very helpful soul.

Soul? Maybe.

Punk rocker, biker exterior? Your own description.

**Mom** · 12th June 2013, 19:04

Originally Posted by Phantom Limb

I did however learn that karma is a feking lie!
I'm on the road 5 minutes later with some warm fuzzies flowing as my good deed for the day was done. Come round a blind bend and theres a fekin' double bed square in the centre of my lane!
Shiny side stayed up though, so no

for you lot today.

Obviously karma thought you had done enough for one day and was encouraging you to have a lie down

Thanks for stopping too, that is so appreciated by one that is fuckt on the side of the road.