My good deed, I must be ill - SV650.org

timwilky · 14-09-06, 05:19 PM

Well the rain had eased and Jasper was making all sorts of noise to indicate he wants to go for a stroll.

Off we go, he does his business I clean up and bin and we are on the way home when it starts to rain again. In the distance I can see a single headlight stopped at the side of the road as I approach the rider gets off his bike and pushes it into the bus stop to shelter, looking at the back wheel.

"Are you having problems?". "The chain has come off". I stop whilst he wraps it over the back sprocket but it is obvious off the front as well. I tell him my initial diagnosis and he looks at me and says it is Tim isn't it. Bloody hell the fighting dwarf, last time I saw him was being escorted out of a kebab house in Blackpool on a mates stag night by two coppers after he attacked 3 lads who took the poverbial out his lack of inches about 20 years ago.

So a few minutes chat and he gets out his pitiful tool kit, but nothing to fit the bolts on the front cover of his little GN125. I only live round the corner so he pushes it to my house and into garage. Minute later cover is off, chain on. But obvious why it had come off, there must have been 6 inches of slack. I showed him how to adjust the chain by slackening off the rear wheel. 3.5 turns of either side adjuster and tighten back up.
Gave him a bollocking for the lack of maintenance and dire warnings what could have happened

Gave him the names and address of two independant bike mechanics to give it a well needed service. I asked if had recovery, no.

I only hope that should I ever be unfortunate enough to be broken down, a well meaning local will look after me.

14-09-06, 05:38 PM

Good man

14-09-06, 05:39 PM

Are you running a temperature or something?

Only kidding mate, I've been on the receiving end of assistance from a kind-hearted biker and it's that kind of camraderie that makes me love biking as much as I do. I always try to keep an eye out for other bikers that look stranded and stop to see if they're ok. Actually being able to fix their bike though, now that's another matter entirely!!

14-09-06, 05:43 PM

Typical Tim, you only got him in your garage so you could have a good moan at him

timwilky · 14-09-06, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Razor

Typical Tim, you only got him in your garage so you could have a good moan at him

Actually I think we spent more time talking about mates who were now dead. He told me that he had been invited upto a 40th at our old hang out pub and said to one lad of his brother, Where is Dr Kev.......

Whoops Dr Kev took 10 times the lethal about 12 years ago. The fighting dwarf was about to live upto his nickname.

14-09-06, 06:08 PM

READ ALL ABOUT IT.........

"Big hearted Tim the biker's saviour!"

14-09-06, 06:19 PM

Seems like you just saved someones life. Well bloody done!

Only takes 5 minutes each day to check if your bikes working right, and 30mins each week to set stuff right (if its little things)

Matt

14-09-06, 07:15 PM

I only got my SV (my first bike) 2 weeks ago and heading back from Asda on the back road saw a biker wandering about with his bike at the side of the road. Being the gent I am I stopped and walked towards him and yelled to ask if he was alright. As I got closer I realised he was absolutely massive and wandering around with no top on. I have a few tattoo's (7) but this guy was covered. None of this bothered me massively until I saw the Hells Angels death head tattooed on his back. Anyway I wandered up to him and it turned out he had lost a fuel cap there the day before and was having a look for it. To be fair to the bloke after my initial suprise he was massively thankful for me stopping.

14-09-06, 05:19 PM	#1
timwilky Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Not in Yorkshire. (Thank God) Posts: 4,116	My good deed, I must be ill Well the rain had eased and Jasper was making all sorts of noise to indicate he wants to go for a stroll. Off we go, he does his business I clean up and bin and we are on the way home when it starts to rain again. In the distance I can see a single headlight stopped at the side of the road as I approach the rider gets off his bike and pushes it into the bus stop to shelter, looking at the back wheel. "Are you having problems?". "The chain has come off". I stop whilst he wraps it over the back sprocket but it is obvious off the front as well. I tell him my initial diagnosis and he looks at me and says it is Tim isn't it. Bloody hell the fighting dwarf, last time I saw him was being escorted out of a kebab house in Blackpool on a mates stag night by two coppers after he attacked 3 lads who took the poverbial out his lack of inches about 20 years ago. So a few minutes chat and he gets out his pitiful tool kit, but nothing to fit the bolts on the front cover of his little GN125. I only live round the corner so he pushes it to my house and into garage. Minute later cover is off, chain on. But obvious why it had come off, there must have been 6 inches of slack. I showed him how to adjust the chain by slackening off the rear wheel. 3.5 turns of either side adjuster and tighten back up. Gave him a bollocking for the lack of maintenance and dire warnings what could have happened Gave him the names and address of two independant bike mechanics to give it a well needed service. I asked if had recovery, no. I only hope that should I ever be unfortunate enough to be broken down, a well meaning local will look after me. __________________ Not Grumpy, opinionated.

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14-09-06, 05:39 PM	#3
El Saxo Guest Posts: n/a	Are you running a temperature or something? Only kidding mate, I've been on the receiving end of assistance from a kind-hearted biker and it's that kind of camraderie that makes me love biking as much as I do. I always try to keep an eye out for other bikers that look stranded and stop to see if they're ok. Actually being able to fix their bike though, now that's another matter entirely!!

14-09-06, 05:43 PM	#4
Razor Guest Posts: n/a	Typical Tim, you only got him in your garage so you could have a good moan at him

14-09-06, 06:08 PM	#6
Peter Henry Guest Posts: n/a	READ ALL ABOUT IT......... "Big hearted Tim the biker's saviour!"

14-09-06, 06:19 PM	#7
Alpinestarhero Guest Posts: n/a	Seems like you just saved someones life. Well bloody done! Only takes 5 minutes each day to check if your bikes working right, and 30mins each week to set stuff right (if its little things) Matt

14-09-06, 07:15 PM	#8
Heed Guest Posts: n/a	I only got my SV (my first bike) 2 weeks ago and heading back from Asda on the back road saw a biker wandering about with his bike at the side of the road. Being the gent I am I stopped and walked towards him and yelled to ask if he was alright. As I got closer I realised he was absolutely massive and wandering around with no top on. I have a few tattoo's (7) but this guy was covered. None of this bothered me massively until I saw the Hells Angels death head tattooed on his back. Anyway I wandered up to him and it turned out he had lost a fuel cap there the day before and was having a look for it. To be fair to the bloke after my initial suprise he was massively thankful for me stopping.