Rides!

[Ansimp]

joedrum » Sun Jun 29, 2014 11:28 pm[/url]":1p71mbul]
that just great tony ...people doing a charity run but leave one stranded ....

He was pretty surprised that I had turned around for him and I couldn't tell if he was more amazed than me that no one else had stopped. I payed out my mate pretty bad telling him how on my old GoldWing I had gone to rescue a fairly new Aprilla when he had ridden right past him on his brand new Aprilla Caponord :smilie_happy:

 

[dan filipi]

Riders forget what riding is.
Keep it from the soul, help each other out.
Good on ya Tony.

 

[backlander]

:good: That's what it's about, paying it forward. Great job Tony !!

 

[backlander]

Rode about 60 miles north and met up with three friends who rode about 50 miles south and had what we call a "Meet and Eat" at Mazzio's Pizza. Shot the bull for a couple hours and everyone rode back home. Weather and temps were just right and Suzie Q did her thing. It was awesome, felt like I was back on my old Honda 750-4 cyl. but with twice the power. I truly like her new attitude.

 

[Omega Man]

Great pic!

~O~

 

[Steve83]

Yup - nice country. And Tony's rides are always interesting!

 

[Ansimp]

Steve83 » Sat Jul 05, 2014 12:26 pm[/url]":243ekdk0]
Yup - nice country. And Tony's rides are always interesting!

What about Mikes rides on Suzi-Q the stripper :smilie_happy:

 

[DJnRF]

What was done by Tony is what any rider
should do when seeing another possibly
in trouble.

I started riding in 1956 when there were
many fewer motors on the road. As only
another rider can understand the problems
one can have with such a machine, it is
imperative that we, alone, should support
all other riders in this way. I have done so
ever since my first days of riding, and am
not even able to count those times now.
It seems to happen as often for me as
every other week to find one along the road.

My last one was along a four lane divided
highway the week before last. I had to turn
around in the median to get back to him.
As it turned out, he had dropped something.
We looked a bit, and found it about 100 yards
back. But, it could have been a more real
type of problem.

I am a member of A.B.A.T.E. of Illinois here.
We have a published card to carry that lists
every chapter of the state where there are
people who have volunteered to go out to a
rider in trouble. It doesn't even matter if the
rider is not riding his motor when he had a
problem with his vehicle. The fact is that he
is a fellow rider. As I always carry tools and
can help with most problems where tools are
needed, I have even taken jumper cables,
oil, water, 1st aid supplies, and even a tow
trailer at times when called.

Three weeks back a rider had an accident.
She was traveling with two friends from
upstate and had some unknown injuries.
On that one I responded with the fire/
rescue department to which I belong. She
was transported to the hospital, but checked
out with only minor injuries. I was able to
inform her friends of others that could come
out to help getting her motor picked up and
put back in shape to ride again. As the
damage was not 'fatal' to her machine they
were able to get it repaired the following day
with the help they were able to get.

To my thinking, I can only hope that all other
riders also have this habit. I might need the
help one day. The only time I don't stop is
if I am on an emergency call, but as fast as
I can I will call someone to go check on what
I had noticed.

Riders must stick together.

Dave.

 

[charles franz]

Sticking together, sounds great! I was taught that you REAP what we sow!! Charlie in NC

 

[Ansimp]

Excellent point and story Dave. I sometimes wonder is it our age that makes us part of group of riders that grew up with "if you don't fix it then you can't ride it". I often feel that most new riders are lost with the science in new machines and don't feel that they can be of any help and that's why they don't stop to help. As you pointed out sometimes it is just another set of eyes to help find something :clapping: :salute:

 

[DJnRF]

Ansimp, that is exactly the problem. Most
today do not learn what it takes to ride.
They don't think they have to know anything
about their machine except how to get it
down the road. To them, money is the
answer to any problem. I wonder how they
feel about a high tow bill, and labor charges
just to find it something simple enough that
they could have fixed themselves along the
roadside.

I have worked on my own machines since
I started riding. Unfortunately, these days
I find it much more difficult to do. The ole
bod doesn't work as well or as fast now. I
have been having alternator problems, so
I am gathering up what I need to make the
conversion to a car alternator. I have lined
up an alternator, metal for brackets, the
bolt I can get from Fastenal, but am still
looking for a 4 inch pulley. I heard that the
pulley from the power steering pump off
a 1982 Honda Prelude is for the 12 mm
bolt, but have yet to find one. I just wish
I could get my motor up to a waist level
to work on it.

Dave.

 

[Ansimp]

Dave, I hear your problem with being comfortable when trying to work on your bike, as the years go on it gets harder. :yes:

 

[DJnRF]

Ansimp » Sat Jul 05, 2014 5:12 pm[/url]":19qnzet4]
Dave, I hear your problem with being comfortable when trying to work on your bike, as the years go on it gets harder. :yes:

It sure does! I managed well until 2010 when
I had my first problem with my heart. I had a
broken back many years ago, both elbows that
had injuries and had to be reconstructed, but
never a heart problem until 2010. Since then I
also had a back problem and surgery done just
before Christmas last year (six months ago now),
and now have arthritis in my knees so bad I
can't get up without help when I squat down.

Now, smack dab in my mid-seventies, I wonder
just how long I will be able to continue riding.
Quite a few of late have been suggesting that
I get a trike. Heck, I still prefer two wheels.
Besides, I can't afford a trike these days. I
will just stick to my GL1100i.

Dave.

 

[Steve83]

Ya just never know! Karma works in strange, mysterious ways! It's never wrong to do some good.

 

[DJnRF]

DJnRF » Sat Jul 05, 2014 5:26 pm[/url]":1db1bn1g]

Ansimp » Sat Jul 05, 2014 5:12 pm[/url]":1db1bn1g]
Dave, I hear your problem with being comfortable when trying to work on your bike, as the years go on it gets harder. :yes:

It sure does! I managed well until 2010 when
I had my first problem with my heart. I had a
broken back many years ago, both elbows that
had injuries and had to be reconstructed, but
never a heart problem until 2010. Since then I
also had a back problem and surgery done just
before Christmas last year (six months ago now),
and now have arthritis in my knees so bad I
can't get up without help when I squat down.

Now, smack dab in my mid-seventies, I wonder
just how long I will be able to continue riding.
Quite a few of late have been suggesting that
I get a trike. Heck, I still prefer two wheels.
Besides, I can't afford a trike these days. I
will just stick to my GL1100i.

Dave.

Over the many years I have been in the
Boy Scouts of America, I have always
heard we are to "Do a good turn daily".
I always try.

Dave.

 

[brianinpa]

It gets the top bill for motorcycle roads in the area, but I have to argue that it is the best.

The Dragon... Sure it is fun to ride, but I don't think I rode a bad road the entire time I was in the North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, or South Carolina. This ride was at 9:00 in the morning after some horrendous thunderstorms the night before, so the roads were still wet so I just enjoyed the ride. Later that day I came back and that was when the floor boards were dragging.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6feOxRmxhw&feature=youtu.be[/video]

 

[joedrum]

nice brian great video ...

 

[Steve83]

Beautiful! Sorta makes it all worth wile! :clapping:

 

[backlander]

Nice vid Brian.

 

[Ansimp]

Great video Brian and I like the camera location, the roads not bad either :good: