Subject: Observation
Author: Jim Beeler
Date: Feb 24, 2002, 12:43 PM
Post ID: 1709712225
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I just sent out for a ride on my 700 this afternoon and got about 5 miles
from my house on a two lane country road when it quit on me. With what
little tools I had with me, I figured that the 35 year old coil fails after
it gets hot. After little while I had spark again and rode home.
The point of this is while I was pushing it to a location where I could work
on it and during the 30 minutes I was working on it, I was passed by
probably a dozen motorcycles. Not a single one even slowed down, much less
asked if I needed help. What's up with that? It's not like a 50 year old
clean cut guy is going to hurt someone.
Years ago when I was more actively riding, nobody would EVER ride past
another rider on the side of the road without asking if they needed help.
Even now, if I see someone on a motorcycle on the side of the road, I stop
and make sure everything is OK. Usually they are just streching or
something but every now and then they have a problem and I can help.
Am I the only one that does this anymore? What's happened to the
Camaraderie?
Soap box mode off:
Jim