The Good The Bad and The Helpful

[ntst8]

The Good - wonderful sunny Sunday at last, took the old bike out for a dose of vitamin D, nice solo ride before a planned meeting up with some others until...

The Bad - flat tyre in middle of nowhere. Wheel off, tyre levers out, tyre ok, tear in tube has emerged from behind a previous shop patch all patched and away i go heading for home and half way there same again tube now beyond hope.

The Helpful - the three bikers from Auckland who stopped to assist on the first and the three local bikers who stopped and helped at the second - including their mate who dropped me home so i could get a trailer etc. Box of beer for his troubles.

Plenty of cars passed without looking, zero bikes passed without stopping - good on you guys.

[duckonin]

yep would have to be a real prick who rode on passed, any one needing a hand, top marks for those that helped you...

[awayatc]

what goes round comes round.......

[Kiwi Graham:Me]

Tis warming to hear the good stuff. You dont see cage drivers stopping to help other cage drivers eh. We have to keep an eye out for each other

[CookMySock]

You dont see cage drivers stopping to help other cage drivers eh.

I have ALWAYS done that. If anyone is stopped on the side of the road looking a bit lost, I go make sure they are ok. Done this for 25 years.

Fucked if I would know what to do with a sportbike tyre though..

Steve

[The Joka]

I have a similair story..

Good - Sunny Sunday, ride into the Hunuas.. Damn Kawakawa bay and its sliding mud!

Bad - Side stand playing up.

Helpful - 15+ bikes that all either slowed down, stopped or at least checked I was okay. Waved every single bike through but no one went past without checking!

Ugly - me doing the repairs! hahaha ended up just looping the damn wire.

Was an awesome road I had never travelled too!