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Fuel indicator light failed
Ran out of petrol and not sure where the next station is
So start pushing
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but then I turn up (linky)

 

In my bag, I have...

- Fuel siphon kit - Seach Amazon Fuel Hand Pump - about £10 - used twice on other bikers
- Puncture repair kit- ebay link £35 (plus spare air canisters) - used 3 times on other bikers
- Helmet cleaning kit - micro fibre cloths, cleaner, rain-x and anti fog
- Multi tool - for the stuff the tool kit doesn't cover
- Zip ties - various sizes
- 3" LED flashy warning triangle
- Mars bars - for the long wait

I have pretty much used it all, most of the time for other bikers, the puncture repair kit is intended very temporarily until a permenant fix can be done, but I have used rubber glue to help secure the plug and ridden 700 miles on it.
Never accepted money for fuel or fixing tyres, only a handshake and a grateful grin.

 

Cheers Andy,
The cost to me was no more the £3 or maybe £5 of fuel tops...it was premium unleaded (I run 1 tank in 5 with premium to keep the bits clean) plus a 20min detour.
The cost is negligable and I genuinly think the handshake and gratitude of who I have helped is enough, like you, I don't think my good or bad deeds are being chalked up on the heaven board.
But, just maybe, it is me that needs help and one of the people I have helped comes along and that uses the same commute and they are in the frame of mind to help.

Two weeks before in exactly the same stretch of road I helped a Ducati Monster rider (Andy) that had also run dry. It was his first big bike after passing his full licence a month before and he had just had it serviced, unfortunately the garage didn't check the fuel light and he ran out. 10 mins later and he is back on the road on his way to his first day at a new job only being a bit late rather than not turning up at all. He has now offered me free perks if I stay at the St Pancras Hotel where he works.

 

Another one this morning!!
Same stretch of road and there is a scooter parked up, no-one there so I drive on by, then as I am overtaking a lorry I just see the rider walking along the road...too late for me to stop and help unfortunately, if only he was with his bike...

So strange how riders are running out of petrol

Thanks for all your kind words guys

Wayne, if I was to wear a cape with my spotted Y-fronts on the outside, what woudld I be called...
'Soap-on-a-rope guy'....in there before you HT