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Stories Of Bikers Helping Out!

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First the helmet on the ground rule, never heard of it. Not sure I would put my helmet on the ground, too much debris - it goes on the seat or in the topbox.

Last year I was riding through Mojave and stopped to take some pictures on a very quiet side road. Not 5 minutes after I stop a Hells Angels stops to make sure I was okay. He was riding full patch, but wanted to make sure I was okay. If he can take the 2 minutes to ensure a fellow biker is okay, so can I.
 
revrandy said:
Not 5 minutes after I stop a Hells Angels stops to make sure I was okay. He was riding full patch, but wanted to make sure I was okay. If he can take the 2 minutes to ensure a fellow biker is okay, so can I.
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Being a patched member does not mean you are a goof. Statistically they are more likely to be rough and while I don't admire some of their more shady activities I have known some good people (to me at any rate) who are full patch. It's just not a group I would join.
 
revrandy said:
First the helmet on the ground rule, never heard of it. Not sure I would put my helmet on the ground, too much debris - it goes on the seat or in the topbox.
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Known about it forever, but figured it wasn't very well known. I generally put my helmet on the ground anyway when I stop, because you can't fall much further than down, but I always put it out of sight behind the bike on the off chance that someone riding by knows about it.
 
Rob MacLennan said:
Known about it forever, but figured it wasn't very well known. I generally put my helmet on the ground anyway when I stop, because you can't fall much further than down, but I always put it out of sight behind the bike on the off chance that someone riding by knows about it.
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This old man never heard of it. You never stop learning...........
 
I know about the helmet, but i can honestly say every person i stopped to help was either still wearing it, cursing and yelling at their bike, or had it hanging off the bars or on the grass, haven't seen one behind the tire yet.
In general, there's two types of breakdowns, either the guy is trying to fix it, or he's watching traffic pass in an effort to get someones attention that may possibly give a crap.
 
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I've had a few help me out.

I broke a chain on a side road near my town. This is before everyone had a cell phone, and no one was home at the few houses near by. I hit the highway on foot to walk into town. I brought my helmet, cause I thought it might get stolen. A nice Goldwing guy picked me up and drive me right to my destination in town. That was one comfy seat!

The girlfriend crashed her bike at a pretty good clip up near 507. Some guy had just finished building a nice laneway off the highway onto his property. Her bike hit it and knocked some pretty big rocks out of place. Even though she wrecked his driveway, he loaded up her bike on his trailer, and brought it close to home. Turned out he lived close to us and didn't mind bringing the wrecked bike back. Was nice, one less thing to deal with, and allowed me to get to the hospital to see her sooner.

Last year's was the best. Crashed my bike in a qualifying race at Grand Bend. It was pretty fooled and needed parts. I had all the parts I needed, but they were home in Brampton. I wouldn't have time to get the parts and fix the bike for Sunday's race. A competitor in my class called a friend from Brampton, that was heading to the track the next morning. He went into my home, got my parts and brought them to me the next day. Top notch lads!
 
As a professional in community care, I visit client's homes daily. One of my elderly disabled clients told me of an experience a few weeks ago in Kitchener.

She uses a power wheelchair to get around. A driveway near her condo was under repair. She tried to go around a mess on the sidewalk and her front wheel caught the edge that was ripped up. She fell out of the chair and it fell over as well.


She tells me 2 boys (probably 20's) stopped their motorcycles, picked up her wheelchair and lifted her back in. She was very thankful to them!

Its a nice ending.

Kudos to you for helping someone in need.

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