My first good deed!

[sil3nt]

Went out for a ride today to build up my confidence in taking corners (coz im crap) when i come across a couple of bikes (BMW F650 and Suzuki DL1000) on the side of the road as im heading home. I pull a U-Turn and ask what the problem is (not that i know anything about bikes). They tell me the BMW just died. I stand around and watch them check the fuel and battery and what not when they find the battery is now dead. This is where i do know what to do having killed the battery on my bike the first time i rode it. I jump on the bike and ride home grab the jumper leads and rock on down in my car Battery going and bike started but it keeps dieing. Helps when you turn the fuel petcock back to ON but i can't judge turning it off is how i killed the battery however we all laughed a little! They thank me and give me some job advice (and some car advice ) and head off to a car show in Te Awamutu and i leave feeling pretty darn pleased with myself for stopping and helping Lets hope Karma was watching

[tigertim20]

good onya mate. Ive noticed that generally, motorcyclists are WAY more likely to stop, and go out of their way to help out another biker, compared to cagers. I sat on the side of the road in a cage for an hour and a bit once, busy road, before someone even stopped to ask if I needed help, (bonnet up etc), but havent heard of anyone in my group of friends having to wait for more than one or two bikers to go past before one came back to help. thats my experience anyway.

[Vorno]

good onya mate. Ive noticed that generally, motorcyclists are WAY more likely to stop, and go out of their way to help out another biker, compared to cagers. I sat on the side of the road in a cage for an hour and a bit once, busy road, before someone even stopped to ask if I needed help, (bonnet up etc), but havent heard of anyone in my group of friends having to wait for more than one or two bikers to go past before one came back to help. thats my experience anyway.

I reckon thats the way to go! You get more road rage in cars anyway! :P

All Bikers should look out for each other I rekcon ^^ Afterall... there aren't that many of us compared to cars!

[fergie]

GOOD ONYA, your kindness will be re paid one day!

[Creeping Death]

Went out for a ride today to build up my confidence in taking corners (coz im crap) when i come across a couple of bikes (BMW F650 and Suzuki DL1000) on the side of the road as im heading home. I pull a U-Turn and ask what the problem is (not that i know anything about bikes). They tell me the BMW just died. I stand around and watch them check the fuel and battery and what not when they find the battery is now dead. This is where i do know what to do having killed the battery on my bike the first time i rode it. I jump on the bike and ride home grab the jumper leads and rock on down in my car Battery going and bike started but it keeps dieing. Helps when you turn the fuel petcock back to ON but i can't judge turning it off is how i killed the battery however we all laughed a little! They thank me and give me some job advice (and some car advice ) and head off to a car show in Te Awamutu and i leave feeling pretty darn pleased with myself for stopping and helping Lets hope Karma was watching

Well done that manIt will come back to you one day!

[Swoop]

Strange. I did a "euewey" to go and check on 2 bikes stopped in west Auckland yesterday. Same problem: Battery death.

Odd.


It is appreciated if you are stoppped by the side of the road, yet have everything under control, to please give a "thumb's up" to show you are all OK and do not require assistance.

[caseye]

Good on ya mate, we need more friendly helpers like you about.The thumbs up signal has prevented many a biker from dangereously pulling a euwey to come back and assist.
Looking out for one another should be our first priopity, then perhaps we may even assist the odd cager.

[No FX]

Lets hope Karma was watching

Good stuff for stopping, I bet the guys would have been stoked you went home to get jumper leads +1 for you

[sil3nt]

Dont worry i didn't put myself in any danger doing a "euewey" as i turned off the main road before i did it. I would say about 20 bikes maybe more would have passed them and they all just looked over and carried on.

[awayatc]

Lets hope Karma was watching

Karma doesn't watch.... it is like a revolving credit account....

I almost always stop and help cages and bikes alike......

I don't often break down myself, but every time I did need help in the past I got it.
Plenty of good people around, glad to hear you choose to be part of that group.
Good onya

[klingon]

It's a very satisfying feeling to stop and offer help - even if you think you have nothing much to offer because you don't know anything!

I've had one time when I stopped to see if a guy on the motorway was ok and it turned out he had just run out of petrol. He was close to an off-ramp and there was a petrol station nearby, but he just wasn't happy about leaving his bike parked there on the side of the motorway while he went to buy gas. So I ended up staying there to mind it while he went and bought a can of petrol. Didn't require any particular expertise on my part, just a willingness to stop and help a fellow biker.

I've also stopped and just kept someone company on the side of the road when his bike was broken down. He had already called his friend who was bringing a trailer. But he looked very forlorn alone on the side of the road with a broken bike so I was happy to just hang around and talk rubbish (as all bikers like to do) until help arrived.

Keep it up, sil3ntwar. It's the biker code.

[varminter]

No good turn ever goes unpunnished. Still, we do it anyway

[Str8 Jacket]

Man, nice to hear. On Saturday I was run off the road by a blonde bitch driving a 4WD carrying her horse trailer. I ended up stalling my bike in the process of riding up the grass bank. It was a bitch to kick start for awhile and I was there for a good 5-10 minutes.... 4 motorcyclists rode past me and they didnt even wave let alone stop!

Good onya mate for stopping!