So I'm in the garage workin' on bikes........

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And I remember the beer store's closed Friday, and I'm going to be busy tomorrow night, so I throw my empties in my trunk, and head up Snake Rd. to Waterdown. Lot's of bikes out, both pedal and moto. Grab a few 9 packs of Cameron's Lager in town, and head back down Snake Rd. towards home. Coming through the valley and start up the hill towards the cemetery, and I see a guy on a bike at the side of the road half way up the hill. I think "that's not a good place to stop. he may be broken down", and slow right down. Pull up to the guy and ask if he's ok. He says not really, and asks if I know anything about bikes. I say "Ya, a bit", and pull up past the guard rail and off on the shoulder. As I'm walking back, 6 sportbikes drop into the valley heading towards Waterdown. I point to the guy and make the slit throat sign with my other hand. They all looked at me, looked away, and kept going (nice talikn' to ya, shmucks). Get to the Dead-in-the-water rider, see he's on a new CBR 250. Ask him whats wrong. he says the bike starts, but dies when he puts it in gear. He fires it up, snicks it into first, and it dies. I tell him there's a failsafe killswitch on the kickstand, and the bike wont run in gear with it down, Reach over with my foot and flip his stand up. "Try it now". He fires it up, snicks it into gear, and voila, it stays running. He rolls his eyes back and says he's a noob. I laughed, said we've all been there at one point. Love to stay and talk, but you're stopped in a really bad spot. Get your helmet on and get moving. Shook his hand and left.




And hearty virtual high five to the 6 guys that rode past and ignored a rider that may have been in serious trouble. Spodes.
 
"Shoe likes this".
 
You know...this actually was a cool story. Good on you for helping that rider out!
 
I think it's been proven that if you're in trouble and there is a group nearby no one will help. You have to point to an individual and tell them to do something. For some strange reason the opposite is true in the case of looting.

I feel bad when I'm on a highway and suddenly see a rider at the side but speed, lane change and or traffic make a stop too hard or dangerous unless I do a massive circle back.

P.S. For the newbs' a helmet placed behind the rear wheel is the standard "HELP REQUIRED" sign. Otherwise it could be a rider doing a map check.
 
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Ask him whats wrong. he says the bike starts, but dies when he puts it in gear. He fires it up, snicks it into first, and it dies. I tell him there's a failsafe killswitch on the kickstand, and the bike wont run in gear with it down, Reach over with my foot and flip his stand up. "Try it now". He fires it up, snicks it into gear, and voila, it stays running. He rolls his eyes back and says he's a noob. I
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Happened to me one morning, for 5 min I counldn't figure it out. Came in, googled, Duuuhhhhhhhhhh. Now I know.

*Also once stopped to see if this cruiser guy was ok on the city street, he was a few cars ahead and suddenly pulled up onto the sidewalk, and got out his phone. There was a car behind me, as I pulled up, rolled down my window, stopped for 5 seconds and asked if he was alright, he said "Im calling a the gf to let her know I'm on the way - lol:rolleyes: - good for him letting his loved one know hes coming.
A-hole guy behind me starts honking his F-ing horn. It's 5 seconds! Inconsiderate people these days.
 
If he didn't know that, I highly doubt he should even be riding the bike.
 
Dr.Manhattan said:
If he didn't know that, I highly doubt he should even be riding the bike.
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it's easy to forget.

after being shown how to do some maintenance on the bike we tested out the clutch that we had been working on... start her up, grab the clutch and toss her into gear and she dies... we did this a few times...

then we realized the kick stand was down. because the seat was off neither of us were kicking up the kick stand so we could sit (it's funny how much of starting the bike is muscle memory
 
Awesomes!! Need more riders like this. Good on you for helping.
 
If I am on my bike and see a rider at the side of the road, I slow down a bit, beep my horn to get their attention, and alternately give a thumbs up & thumbs down a few times. If they are OK they reply with a thumbs up. If they are in trouble they give a thumbs down and I stop.
 
ifiddles said:
and how is a noob supposed to know this if we're not told????...i took the m1 exit course and nothing was said about this...
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by doing it once. lol

or reading about it on here.

or a google search.

or reading the owners manual.

it happens, its one of those funny stories you can laugh about.

happened to me too.
 
FullMotoJacket said:
And I remember the beer store's closed Friday, and I'm going to be busy tomorrow night, so I throw my empties in my trunk, and head up Snake Rd. to Waterdown. Lot's of bikes out, both pedal and moto. Grab a few 9 packs of Cameron's Lager in town, and head back down Snake Rd. towards home. Coming through the valley and start up the hill towards the cemetery, and I see a guy on a bike at the side of the road half way up the hill. I think "that's not a good place to stop. he may be broken down", and slow right down. Pull up to the guy and ask if he's ok. He says not really, and asks if I know anything about bikes. I say "Ya, a bit", and pull up past the guard rail and off on the shoulder. As I'm walking back, 6 sportbikes drop into the valley heading towards Waterdown. I point to the guy and make the slit throat sign with my other hand. They all looked at me, looked away, and kept going (nice talikn' to ya, shmucks). Get to the Dead-in-the-water rider, see he's on a new CBR 250. Ask him whats wrong. he says the bike starts, but dies when he puts it in gear. He fires it up, snicks it into first, and it dies. I tell him there's a failsafe killswitch on the kickstand, and the bike wont run in gear with it down, Reach over with my foot and flip his stand up. "Try it now". He fires it up, snicks it into gear, and voila, it stays running. He rolls his eyes back and says he's a noob. I laughed, said we've all been there at one point. Love to stay and talk, but you're stopped in a really bad spot. Get your helmet on and get moving. Shook his hand and left.




And hearty virtual high five to the 6 guys that rode past and ignored a rider that may have been in serious trouble. Spodes.
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good on you for stopping.
A+ for you.

i have stopped a few times for bikes pulled off the road, i offer no help really as i am not mechanically inclined, but at the very least i have a cell phone and some technical knowledge. lol
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