invictus43
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I wouldn't stop for anyone on the highway...If you're close to an exit, why didn't you push it?
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Stories Of Bikers Helping Out!
- Thread starter Freak
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I wouldn't stop for anyone on the highway...If you're close to an exit, why didn't you push it?
Did not know about that but I do examine the person and see if they "look" like they need help.....I've found it obvious when they do and it's not often.
In several thousand KM in Australia in 3 months I came across 3 riders needing help and all were obvious. In Aus the cell coverage is iffy away from the city.
Here it's pretty sold most areas. Still it's up to the stranded rider to show they could use a hand. I'll keep that helmet idea in mind.
In my experience, it's usually new riders who are at the side of the road, who may not know this rule.
try pushing a 400lb bike uphill on a shoulder filled with pebbles and rocks for a 100 meters lmao
I'm not a new rider. ( 43 years riding )
I've never heard of it.
I've not seen new riders pulled over in particular - they are often better at doing pre-ride checks than old farts like me that forget things like telling wifey the Harley is on reserve when she takes off with it
invictus43
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rmemedic
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So you're saying you're weak-sauce??
Thats what I thought too. Time to hit the legs at the gym!
Ive helped a few people out. Some guys header fell off on a 70s Honda on the 115, I had my ramp in my truck so we loaded it up and I dropped him off at home in Peterborough which is where I was headed.
A lady in her 40s on a cold rainy September day in Algonquin park had her Harley on its stand. I stopped and turned around for her, I had my trailer on my truck, so we loaded her up and I dropped her off at the cottage she was headed to. She said the towing company gave her a waiting period of a few hours.
Came up on a guy north of kaladar trying to get his bike started on the side of the road. Had his bike flooded, I was on the way home from a race weekend so had all my tools in the trailer. Took 20 minutes and had him on his way.
Was on the 417 one day in a really heavy rain, 2 cruisers were under an overpass so I stopped to check. They were ok just avoiding the rain. They were a couple from BC doing a trip, I ended up hanging out there for about an hour just killing time with them until the sun came out and we continued down the highway for about 45 minutes until I had hit my exit.
Ill always stop, just to make sure, but that's just my protective nature.
lennay1031
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The helmet check is my first test too but I don't even remember where I first heard about it. I always pull aside and ask if everything is OK. If I just missed them or if they are in the opposite direction then I will double back. I don't wait for people to flag down cars because that person may have been flagging cars for the past hour, no one stopped, and they got discouraged. I have been of help only a handful of times and each time it was because of gas. Man...we need more gauges.
I helped someone out of a jam last thanksgiving day when he ran out of gas on the 400, forgot his cell, with thanksgiving dinner with his fiance and in-laws an hour away. He had already been stranded for an hour and a half and was supposed to be in touch with his fiance an hour ago. First, I lent him my cellphone so he could call his fiance and let her know he was ok and then I came back with some gas. 20 minutes of my time was able to prevent possibly an evenings worth of anxiety for 4 people.
When they want to repay me I just tell them to remember to do the same next time. I help because I would also want to be helped in that situation. Simple as that. I do not expect help but it would go a long way to at least be asked if I need it.
kiwi
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Back in the very early 90s, in New Zealand, My first bike (Suzuki GN250) blew its engine while on the highway. I didnt crash luckily, and started a long push home . Got to a steep part of the highway (steeper than anything in this flat province) and a guy in a ute (small pickup truck like a ford ranger) pulled over and helped me get it home. I was So thankful of this... Unfortunately that killed the dreams of getting my CBR hurricane and I got a car instead.
Freak
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:thumbup:
I may well have been one of them. I'll always stop for a fellow rider, if I can, but 'can' doesn't imply that I'll whip across 3 lanes of live traffic, putting my life at risk, to do so.
This, despite having been treated to the same sort of response in post six several times, in the past.
morningstar
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I noticed long ago, almost every bike i pulled over for to check on, was out of gas.
After not being able to help the first couple, other than offer my cell phone, i came across one of these cheap siphons, possibly at princess auto.
It was only a couple bucks, small and light, i rolled it up and kept it in my tool pouch.
Sure enough, one late night up north on a pitch dark road, i notice a bike parked on the side because i can see the reflectors, i almost whipped right by thinking the person grabbed a lift, when buddy comes running to the side of the road waving his arms.
So i haul her down emergency style, pull a u turn and park next to him, guys allready thanking me for stopping, like a thirsty man in the desert.
Says he's been laying in the ditch for a couple hours waiting for someone to pass by, (it was around 3am waaay up in the woods, even i was lost, i only knew i was heading south)
I ask him what's broken, he says he just got lost and ran out of gas after hours.
Well you should have seen how happy he looked when i told him to flip the gas cap and whipped out my dandy siphon pump!!
It took about 3 mins for a tank to tank transfer and we were heading down the road, i'm pretty sure he bought one for himself after that day.
What a great story......I bet you were a boy scout in your younger years???? LOL Nice to know there are decent people willing to help a total stranger.
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killerkeith
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On several occasions I've pulled over just to check a map and have had guys pull over to see if I needed help.
As for me, if it looks like someone needs help I'll always slow right down and give them a "thumbs up/down" gesture. Everyone has always given back the thumbs up in return.
As for me, if it looks like someone needs help I'll always slow right down and give them a "thumbs up/down" gesture. Everyone has always given back the thumbs up in return.
suzuki2000
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Many years ago I had a neighbour that rode ( he rode an HD, but was not a pirate vest wearing "biker" of any "brotherhood".
One day coming home from work, sees a bike stopped at the side of the highway. Stops and offers help. turns out the guy and his gf are headign to Niagara Falls to attend a big big meeting. They are HA coming down from Montreal.
Anyways... the neighbour goes home gets his van comes back to help out. They take this guy and his GF back to the house, board them overnight to fix up the bike and he heads off to meet in Niagara Falls.
Years later I know what was happening in Niagara that weeked.
The neighbours daughter , a few years younger then me runs away to Montreal a few years later, I think she was 16-17 at the tiem?. Turns out if you do a favour sometmes the favour gets paid back. Couple of phone calls and she is located in Montreal and returned home
Always remember the guy, he was monstrous in size, but one of the nicest, most polite people I have ever met, although his english was a bit broken
One day coming home from work, sees a bike stopped at the side of the highway. Stops and offers help. turns out the guy and his gf are headign to Niagara Falls to attend a big big meeting. They are HA coming down from Montreal.
Anyways... the neighbour goes home gets his van comes back to help out. They take this guy and his GF back to the house, board them overnight to fix up the bike and he heads off to meet in Niagara Falls.
Years later I know what was happening in Niagara that weeked.
The neighbours daughter , a few years younger then me runs away to Montreal a few years later, I think she was 16-17 at the tiem?. Turns out if you do a favour sometmes the favour gets paid back. Couple of phone calls and she is located in Montreal and returned home
Always remember the guy, he was monstrous in size, but one of the nicest, most polite people I have ever met, although his english was a bit broken
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photobiker
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I stop when I can.
Stopped once on the tight curve on King rd east of Mississauga Rd. Dude was having a smoke on the gravel with his bike right on the bend. Seemed a strange place to stop, I thought maybe he lowsided and was just chilling and gathering his-self. Nope, just smoking. So I had a smoke too.
Stopped on medium traffic on the 401, bike was on the other side of the barrier. Just wanted to see if he was ok, sez his battery crapped out so someone was coming to pick him up. I really stopped just to see if he needed anything else. Maybe a smoke? lol
Yesterday an older couple in a caddy were like "can i get to the 401 from here?" I started explaining, but was like... "just follow me" and led them to the highway (wasn't too far, just a bit of a maze if you weren't from around). Not a biker story, but I thought good karma for bikers anyway.
That was actually brought on my experience from another rider. I was up around river Rd, (first time last year) and didn't know exactly where it was. So I asked a dude on a dual sport/super moto (can't remember) and he was like, "my grandma lives around here, so I know the roads. follow me." It was pretty awesome, cuz he knew the streets and I tried to keep up at a pretty quick pace. Was a totally fun random ride.
It's nice to be nice.
Yesterday before the caddy incident, I went for ice cream with my gf... the young lady at the cash thought I gave her a 20 instead of 15 when she started giving me change. I gave her back the 5 (she still didn't realize her mistake lol). Me thinks we're all in this together somehow.
I'll always try to get a thumbs up from someone stopped in a weird place just to make sure. I don't have to think about "Shoot...what if they needed help" later on.
Stopped once on the tight curve on King rd east of Mississauga Rd. Dude was having a smoke on the gravel with his bike right on the bend. Seemed a strange place to stop, I thought maybe he lowsided and was just chilling and gathering his-self. Nope, just smoking. So I had a smoke too.
Stopped on medium traffic on the 401, bike was on the other side of the barrier. Just wanted to see if he was ok, sez his battery crapped out so someone was coming to pick him up. I really stopped just to see if he needed anything else. Maybe a smoke? lol
Yesterday an older couple in a caddy were like "can i get to the 401 from here?" I started explaining, but was like... "just follow me" and led them to the highway (wasn't too far, just a bit of a maze if you weren't from around). Not a biker story, but I thought good karma for bikers anyway.
That was actually brought on my experience from another rider. I was up around river Rd, (first time last year) and didn't know exactly where it was. So I asked a dude on a dual sport/super moto (can't remember) and he was like, "my grandma lives around here, so I know the roads. follow me." It was pretty awesome, cuz he knew the streets and I tried to keep up at a pretty quick pace. Was a totally fun random ride.
It's nice to be nice.
Yesterday before the caddy incident, I went for ice cream with my gf... the young lady at the cash thought I gave her a 20 instead of 15 when she started giving me change. I gave her back the 5 (she still didn't realize her mistake lol). Me thinks we're all in this together somehow.
I'll always try to get a thumbs up from someone stopped in a weird place just to make sure. I don't have to think about "Shoot...what if they needed help" later on.
What a great story......I bet you were a boy scout in your younger years???? LOL Nice to know there are decent people willing to help a total stranger.
I learned this trick from the older bikers after it happened to me first of course.
There's no way we're breaking the 2 ball rule unless someone's dying.
Nobody wants to go find a gas station, buy a jerrycan and ride back, it's easier to just give him some of yours.
EvolutionIV
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sorry. lol at not stopping but posting in the "I saw you" thread.
I've stopped a couple times for bikes parked at the side of the road, but everytime they are fine and just chilling. I think I did the thumb's up to a rider stopped on the DVP 2 weeks ago, are you reading this thread? If so, just wondering why you were stopping in the middle of DVP?
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