The brotherhood of bikers
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Good on him.
Wow, very impressive. And now the stranded fellow will certainly help others going forward. Basic Human kindness does still exist then don't it? Very cool.
And right at the roads edge....at night with cars FLYING past like that.....actually it was a potentially dangers situation. Very glad both it was sorted so well.
Good On Him
And right at the roads edge....at night with cars FLYING past like that.....actually it was a potentially dangers situation. Very glad both it was sorted so well.
Good On Him
This is commonplace in my neck of the woods also.
I have stopped even in my cage before.
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I have stopped even in my cage before.
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I would add that the last guy I stopped for was a guy in a suit and tie on a Honda scooter.
It had just stopped without any warning.
The scooter was only a month or so old and this guy (who turned out to be a doctor!) was clueless.
I quickly ascertained that he had no electrics at all. But it had just started and ran a few miles beforehand so it didn't sound like a dead battery.
After lifting the seat and a plastic cover secured with Phillips head screws, I saw that the negative battery lead had come unscrewed somehow. Was surprised to see that the gel cell battery is installed on it's side too.
A screwdriver to re-attach the lead got him going again. But the mystery remained as to who at the Honda dealership didn't tighten it down very well.
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It had just stopped without any warning.
The scooter was only a month or so old and this guy (who turned out to be a doctor!) was clueless.
I quickly ascertained that he had no electrics at all. But it had just started and ran a few miles beforehand so it didn't sound like a dead battery.
After lifting the seat and a plastic cover secured with Phillips head screws, I saw that the negative battery lead had come unscrewed somehow. Was surprised to see that the gel cell battery is installed on it's side too.
A screwdriver to re-attach the lead got him going again. But the mystery remained as to who at the Honda dealership didn't tighten it down very well.
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It is nice to see stories like this form bikers
I like these kinds of stories. This is the way we do things here. Like AJ, I have stopped in my truck on several occasions to help another biker.
I can't say that I bought anyone a cup of tea though. 
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No, but I have bought some another beverage, though. 
I have stopped and robbed a few does that count 
Not to hijack this thread but it got me to thinking about a conversation we had a year or so ago at a bike night.
Our little group has no real ties that would bring us together other than the bikes. We talked about golf, every time a foursome gets together they usually have something that brings them together other than golf. Four doctors, lawyers, airline pilots, neighbors, co-workers, etc. fishing partners are usually the same way, there is a tie prior to getting together to fish.
Our group is pretty diverse. I'm in the electric power generation industry, Tony2 is a college professor, Mike is a high school teacher, Corine was a felony warrants processor, Debbie a financial industry worker, Tim a quality control specialist in the oil drill bit field, Ed works in fabrication control, James is an IT specialist in the company I work for, Raul is an immigrant from Spain in the engineering field, Dick is our resident "Old Fart" retired for 20+ years from NCR, Jack is a prison system employee, and Scott is an engineer/lawyer working in a small design shop for his father.
None of us live close enough together that we would have met around the neighborhood. Most of us don't work at the same locations to have met. Our only connection to meet was a regional motorcycle forum that Scott owns. We all met at a bike night years ago and formed a bond over something. . . pie (ok Keys, I'll admit it) and motorcycles. And we ride to distant locations to meet folks just like us on the monthly pie runs that we would have never met without the forum or pie runs. I've got folks now all over the State that are closer friends than some of the ones I grew up with, all because of bikes. I look forward to the days I can sit and talk to the rocket scientist from Dallas, a truly interesting man. The guitarist from Lubbock that is currently touring with an up and coming singer/song writer is an interesting person to sit and talk to. Just looking at him you would never expect to have the type conversations we do.
We've met folks at gas stations or at the corner store and invited them to join us on a ride or for our Thursday night get togethers. Heck we even met some of them because either they or one of us had trouble on the road.
And here we are, scattered all over the world, speaking all kinds of English, freezing our tails off or melting in the heat with only one common tie, a Triumph based forum. Yet I feel we would be just the same as our Thursday night group. Love the chance to ride together and share a meal of 50 together.
Yeah, there is a Brotherhood and it is all
because of a motorcycle.
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Our little group has no real ties that would bring us together other than the bikes. We talked about golf, every time a foursome gets together they usually have something that brings them together other than golf. Four doctors, lawyers, airline pilots, neighbors, co-workers, etc. fishing partners are usually the same way, there is a tie prior to getting together to fish.
Our group is pretty diverse. I'm in the electric power generation industry, Tony2 is a college professor, Mike is a high school teacher, Corine was a felony warrants processor, Debbie a financial industry worker, Tim a quality control specialist in the oil drill bit field, Ed works in fabrication control, James is an IT specialist in the company I work for, Raul is an immigrant from Spain in the engineering field, Dick is our resident "Old Fart" retired for 20+ years from NCR, Jack is a prison system employee, and Scott is an engineer/lawyer working in a small design shop for his father.
None of us live close enough together that we would have met around the neighborhood. Most of us don't work at the same locations to have met. Our only connection to meet was a regional motorcycle forum that Scott owns. We all met at a bike night years ago and formed a bond over something. . . pie (ok Keys, I'll admit it) and motorcycles. And we ride to distant locations to meet folks just like us on the monthly pie runs that we would have never met without the forum or pie runs. I've got folks now all over the State that are closer friends than some of the ones I grew up with, all because of bikes. I look forward to the days I can sit and talk to the rocket scientist from Dallas, a truly interesting man. The guitarist from Lubbock that is currently touring with an up and coming singer/song writer is an interesting person to sit and talk to. Just looking at him you would never expect to have the type conversations we do.
We've met folks at gas stations or at the corner store and invited them to join us on a ride or for our Thursday night get togethers. Heck we even met some of them because either they or one of us had trouble on the road.
And here we are, scattered all over the world, speaking all kinds of English, freezing our tails off or melting in the heat with only one common tie, a Triumph based forum. Yet I feel we would be just the same as our Thursday night group. Love the chance to ride together and share a meal of 50 together.
Yeah, there is a Brotherhood and it is all
because of a motorcycle.
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And then there's Dave. . . stopping to rob us.
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Rumors have it that some bikers carry pie so one needs to check them all for such riches lurking in the saddle bags 
Those are the ones with more will power than me.
A true Knight of the road, Hemi was correct above, we do all this because of the motorbike. It's the one thing that binds us altogether, regardless of race or colour. Take all of us here on this forum, if someone has a problem, there's a wealth of free and helpful advice on hand every hour, day, month, and year.
Wouldn't it be just fantastic if somehow we could all meet up, the stories that would be told would go on for days, and leave all of us with lasting memories.
Have a great weekend and enjoy the ride
Wouldn't it be just fantastic if somehow we could all meet up, the stories that would be told would go on for days, and leave all of us with lasting memories.
Have a great weekend and enjoy the ride
If we all got together somehow, I wouldn't be able to speak a word without typing it...lol!
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I would probably have to type my conversation also. . . Way too many wouldn't be able to understand me. Sent from somewhere using Tapatalk
......And we'd be typing with thumbs only!
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