Good Karma

AZ TOM · 11-22-2012, 03:54 PM

Started off to do a loop, Prescott to Lake Pleasant ,Wikenberg, Big-E's secret trail back up the hill & home. Started off well.

Maggie Mine Rd a little more interesting than in the past.

Rockspring to top off & then hit the Gas Line Rd.

Well somewhere along this stretch I hit a rock that I thought must have bent the frame. A little farther down the trail I stoped & as the bike was leaning over I noticed something drippig out. Looked like gas & stoped when the bike was uprite. Went across & got on 74 to Lake Pleasant turn off & up onto Castle Hot Springs rd. Stopped to get a drink & saw leaking again. Felt it & oh no it's oil. Couldn't see where it was coming from. Turned around & took 74 to the 60 . Got off & lots of oil everywhere. Dropped the skid plate & I hear this bike pull up & this guy says do you need any help. A 78 year old guy named Tom on a restored 70 Beemer. We can't see where the leak is & he says I live just a mile back on Castle Hot Springs RD, the one on the west side & why don't I come to his place & we can take a look. I follow him over to his house, sorry not any pics. at this point. I had added a small flap to my skid plate for better protection & bolted it on the plate & when I hit the rock it flexed enough & the bolt poked a hole in my case

He said he was a retired welder & if we could get it off he could weld it up,WOW! He had not run the welder in 9 years & could't get the gas flowing, so over to a friends house we went & Glen also had a welder that he had not used in 7 years, but it worked & Tom welded it up, we got it all back together & I was home just before 11:00 PM. Cold ride home BURRRR! Any way just another incredibly lucky moment in my charmed life. What goes around comes around but I always seem to have more come my way.

Tom's place & a really neat old Dodge truck he restored.

4play · 11-22-2012, 06:31 PM

Nice!

rattlecan · 11-22-2012, 07:11 PM

Good job getting yourself home Tom.

Entheogen · 11-22-2012, 07:18 PM

Nice story. Restores ones hope in our people. Pay it forward! Glad you got home on two wheels.

refokus · 11-23-2012, 04:52 AM

Tom, I am glad to see that you were able to get some help.

Slowred · 11-23-2012, 08:01 AM

Great story Tom! Lots of good Karma.

What's that saying? You meet the nicest people on a Honda.

DurtKlod · 11-23-2012, 10:01 AM

Nice! Last time I was down the gas line road was... uhm... when was that... oh, it was with you the first day after you had reinstalled your new clutch!

Sure wish I was right there with you but I had a whole house full of people yesterday.

AZ TOM · 11-23-2012, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by DurtKlod

Nice! Last time I was down the gas line road was... uhm... when was that... oh, it was with you the first day after you had reinstalled your new clutch!

Sure wish I was right there with you but I had a whole house full of people yesterday.

Yes the infamous Revloc that caused me to have a motor needing a top end sitting on a shelf in my garage. Always welcome your company. Happy day ater Thanksgiving.

kbblue · 11-23-2012, 02:44 PM

What you give comes back. Nice truck. I like the matching cooler in back. Glad it turned into a good story.

fuggy · 11-25-2012, 07:17 PM

Good Karma would have been not puncturing the case in the first place.

Finding a guy with a welder in BFE is called Divine Intervention.

Nightstalker · 11-25-2012, 08:26 PM

Long day! Good luck for you running into that Tom guy!

BIG-E · 11-26-2012, 04:29 PM

I am gonna have to NOT show you guy's anymore of my "seacricket" trails anymoe!!

Glad it all worked out well Uncle Tom!!

Be careful out there, motorcycles are dangerious!! Or so I have herd!!

moo..........

AZ TOM · 11-26-2012, 05:25 PM

[QUOTE=BIG-E;20122694]I am gonna have to NOT show you guy's anymore of my "seacricket" trails anymoe!!

But I'll never tell. They would have to kill me first!!

scottcolbath · 11-28-2012, 09:12 AM

Hey Tom, I'm pretty sure I know both Tom and Glenn. Tom's BMW has a later model engine shoved into it, right? And Glenn....Big, bearded dude with a GS and I think a Harley, correct?

I met Tom several years ago when I saw an ad for a Ducati for sale. I went for a look but never bought the bike. It was his son's and it needed a bunch of work. We hung out a couple of times after that. Nice guy.

And that house of his is cool, no?

Glenn's wife is the butcher at the local Bashas in Wickenburg. She sold us a horse once.

S.C.

theGrinch · 11-28-2012, 10:44 AM

This is a better "Karma" story.

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11-22-2012, 03:54 PM	#1
AZ TOM ^OP Beastly Adventurer Joined: Oct 2008 Location: Prescott AZ Oddometer: 2,435	Good Karma Started off to do a loop, Prescott to Lake Pleasant ,Wikenberg, Big-E's secret trail back up the hill & home. Started off well. Maggie Mine Rd a little more interesting than in the past. Rockspring to top off & then hit the Gas Line Rd. Well somewhere along this stretch I hit a rock that I thought must have bent the frame. A little farther down the trail I stoped & as the bike was leaning over I noticed something drippig out. Looked like gas & stoped when the bike was uprite. Went across & got on 74 to Lake Pleasant turn off & up onto Castle Hot Springs rd. Stopped to get a drink & saw leaking again. Felt it & oh no it's oil. Couldn't see where it was coming from. Turned around & took 74 to the 60 . Got off & lots of oil everywhere. Dropped the skid plate & I hear this bike pull up & this guy says do you need any help. A 78 year old guy named Tom on a restored 70 Beemer. We can't see where the leak is & he says I live just a mile back on Castle Hot Springs RD, the one on the west side & why don't I come to his place & we can take a look. I follow him over to his house, sorry not any pics. at this point. I had added a small flap to my skid plate for better protection & bolted it on the plate & when I hit the rock it flexed enough & the bolt poked a hole in my case He said he was a retired welder & if we could get it off he could weld it up,WOW! He had not run the welder in 9 years & could't get the gas flowing, so over to a friends house we went & Glen also had a welder that he had not used in 7 years, but it worked & Tom welded it up, we got it all back together & I was home just before 11:00 PM. Cold ride home BURRRR! Any way just another incredibly lucky moment in my charmed life. What goes around comes around but I always seem to have more come my way. Tom's place & a really neat old Dodge truck he restored. AZ TOM screwed with this post 11-22-2012 at 04:03 PM

11-22-2012, 06:31 PM	#2
4play Next? Joined: Feb 2008 Location: Avondale, AZ Oddometer: 1,844	Nice! __________________ No matter how big and bad they get, if a two year old hands a biker a toy phone, they will answer it

11-22-2012, 07:11 PM	#3
rattlecan Caffeine Driven Joined: Mar 2006 Location: left of center AZ. Oddometer: 1,380	Good job getting yourself home Tom. __________________ ___________________ "Technically, it's doable" Nightstalker

11-22-2012, 07:18 PM	#4
Entheogen L.E.A.P. Joined: Apr 2012 Oddometer: 422	Nice story. Restores ones hope in our people. Pay it forward! Glad you got home on two wheels. __________________

11-23-2012, 04:52 AM	#5
refokus Beastly Adventurer Joined: Jun 2007 Location: North Phoenix Oddometer: 1,501	Tom, I am glad to see that you were able to get some help. __________________ KTM 450 EXC Suzuki DR650 Kawasaki KLX250 "Single Trac is like Scotch, you have to aquire a taste for it!"

11-23-2012, 08:01 AM	#6
Slowred Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Aug 2010 Location: Arizona Oddometer: 436	Great story Tom! Lots of good Karma. What's that saying? You meet the nicest people on a Honda. Slowred screwed with this post 11-23-2012 at 08:05 AM Reason: Forgot a sentence.

11-23-2012, 10:01 AM	#7
DurtKlod Studly Adventurer Joined: Jan 2011 Location: Phoenix, AZ Oddometer: 711	Nice! Last time I was down the gas line road was... uhm... when was that... oh, it was with you the first day after you had reinstalled your new clutch! Sure wish I was right there with you but I had a whole house full of people yesterday. __________________ 2011 Kawasaki KLR650 It may be a fat cow of a KLR, but it thinks it's a mountain goat!

11-23-2012, 02:44 PM	#9
kbblue mmmm... dirt... Joined: Apr 2009 Location: Flagstaff Oddometer: 238	Nice What you give comes back. Nice truck. I like the matching cooler in back. Glad it turned into a good story. __________________

11-25-2012, 07:17 PM	#10
fuggy Canyon Explorer Joined: Aug 2009 Location: Phoenix, AZ Oddometer: 571	Good Karma would have been not puncturing the case in the first place. Finding a guy with a welder in BFE is called Divine Intervention. __________________ If your wife is pissed off about your moto trip, you are doing it right

11-25-2012, 08:26 PM	#11
Nightstalker YO BUDDYPAL! Joined: Aug 2003 Location: Sunny Phoenix, AZ Oddometer: 5,756	Long day! Good luck for you running into that Tom guy! __________________ 2004 KTM 950 Adventure 2008 Honda CRF450X North American Ride Report Index and GPX files at: NSRides.com Nightstalker rides North America 2007 snug htiw swoC

11-26-2012, 04:29 PM	#12
BIG-E AKA; Mongo-E Joined: Jun 2007 Location: Phoenix, Arizona Oddometer: 1,759	I am gonna have to NOT show you guy's anymore of my "seacricket" trails anymoe!! Glad it all worked out well Uncle Tom!! Be careful out there, motorcycles are dangerious!! Or so I have herd!!moo.......... __________________ "If my Technique Improves, so will my riding"!

11-26-2012, 05:25 PM	#13
AZ TOM ^OP Beastly Adventurer Joined: Oct 2008 Location: Prescott AZ Oddometer: 2,435	[QUOTE=BIG-E;20122694]I am gonna have to NOT show you guy's anymore of my "seacricket" trails anymoe!! But I'll never tell. They would have to kill me first!!

11-28-2012, 09:12 AM	#14
scottcolbath Beastly Adventurer Joined: Oct 2004 Location: Wickenburg, Az. Oddometer: 5,555	Hey Tom, I'm pretty sure I know both Tom and Glenn. Tom's BMW has a later model engine shoved into it, right? And Glenn....Big, bearded dude with a GS and I think a Harley, correct? I met Tom several years ago when I saw an ad for a Ducati for sale. I went for a look but never bought the bike. It was his son's and it needed a bunch of work. We hung out a couple of times after that. Nice guy. And that house of his is cool, no? Glenn's wife is the butcher at the local Bashas in Wickenburg. She sold us a horse once. S.C.

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