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So, I go outside at my office this afternoon to have a smoke. Yes...I'm an evil smoker!
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Out on the corner of the office driveway, there is what appears to be a dead motorcycle with what looks like a guy standing next to it, talking on a cellphone...hard to tell if it's a guy or not...back to me, wearing what looks like an oversized riding suit. Very "unisex" from a distance.

The bike is obviously not running, but the headlights are on. I holler over "turn off your key, your lights are on and you'll kill your battery." I turn away and continue with my break time.

Suddenly, this sweet, VERY feminine voice replies "Thank You, Sir!"

Hmmmmmm...definitely a pleasant, non-male voice. Howie needs to check this out.

So I mozy on over to see what's up. Dead Suzuki Bandit 600S that looks just like this...

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"What's up" I ask..."Outta gas?"

"Yes" replies a very attractive (now that I'm closer and can tell) young lady.

"Fuel injected or carbureted" I query.

"Carbureted" comes the angelic reply.

"Mind if I take a look?" "No, sir..."

I open up the tank and it is as dry as a popcorn fart. "Want some gas?" "No thanks, my mom is coming to get me" she replies.

"Wait just a minute...." I say. Go back inside the office, get the keys to one of the station vans and pull out the gas can. We carry gas for our portable generators. I holler back at her to roll the bike up under the parking cover as it's just starting to rain, grab the key from the ignition, unlock the gas cap and dump a couple gallons of fresh, new, non-ethanol gas into the tank. Set the petcock to "prime", make sure it's in neutral and hit the starter........Brrrrrrrr.....VROOMMMMMMMMMMMM. Fires right up.

You'd have thought she'd just won the lottery, what with the gigantic smile on her face. I tell her to call her mom and and tell her to turn around and go home. She asks me my name and tells me hers...Lisa! Then asks me if she can give me a hug!! WIN!!!

Tell her where the nearest gas station is, give her $5 and tell her to be careful. She absolutely gushes thanks to me, climbs aboard and drives away.

If you see or know Lisa, find out if she made it home okay.

I made a new friend today.
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Now the cat's out of the bag. Everybody's gonna know ol' Howie ain't so bad after all...

My daughter Kathleen, 23, rides a 73 CB350 four. Compared to my FJR, it is much more likely to go -clunk- at any given moment. My niece Heather will be riding a 2002 Yammie 650 Vtwin if I can ever figure out what's wrong with it... and get it delivered to her. It's good to know there are guys out there like you, Howie. When you're a young lady, and you're stranded with a dead bike, you hope that the guy who stops to help can and will actually do so. Glad for Lisa that she met one of those guys today.

I met a young lady about a year ago at a local drug store in Spring Hill... close to Lisa's age, riding the same bike, if memory serves me correctly. It was in pretty rough shape. She said it was resurrected from the dead and she was loving it. She was having a hard time getting it started and I stopped to see if I could help. Battery was sounding weak. Turned out she didn't need my help: it started by the time I went home I came back up to the store with the trailer to haul it home for her. She was just getting ready to leave when I returned. Oh well. I got two points for trying,

Gary

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Nice story Howie. Thanks for sharing.

Just to be a contrarian I like it my wife does not ride. It gives me the opportunity to have guy time.

 
I have two daughters, 14 and 17... I hope they are as fortunate as this young lady was when stuff goes like that in their lives.

From a father with girls, I thank you.

 
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