Got a flat tyre today...

[jimichelle]

i went past a woman standing by her car door no bonnet up just standing there
it wasnt till my wife said stop so i turned around and saw a set of jumper cables in her hand
i saw her but didnt it register that she needed help
next time signal 99 % of people will stop

[Edbear]

I'll invariably stop for a biker on the side of the road, (topless or not..), as it is rare that a biker will stop on the side of the road unless something is wrong.

Cars are a different matter, and I usually try to ascertain by looking whether they need immediate help or not.

[hellokitty]

i think i would be to scared to stop with all them tats........ but if you where top less on the side of the road i more than likey crash..........OH shit BOOBYS.....

to be serious......as the other chap said. i also slow down and do the you ok thumbs up signal........

JMJ

You can't see the tattoos when I have my bike gear on! Most people are shocked when they see them as apparently I don't look as if I would be tattooed
If you looked through the Kiwi Rider photos from the 2010 pink ribbon ride you would see what my face looks like - not scary at all! Kinda geeky in fact
Just ask Mom or Maha - they have seen me in real life and they didn't run away screaming!

Next time I will do the thumbs down......

[hellokitty]

I'll invariably stop for a biker on the side of the road, (topless or not..), as it is rare that a biker will stop on the side of the road unless something is wrong.

Cars are a different matter, and I usually try to ascertain by looking whether they need immediate help or not.

I know you would stop!

[baptist]

Think I better get a kit as well

[Edbear]

I know you would stop!

Ha ha! But of course! It's that biker's commaraderie I think.

[hellokitty]

Ha ha! But of course! It's that biker's commaraderie I think.

Maybe.... I have my suspicions that you may be a gentleman

The sad thing is that we are taking my husbands kids home tomorrow and I was looking forward to going for a ride with him in the afternoon - one of the rare chances when we don't have his kids - can't do it now with a flat tyre.
We put air in it and we could hear it wooshing out from wherever the leak is

Of course, I can ride his bike and leave him at home lol!

[Edbear]

Maybe.... I have my suspicions that you may be a gentleman

The sad thing is that we are taking my husbands kids home tomorrow and I was looking forward to going for a ride with him in the afternoon - one of the rare chances when we don't have his kids - can't do it now with a flat tyre.
We put air in it and we could hear it wooshing out from wherever the leak is

Of course, I can ride his bike and leave him at home lol!

Yeah, I often find the air coming out where the leak is...

(Sorry, couldn't resist that one... )

[hellokitty]

Yeah, I often find the air coming out where the leak is...

(Sorry, couldn't resist that one... )

Smart arse - I didn't think it would be such a loud gush of air coming out - I couldn't see anything obvious, but it must big, especially as the tyre went flat so quickly.

[schrodingers cat]

Is it just me or do you get the feeling that most of the respondants thus far would ride past shouting advice?

Mechanical (or pneumatic) misadventure sucks

[hellokitty]

I find it interesting the kind of people that stop. When my ute (RIP) broke down, I had boy racers stopping to help me, and even just pulling over for a chat (weird)

I am glad it was only a flat tyre.

[junkmanjoe]

hi hellokitty.

i just had a look at all the photos on the 2010 pink ribbon ride.
im sorry i dont know who im looking for.. but great turn out in the number of bikes, would have been a buzz the be part of a mass ride like this, all going to a great cause...

http://kiwiridermagazine.blogspot.co...bbon-ride.html

P:S no miss intention meant about your art work..it looks really good to tell the truth.

maybe buy a panda pack just in case, only thing is, there quite messy.
i carry spare tubes and tire levers in my tool pack...its an arse of a job changing a tube on the side of the road, but its better than walking....

JMJ

[hellokitty]

hi hellokitty.

i just had a look at all the photos on the 2010 pink ribbon ride.
im sorry i dont know who im looking for.. but great turn out in the number of bikes, would have been a buzz the be part of a mass ride like this, all going to a great cause...

http://kiwiridermagazine.blogspot.co...bbon-ride.html

P:S no miss intention meant about your art work..it looks really good to tell the truth.

maybe buy a panda pack just in case, only thing is, there quite messy.
i carry spare tubes and tire levers in my tool pack...its an arse of a job changing a tube on the side of the road, but its better than walking....

JMJ

Yes there are about a million photos on there! I had another look but got bored....
I think I am near the end.

A guy offered me Panda for the tyre but I was told that with spoked wheels, I will have a tyre with a tube and therefore Panda is no good.

Anyway, that is why I am an AA member, so they can help me - failing that I am a member of the Honda Riders club and they have some sort of help available too.

[Edbear]

Yes there are about a million photos on there! I had another look but got bored....
I think I am near the end.

A guy offered me Panda for the tyre but I was told that with spoked wheels, I will have a tyre with a tube and therefore Panda is no good.

Anyway, that is why I am an AA member, so they can help me - failing that I am a member of the Honda Riders club and they have some sort of help available too.

That's the only thing I worry about with my bike, the spoked rims and tubes. So far so good, but I do wonder whether a set of alloys of the C50C might be a better bet. Trouble is the spoked wheels look so good...

[Quasi]

Hey Kitty - sorry to hear no one came to your aid. I had exactly the same thig happen to me this afternoon. Rolled into Greytown with a rapidly deflating tyre. I had two gorgeous knights in shining armor come to my aid. One now has Great Yella on the back of his ute and is going to drop her off at my mechanic in Masterton tomorrow. The other wonderful knight pillioned me home to Martinborough on the back of his 1098. A machine nearly as sexy as Great Yella (okay, perhaps just a tad more sexy) but bloody hell - not made for two up at all

Thanks Kelly and Pete for rescuing me. and like you - off to the tyre shop this week to get tyre panda, and co2 bottles and stuff. Plus learn how to us it