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Posted by DC
 - September 04, 2016, 20:56:05 PM

Once in a while, we are reminded there is still a shred of humanity out there among the muck.

Posted by Hoggy
 - September 03, 2016, 17:29:01 PM

Well, I didn't want to turn the story into a book but just to show how helpful people can be, Dennis from Delhi wasn't the only one to stop.

When I first pulled over a car passed and stopped in front of me just to tell me my daughter had turned off at the last exit.  And then while Dennis was helping,  another biker stopped. He had been going in the opposite direction and turned around at the next exit to come back to see if he could help.

Bikers are great people. I didn't ask but the cager must have had a bike at home.

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - September 03, 2016, 00:03:09 AM

  Cool story, I have both sets of allen keys in my spare side cover, both metric and standard sets, just because. Also if I see a bike on the side of the road and I can safely pull over I do and then just go and ask if they are doing ok. If they just stopped for a break that is fine and we can chat a bit and just met more people......and you never know when it might be you broken down.

Posted by Hoggy
 - September 02, 2016, 21:28:48 PM
Quote from: CDNRatMan on September 02, 2016, 20:14:24 PM

Ok so first off you have a child? and it is a girl, and she rides? ok so you are old........lol.......

Ok I'm old because I have a child?  Or I'm old because she's a girl?
Actually I have 5 of those girls and THAT's why I'm old.  :-\

ok how do you know this info about her bike and tools.....lol......
Three hours into a seven day trip I look in the rear view mirror and there is nobody behind me. I pull over only to have my daughter limp up behind me and when she shuts off her motorcycle, it won't start. She's had battery problems before so that was the first thing we wanted to check. To remove her seat we need an Allen Key. I had three and none fit.

Two hundred feet ahead of us is a CAA truck getting ready to tow a car off the 401. I rode up to see if he had any tools and he had nothing. The only thing left was for us to call CAA.

While we were waiting another biker pulls up and reaches into his pocket and pulls out a handful of Allen Keys. After we got the seat off we could see one of the battery terminal screws nearly backed out completely. We tightened it down with the Drifter tools and it started right up.

So thanks to Dennis from Delhi, we were on our way again.

My daughter says "She meets the nicest people on a Honda"

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - September 02, 2016, 20:14:24 PM

Ok so first off you have a child? and it is a girl, and she rides? ok so you are old........lol.......

ok how do you know this info about her bike and tools.....lol......

Posted by Hoggy
 - September 02, 2016, 19:27:47 PM

And one more:

If you're riding with your daughter, make sure you have tools that fit her bike.

Ask me how I know.

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - August 16, 2016, 11:44:59 AM

On the tool one, next time you are doing any work on your bike, try using just the tools you take on the road with you. See how much you can get done. I went and bought and modified 3 wrenches for doing chain adjustments.

Posted by DC
 - August 16, 2016, 11:06:49 AM

Don't leave the motorcycle lift adapter on and then go riding.   :o ::)

Don't leave the rain gear home, just because the forecast is for 0% precip for the next week.  Guaranteed you will force it to rain.  ::)

Don't tell any of your wives that you had to reenforce the passenger peg mountings because she bent them when she got on the bike.   The lump on my head should go down in a few days.   ::)

Don't tell any of your wives that you had to adjust the suspension because when she's on the back, the bike always wants to do a wheelie.  I'm covering the black eye with powder before I go into work each day.    ::) :P

Don't try to pack light for a ride and leave a few little-used tools at home.  Those will be the ones you need when you break down.   ::) :P

Posted by JagLite
 - August 15, 2016, 18:07:59 PM

Hah-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Excellent words of wisdom to ponder   ;)

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - August 15, 2016, 13:38:16 PM

Let us just say that Riding from Sparta, to Billings to Winnipeg and to North Bay alone leaves you lots of time to try and do things and to ponder on life...........

Posted by Trall
 - August 15, 2016, 12:19:40 PM

Did you learn those the hard way :D.   Funny stuff.......

Posted by Old Drifter
 - August 15, 2016, 07:37:57 AM

Words of wisdom to live and ride by.   8)

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - August 15, 2016, 00:04:12 AM

It is really hard to whistle with the wind in your face.
Do not pack your dirty socks or underwear in your full-face rain helmet thinking it will not be needed (the helmet that is) today.
Because the restaurant parking lot has a lot of trucks in it the food is not always the best.
Never pass a rest area when you are thinking you might need it, because the next one is really a long way off, if it even exists.
When the sign says no gas for......miles believe it or be ready to walk.
Never linger to put on your rain gear; because once you say I'll wait a bit, you will be soaked.

But most important lesson learned was:

Do not try to blow a bubble with gum while riding, and if you have a beard and long hair it will be a real mess.

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