Exactly! I own one but it never goes with me. When I'm on the bike that's my time away from the everyday hustle and bustle.
Guess if I need it too bad for me!

 

 

But I bet they're the same "bro's" that wave at every motorcycle they pass going the other way. Brotherhood, right? But then it's all backed up by some of the responses youi got that it's your own fault for not jumping up and down, sending up a flare or not having a cell phone. Truth be told, most people are too afraid to stop and help or even if they did stop they don't want to look dumb by not having a clue as to how to help you with your problem. At least they didn't give you the old two finger wave as they sped by.

 

With the reliability of today's modern motorcycles, it is very seldom that someone will actually need help. It is a nice gesture to ask anyways, just in case.

It would be nice if they thought the "helmet behind the motorcycle" gesture in the motorcycle training courses.

 

Well...so much for the "You meet the nicest people on a Honda".
Shoulda stabbed him.

 

It aint like the old days that's for sure. But most of us rode shovels back then and
when we pulled over we actually NEEDED help.
HEY MAN, I'll be playing "Low Spark Of Hi Heeled Boys"
in my head the rest of the night after readin your post

 

The reality is, 8 out of the 10 riders that passed you know nothing more about making something run that doesn't than my youngest daughter. I will, at the very least, give and look for the thumbs up sign from any rider on the side of the road. Most of the time when it won't kill either of us I will stop, even if I'm going somewhere. My rough estimation is about 1 out of 30 are truly broken down/out of gas, etc. The rest are dicking with Ipods, phones, GPS or something else while cars pass within feet of them with their back to traffic. I've owned vintage bikes and know all too well how a "well sorted" machine can turn into a paperweight on an otherwise great day. On one such occasion, without a cell phone, one of my bikes sprung a fuel line leak and threatened to incinerate us both. Because I wasn't counting how many bikes went past me without offering to help, I was able to think about pulling the vent hose from the battery, cut it to length with my Buck 110 and be on my way. Always be prepared to self rescue, this too was a part of the "biker" code.

OP, I'm not kicking you but it is what it is. More people who stop on the side of the road on motorcycles don't need or want help from someone and most everybody knows that. I would say the majority of riders that pass a stopped rider don't have ANY idea how an ICE works, let alone how to fix it. Given those two things, I'd say that's why you got passed by. In the end you did "self rescue" and all is well. I've always found that it's faster to only rely what solution I can come up with as opposed to what help or solution someone else who happens by might have.

 

That's ironic that you were on a bike with no new technology, but had a cell phone, and the guy on the new bike with all of today's technology didn't have a cell phone and had to borrow yours. IDK, I just found that funny.

 

Me too

 

Most of the modern day "Bikers" barely know how to check their own oil.....If they do stop, they can't help.