Thieves Strip Boy's Bike

[WarlockNZ]

From this day forth I`m going to help all stranded cute female cages, in the name of all motorcyclists.Dear Lord what I do for others.

I know ... its a hard job but someone has to do it .. lol

[ManDownUnder]

From this day forth I`m going to help all stranded cute female cages, in the name of all motorcyclists.Dear Lord what I do for others.

What's that - you're a bit flat - sure I can pump you up...

ooooo you mean the tire... errr... yeah - I'll help...

[ManDownUnder]

WOOP WOOP

WOOP WOOP

This just in from the National Sales Manager at Blue Wing Honda. He's right behind the initiative to get this little man's bike back on the road and has well... I'll let you read it for yourself.

Email #1 from Bluewing
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Thanks for bringing this to our attention - there really are some low people in this world.
BWH are happy to supply the plastics at no charge to Dowman McKeown Honda for this family. Unfortuantely it may be mid novembver until they arrive from overseas.
kind regards

And email #2
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From: Steve Meadows
Sent: Friday, 3 November 2006 1:57 p.m.
To: secret [person x
Subject: RE: You got any mates at Bluewing/Honda NZ?


Yes I have already spoken to Darryl Dowman. He had already ordered the parts and I have intercepted and amended his order.

regards

Steve
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Guys - this rocks... bigtime. The little fulla with his bike trashed just got an extra $400? (is it?) in kit????

BlueWing. Many many thanks

Methinks my next bike may be Red...

[McJim]

D'you think Hyosung would have gone the extra mile?

Get a VTR Warlock - y'know it's right - support those lovely people at BWH.

I still need to sign your L plate petition though - even though it no longer applies to me dude!

See ya on the road.

Good work.

[ManDownUnder]

D'you think Hyosung would have gone the extra mile?

To be honest it would not surprise me if they did. This isn't about what others would not have done - it's about what people did do. And it rocks

Something Steve from Blue Wing told me - this is about the motorcycling community, with a bunch of people pitching in. Focus on what's been done by the community, not what individuals contributed.

It's not verbose, but he said it even if it was different words.

[sunhuntin]

2 rockin emails!

wow....this is damned wicked!!! theres heaps of dosh for the boys gear now, and then some for his bank account!!

[MattRSK]

Buy him a KB calendar and a night on the piss!!

[Colapop]

Now now Matt It's not about you... (I'll get you a calender for xmas.)
Methinks a big padlock and chain,
Fox (or other MX brand) race kit (armour and stuff)
Boots
and a box of piss for the old man for getting the boy into biking in the first place!
Shit I think I'll have a beer to celebrate that!!

[MattRSK]

Shit I think I'll have a beer to celebrate that!!

Want some fried potato's and sizzlers?

[WarlockNZ]

Well .. shit .. who should i run into at the gas station than MDU himself, he gave me the low down on whats happened.

holy shit !! .. good on BWH for getting behind the cause. just for that i'll have to make a honda my next bike.

[sunhuntin]

Now now Matt It's not about you... (I'll get you a calender for xmas.)
Methinks a big padlock and chain,
Fox (or other MX brand) race kit (armour and stuff)
Boots
and a box of piss for the old man for getting the boy into biking in the first place!
Shit I think I'll have a beer to celebrate that!!

have a couple for me too mate! yep, padlock or some other antitheft device. pity the lock cant be used while riding! maybe a baseball bat...could stick in in a gun holster off an old army bike, lol.

[Colapop]

Nah jus teach him to ride with one hand on the bars and the other swinging the chain & padlock round his head! Shit yeah I'll have anopther beer than...

[WarlockNZ]

Right oh people,

I've just transferred the last of the donation money to Dowman Honda, being $172.76.

So that gives us a total amount of $770.

That should go a long way towards some decent gear for the little guy .. lol .. Don’t you just love it when Christmas comes early?

Once I have some photo's I’ll post them up for everyone to see but in the meantime I have a couple of things to say.

First, I’d like to once again thank all my fellows KB’ers for your support, you people are the cream of society, that’s right, the cream and I am proud to be counted among your numbers. You saw an injustice and you did something about it, how many people can say that about themselves?

Second, Dowman Honda. These blokes stepped up and came to the party and when I’m down that way next, I’ll be popping in to say hello and shake them all by the hand, Hell, I may even make the trip just to buy my next bike off them.

And finally, Blue Wing Honda. Holy shit!, what can you say, with the support of these guys we have managed to not only fix this young boys bike but we have managed to get him some kick ass gear as well. Thank you Blue Wing Honda, you guys rock!.

[Paul in NZ]

Well bugger me with a buttered stick of blackberry...

Well done folks - and in particular to WarlockNZ for stepping out and doing something with the contacts he had. A whip round was suggest, I dropped an email BUT this guy DID something and that snowballed into a grand thing indeed.

Would Honda have supported this so generously if KB had not highlighted it and got behind it? Maybe... But maybe they wouldn't have even heard about it - no disrespect intended but it was a small story from the boarderlands eh?

The point is..... Something magic happened and a bad bad thing was made into a very very good thing because a few good people acted. Thats a lesson for life - never be afraid of doing the right thing and selfless acts.

I'm proud of you all.... If you didn't have the $$ to make a donation this time, don't worry, if you thought this was a silly thing, at least you had the sense not to criticize...

This is KIWI biking at its best and I'm delighted...

[McJim]

To be honest it would not surprise me if they did..

I wouldn't be surprised if they did either - it's just a running thing with me and Maverick and Warlock where we slag off his banana coloured, flame retardant motorbike.

It was meant in jest - sorry if it was misinterpreted.