My faith in humanity has been restored
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Well things were going like a normal afternoon ride home until i got south side of the blackwall tunnel.
I felt a wobble on the rear end of the bike and soon had to pull over. Checked the wheel, no puncture there, so started to look around the bike. Then a white van pulls up in front, hold on whats going on here i think. Out jumps a guy and asks if everything is ok. Told him that the rear end is wobbling and he took a look. "yep, your rear bearing is $hagged".
Great; "Where is the nearest place from here that i can buy the bearings?" he mentions some Yammaha shop near blackfen, but i don't have a clue where it is and i guess he knew that with the puzzeled look on my face.
"I tell you what follow me and i'll show you" so i get back on my bike and follow him there.
Once arriving he get out the van and i follow him into the shop. He tells the guy what i need, before i even get to take my lid off. As the guy walks into the back of the shop to get the part, he carries on to tell me how to replace the bearing, but i look at him blankly as i have no clue what he was talking about.
"Well if you're not too far from Gravesend, follow me home and i will fit them for you" Great for me as i live in Longfield which is about a 5min ride.
Now i'm thinking that this is getting kinda doddgy, but holding onto the hope that there is a brotherhood within the motorcycle community i follow him to his place.
As soon as we stop he runs into the house and brings out his tools to remove the wheel. In a matter of minutes the wheel is on his workbench in the his bikeworkshop that he has in the backgarden and he is knocking the old bearing out.
In a matter of about 10mins the new bearing is in and the wheel is ready to go back on the bike and in 15mins i am ready to leave his place.
I found out that the guy (Peter) has only one of three Hy'busas in the UK that will top 200MPH. So i don't know if you bikers know who i am talking about.
Really nice guy though.
Its just nice to know that not all in this world is bad and are out to screw you over. Its good to know that there are nice people that will still go out of their way to help someone.
So hats off to that man that helped my save a couple of quid and for getting me back on the road.
Cheers
D3
>>> Edited by d3ano on Monday 24th January 19:14
I felt a wobble on the rear end of the bike and soon had to pull over. Checked the wheel, no puncture there, so started to look around the bike. Then a white van pulls up in front, hold on whats going on here i think. Out jumps a guy and asks if everything is ok. Told him that the rear end is wobbling and he took a look. "yep, your rear bearing is $hagged".
Great; "Where is the nearest place from here that i can buy the bearings?" he mentions some Yammaha shop near blackfen, but i don't have a clue where it is and i guess he knew that with the puzzeled look on my face.
"I tell you what follow me and i'll show you" so i get back on my bike and follow him there.
Once arriving he get out the van and i follow him into the shop. He tells the guy what i need, before i even get to take my lid off. As the guy walks into the back of the shop to get the part, he carries on to tell me how to replace the bearing, but i look at him blankly as i have no clue what he was talking about.
"Well if you're not too far from Gravesend, follow me home and i will fit them for you" Great for me as i live in Longfield which is about a 5min ride.
Now i'm thinking that this is getting kinda doddgy, but holding onto the hope that there is a brotherhood within the motorcycle community i follow him to his place.
As soon as we stop he runs into the house and brings out his tools to remove the wheel. In a matter of minutes the wheel is on his workbench in the his bikeworkshop that he has in the backgarden and he is knocking the old bearing out.
In a matter of about 10mins the new bearing is in and the wheel is ready to go back on the bike and in 15mins i am ready to leave his place.
I found out that the guy (Peter) has only one of three Hy'busas in the UK that will top 200MPH. So i don't know if you bikers know who i am talking about.
Really nice guy though.
Its just nice to know that not all in this world is bad and are out to screw you over. Its good to know that there are nice people that will still go out of their way to help someone.
So hats off to that man that helped my save a couple of quid and for getting me back on the road.
Cheers
D3
>>> Edited by d3ano on Monday 24th January 19:14
I stopped last night on the exit road of the M1 (St Albans) with a flat tyre. Despite only waiting an hour for the AA, no fewer than 8 bikes stopped to try and help....it makes you feel better about the world! They obviously couldn't help with the tyre but they all certainly cheered me up with their selflessness. 
to them!
to them!Yep, stories like that are great.
I got stopped at the side of the road in a slightly unsavoury area. A bunch of youths came across the street and I started thinking oh bollox here we go type thoughts. Sure enough, they stopped at me but instead of some agro they started saying cool bike, how fast does it go, have you broken down, do you need a push.
I didn't take them up on the offer as a mate was coming down to give me a hand but it's nice of them to offer.
I got stopped at the side of the road in a slightly unsavoury area. A bunch of youths came across the street and I started thinking oh bollox here we go type thoughts. Sure enough, they stopped at me but instead of some agro they started saying cool bike, how fast does it go, have you broken down, do you need a push.
I didn't take them up on the offer as a mate was coming down to give me a hand but it's nice of them to offer.
I went back to the same bike shop that I bought my Africa Twin from about 4 weeks after I had done the deal, It appeared when I got back to the bike after a browse, that I had picked up a nail, and the rear tyre was flat... The bike shop (Honda dealer) simply closed up, and left me on the forcourt of the shop... in teh end, rang the AA, they were there literally 10 minutes after I had logged the call with the operator... coudnt fix the puncture at the roadside, so the guy took me and the bike home, then hekped me get the rear wheel off so I could take it to Mitcheldever Tyres the next morning. Top AA Bloke
Quite a few of the AA patrols are Bikers 
I stopped once for a BAB who had parked his brand new R1 in a field after getting target fixation , the crap he came out with (damp road ,tyres not warm, wrong line in to the corner etc)
Just diddnt want to admit he opened the throttle on the stright and shit himself on the corner
I stopped once for a BAB who had parked his brand new R1 in a field after getting target fixation , the crap he came out with (damp road ,tyres not warm, wrong line in to the corner etc)
Just diddnt want to admit he opened the throttle on the stright and shit himself on the corner
One of the things that first amazed me, when I passed my test in July '03, was that you suddenly find yourself chatting to all sorts of people, who you would normally never give a second glance.
They can be 'Hells Angels' types or old people and they still take an interest in you and your bike.
Most bikers will help each other and there seems to be a general respect for each other.
Of course there are some ignorant tossers too!
They can be 'Hells Angels' types or old people and they still take an interest in you and your bike.
Most bikers will help each other and there seems to be a general respect for each other.
Of course there are some ignorant tossers too!
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