Helping a Broken-Down Biker!

[rboe]

It has occurred to me that I should thank you for stopping. So, many thanks for helping him out. Because next time it just might be me that needs help and I'll need you to know that it would be greatly appreciated if you did stop; if only to do a welfare check.

[Guth_imp]

It has occurred to me that I should thank you for stopping. So, many thanks for helping him out. Because next time it just might be me that needs help and I'll need you to know that it would be greatly appreciated if you did stop; if only to do a welfare check.

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[flynrider]

I think the guy was terrified the bike would die on him, and that's why he kept going. Good for you to help either way.

"Pegging" a bike home is a technique we used many times back in the bad old days of AMF Harleys. The rider on the running bike puts his right foot on the left peg of the dead bike and eases forward till both are rolling. It's hard to get going, but a cinch once under way.

Another trick is to swap batteries from a running bike to a dead bike. We got my friend's XL home from Key West that way when his bike stopped charging. The battery would last 70-80 miles, then we'd pull the charged battery from my bike and put it in his. My FSX would keep running without a battery, but I'm sure that wouldn't work these days with FI systems.

Depends on the type of alternator and voltage regulator design. Some bikes run just fine without a battery, others not so much.

One of my old KZ750s hadn't been started for awhile and there was no battery installed. I thought I'd just jump it from my truck by attaching the cables to the bike's positive and negative cables. The bike started fine. When I removed the cables, I thought I detected the lights getting brighter. I gave it a quick rev and all the lights (head, tail and instrument) suddenly went super bright,,,,just before they all burnt out.

Turns out the regulator design used the battery to sense system voltage. With no battery, the regulator just sent all available electrons from the alternator into the system. That was an expensive lesson in electronics

[OldF7Guy_imp]

It has occurred to me that I should thank you for stopping. So, many thanks for helping him out. Because next time it just might be me that needs help and I'll need you to know that it would be greatly appreciated if you did stop; if only to do a welfare check.

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+1
+2 It could be any of us. ONe time I stopped to help a broke down car on my Harley and the guy would not roll down his window. I guess he was afraid of me I dont know. Im pretty clean cut with no tattos ect but the loud pipes may have scared him off. I dont know.

[Cormanus]

The other day I stopped, got off the bike and went across the road to take a photo of the CB with mountain behind it (yes, I had my forum responsibilities in mind). I was on a quiet country road and squatting in the grass on the opposite side to the bike when a car came along, slowed down and the passenger checked that I was OK. I was, but I was also very grateful they'd taken the trouble to be concerned.

The photo's already been posted [url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2481&pid=59378#pid59378]here.

[the Ferret]

Same here Cormanus..when I was stopped to take a picture of the splattered deer the other day, an older couple in a car pulled up, rolled down their window and asked if I was OK. I explained I wasn't the one who hit it, was just documenting it. Sure was nice of them to check, in case there was a problem. I appreciated it.

I always stop when I see another biker stopped on the side of the road. It's usually nothing, but you never know.

[CA200_imp]

I try to stop when it looks like some one has a problem. Some time
I get a thank you wave and some times not.
One time back in the early 90s ( or maybe late 80s) we decided to get in some early spring riding so we trailered a couple small bikes
on my 3 rail trailer to southern Il. , northern Ky. because the weather
was warmer there. This was before cell phones etc.. As we crossed a
overpass in central Il. I saw someone pushing a bike along side the
road. We swing around at the next exit and caught up to him and pulled over behind him. He was striped to the waist and covered in
sweat , it was still cool out. It looked like he had a bunch of stuff just
bungeed to the back of the bike. He had lost his oil plug and the bike has stopped. I think he said he had pushed it a few miles, he didn't
know. I said I got extra place on the trailer ,lets load her up. He would
have none of that - He was sooo focused to get to the next exit he would not stop. We walked with him a while and even some other
people stopped but he just refused any help at all. Some times you just don't know what people will do when you stop. We went the
way he was going and took our time going back to the interstate and
he did make his exit.

[gossman_imp]

I have tow insurance

[Pterodactyl_imp]

Same here Cormanus..when I was stopped to take a picture of the splattered deer the other day, an older couple in a car pulled up, rolled down their window and asked if I was OK. I explained I wasn't the one who hit it, was just documenting it. Sure was nice of them to check, in case there was a problem. I appreciated it.

I always stop when I see another biker stopped on the side of the road. It's usually nothing, but you never know.

Me too. Except for those bikers whose-name-shall-not-spoken. You know, the ones-who-do-not-nod. Slick shift down a cog, gun it, and give them a cheery wave.

Cheers

[Blockhead_imp]

A couple summers ago while driving my pickup along a back road I came over the crest of a hill and found a man and his wife pulled to the side of the road. I noticed some debris in the road but they appeared to be ok and the bike was on its side stand. I stopped to check on them, they were riding an older Kawasaki Voyager and the passenger backrest support had snapped in two and fallen off at about 45 mph. The woman on the back said she almost came off the bike when it happened; she was pretty shaken up as to what could have happened.

I followed him home with her riding in my truck and the remnants of their bike in the back....was about a 20 minute ride. They couldn't have been more appreciative, invited me into their house for a beer etc...