Paid it forward.

[DanAbnormal]

About 3 years ago I broke down on my way home from work. Lucky for me a fellow biker stopped and gave me a lift to a petrol station and THEN went home and got his jerry can and delivered me back to my bike. Well, I was on my way home this evening and was coming off the M3 when I see a stranded bike and rider stopped at exactly the place I had run out of fuel. I stopped and asked him what the trouble was; "Run out of fuel mate" was the response. So I got him to hop on the back of my bike and took him back to my place where I had a gerry can with a couple of litres of fuel in it. So I took him back to his dry bike, filled it up and off he went (I thought there was much less fuel in the can when I last looked). Funnily enough the bike was also a Hornet and we knew each other from the Hornets nest. I've been waiting to pay it forward since the kind biker helped me out. Made me feel pretty good about life and biking in general.

Pay it forward folks. :)

[rigor]

Important questions though.....

a: Did you get your knee down with him on the back?

b: Did you change you mind about your new bike? :P

Seriously though, good on you! I haven't managed to stop to help someone yet, not that I'd be much use, but I'd like to think I would :)

[DanAbnormal]

Important questions though.....

a: Did you get your knee down with him on the back?

b: Did you change you mind about your new bike? :P

Seriously though, good on you! I haven't managed to stop to help someone yet, not that I'd be much use, but I'd like to think I would :)

No, I hate taking pillions, it was wet and my tyres feel like jelly babies in the wet. He must have thought I ride liek an old woman.:p

*No offence to any old women on the site. :D

[rictus01]

All I can say Dan is "three bl**dy years ;)".

been working to this philosophy for longer than I can remember, it's my normal payment for motorbike stuff, as in" Just make sure you do the same for someone else".

but never the less, it's all good Karma mate :thumbsup:

Cheers Mark.

[Tim in Belgium]

I've semi paid forward, I "towed " Robchester and his bike for a way until finding my arm wasn't strong enough to do uphill.

Then lost my pillion virginity with Rob on the back ;) whilst we went to a petrol station.

Still not real paying forward, but I'm sure there's more to come.

[dirtydog]

I've not really paid it forward but have paid it back

Have been helped out a couple of times and have helped out a couple of others

[Mrs Blue Pete]

*No offence to any old women on the site. :D

None taken! ;)

[metalmonkey]

Check this moive out it explains this thread very well...http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0223897/

I have helped people before and people have helped me, part of the reason I do the job I do now is becasue I know I can make difference. It won't change the world over night however 35 years is long time to make difference so I will carry doing what I do.

[eviltwin]

[quote=dirtydog;1496857have helped out a couple of others[/quote]

You know I'm only good at passing spanners! :rolleyes: PS Thanks for making the chain safe :D

[ricky]

i remember breaking down on my kwak, some nice chap pulled up at the lights and bumps started the bike for me, couldnt thank him enough

[kitkat]

when my chain snapped, the police drove past me 3 times as I was pushing my bike. about 40 cars. a white van man stopped (well he drove past when it first happened, dropped his mate off 5 miles down the road at his house and drove back tosee if I was ok)

thats because I have driven past bikes at the side of the road before. I dont like to stop if its a man and Im on my own (I might be able to control myself lol) and I have the mechanical aptitude of a caterpillar so would be as much use to them as an ashtray.

[DanAbnormal]

when my chain snapped, the police drove past me 3 times as I was pushing my bike. about 40 cars. a white van man stopped (well he drove past when it first happened, dropped his mate off 5 miles down the road at his house and drove back tosee if I was ok)

thats because I have driven past bikes at the side of the road before. I dont like to stop if its a man and Im on my own (I might be able to control myself lol) and I have the mechanical aptitude of a caterpillar so would be as much use to them as an ashtray.

Ah but it's nice just to ask sometimes. I've asked about 4 bikers what the problem was. If the response was anymore than "I've run out of fuel" I sped of screaming. :rolleyes:

[Luckypants]

I remember stopping for a guy when I was in my company car (BMW as it is relevant) who was parked up at the side of the road. It was pretty remote and this biker was eyeing me up with great suspicion why this bloke in a flash car with a suit on had stopped in the middle of nowhere. :) I asked what the problem was and if he needed a lift / phone / etc. Turns out his chain was broke and a mate was on his way with a van.

He was genuinely gobsmacked a BMW driver had stopped to see if he was ok :D.

(am now cured of BMW-ness BTW)

[Baph]

Not long after I bought the SV, I took it out, and the muppets in the shop forgot to plug the Reg/Rec in. This meant the battery wasn't charging, and the bike died about 3 miles from home. It was 3 miles uphill too.

So I started pushing, a couple of cars came past quite happily, then one of the guys that lives near me stopped to help. We both lifted the bike into his pickup, and I sat on the bike whilst he drove home.

I paid him back with a beer.

Since that, I've stopped to help a ZX6 rider whose LH rearset had fallen off. I've also helped a guy with an NSR125 that had died (I took him pillion to the nearest bike shop, where he arranged a van to pickup the bike).

I've stopped by a few people to ask if anything has been wrong, and quite often it's just been "nah, thanks anyway."

[Colby]

I stopped to help a bike courier on the M4 hard shoulder a few years ago. We siphoned out some petrol from my bike into his and away he went...

[Carsick]

While sitting dejected on the inside of a crash barrier my bike had decided to make friends with, one guy stopped to see if I was ok, then said he'd check on me as soon as he's done what he needed to do, came back with a cup of tea and said he'd be back again cos he's up to a bunch of things and if recovery hadn't turned up by then, he's give me a lift home.

[timwilky]

Only helped one stranded biker.

I was walking the dog and saw a bike in the distance as I neared home. As I passed him I asked if he was alright, turns out his chain had come off. He takes off his lid and it was a guy I used to know 20 odd years ago.

He gets out his little pack of tools obviously not enough, so we push his bike back to my house (100 yard). I then take off his front cover refit the chain on the sprocket and it is so loose I have to give him a lesson in adjusting his chain.

He runs a decorators wholesalers, and has repayed me by saying that I can now get trade discount whenever I go in his place.

[kitkat]

I've also helped a guy with an NSR125 that had died (I took him pillion to the nearest bike shop, where he arranged a van to pickup the bike).



that confused me for a minute thought you meant the guy had died - couldnt figure out how you got him to pillion :smt087:smt119

[SoulKiss]

that confused me for a minute thought you meant the guy had died - couldnt figure out how you got him to pillion :smt087:smt119

Bungies are wonderful things

Necrophilia however is wrong

[K]

No, I hate taking pillions, it was wet and my tyres feel like jelly babies in the wet. He must have thought I ride liek an old woman.:p

*No offence to any old women on the site. :D

None taken lad. :twisted:

[Gene genie]

About 3 years ago I broke down on my way home from work. Lucky for me a fellow biker stopped and gave me a lift to a petrol station and THEN went home and got his jerry can and delivered me back to my bike. Well, I was on my way home this evening and was coming off the M3 when I see a stranded bike and rider stopped at exactly the place I had run out of fuel. I stopped and asked him what the trouble was; "Run out of fuel mate" was the response. So I got him to hop on the back of my bike and took him back to my place where I had a gerry can with a couple of litres of fuel in it. So I took him back to his dry bike, filled it up and off he went (I thought there was much less fuel in the can when I last looked). Funnily enough the bike was also a Hornet and we knew each other from the Hornets nest. I've been waiting to pay it forward since the kind biker helped me out. Made me feel pretty good about life and biking in general.

Pay it forward folks. :)you are a fine example and one we should all aspire to be.

[markmoto]

Good on you all, we should look out for each other its a big bad jungle out there full of evil cage drivers who wouldnt **** on you if you where on fire.