Originally Posted by SaggyPants

I wonder why 3 senior citizens and 1 other man felt like they had to lift the bike off the ground. It appears to me as if they should have been trying to stand it up on two wheels and not lift the bike off the ground. I don't get it because there are some very popular Youtube videos that will show you how to set a fallen bike back up on two wheels. No doubt many of you have seen the vids, the best one is the demonstration given by a little itty-bitty woman. I don't know, if she could do it it would seem like a 70 year old man could do it, maybe. I don't know any 70 year old men who ride so I don't know if a healthy 70 year old track and field athlete could upright a fallen bike. But then again they do have the Senior Olympics here in the U.S.

Originally Posted by baka1969

Great story. I'll share one I just had a few weeks back although not quite as entertaining.

I'm on my way to Chicago and I stop at one of the service plazas to gas up and stretch my legs. I also wanted to make sure my luggage was still in order.

I pull up to a parking spot and see a nice BMW GS with hard bags all dressed for traveling. The guy, who was in his mid 30s, was going through one of the hard bags and I say "Hello" and ask where he's headed. He asked if I had ever heard of the Iron Butt competitions and I said I had.

He proceeded to tell me he was doing the 1000/24 trip and was about a little more than a 1/3 of the way through. He then told me it was his 2nd try and had come out short the first time because he took too long. I asked how he liked the bike and wished hom good luck.

I went into the plaza to do my thing. When I come back out into the parking lot he's still there. Now he's cleaning his fly screen. This was about 5 minutes later. Asks if I need any Windex to clean my windshield. I told him I use Pledge. I notice he doesn't seem to be in any rush. I was resting myself and wasn't on any schedule so I didn't mind the chat. So another 10 minutes of shooting the **** passes. I then say to him "Hey don't you have to be on your way?". He said he was ahead of schedule. But I couldn't see how he could be so early into it.

I get myself squared away and mount my bike. I wished him good luck again and off I went to fill up the tank.

He seemed like a nice and friendly guy. Just didn't seem to be in any rush to get 1000 miles in the 24 hour span.

I think maybe he wanted to just get away from his wife and wasn't in a a hurry to return.

Thanks for the good story OP.

Originally Posted by SaggyPants

I wonder why 3 senior citizens and 1 other man felt like they had to lift the bike off the ground. It appears to me as if they should have been trying to stand it up on two wheels and not lift the bike off the ground. I don't get it because there are some very popular Youtube videos that will show you how to set a fallen bike back up on two wheels. No doubt many of you have seen the vids, the best one is the demonstration given by a little itty-bitty woman. I don't know, if she could do it it would seem like a 70 year old man could do it, maybe. I don't know any 70 year old men who ride so I don't know if a healthy 70 year old track and field athlete could upright a fallen bike. But then again they do have the Senior Olympics here in the U.S.