Midnight Rider
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I will start this by saying that of the boards/forums/etc.. that I have been a member of, there are 3 times that other members have gone above and beyond what you would think a person would do for another. Especially someone they don't really know and could be a million miles away from.
In this age of Me First/Others Second, I want what's Mine, and I Deserve It; it has been nice to find some that restore my faith in humanity.
The first time was on another board involving motorcycles. I had bought a Suzuki Katana and immmediately joined a board called KatanaPlanet. (It no longer exists.) The bike had a slighty damaged fairing on it and since this was my first bike I wanted to fix it up right. After looking awhile, I saw someone on that board had a brand new, still in the box, straight from Suzuki fairing that fit my exact year. This person sold me this item at a heck of a price and sent it to me before he ever got my money. He could have easily charged me triple the price and it would have been worth it.
The second time was here. I had been having some issues with my 1009 running rough/stalling. After searching ( Yes, searching, though troublesome at times, is still your best friend.) and reading various posts, it came about that I might need a new injection pump.
Now, not having lots of money to go and purchase a new IP was an issue. However, upon further searching I found a post where someone mentioned Alredneck as having some used take-off IP's for sale. I immediately sent him a PM to see if he did and he did. Upon trying to figure out the exact amount to send to him for the pump, I found he had already sent it my way.
So, he didn't know me from Adam and though he had my address, I could have easily taken the IP and not paid him. But he wasn't worried in the least bit. I sent him a check as fast as I could and then something else happened. He didn't get the check. Now I was really in a bind, I could not stand here in good conscience having this IP and not having paid for it. He graciously said to wait and see if it ever came. I don't remember how long it took, but I do remember I was thinking of taking a road trip to pay him in person. It came about he did finally receive it and it had been mixed in with some other mail. In the end, I knew if I ever need anything else and he had it for sale, it would be a no brainer to buy from him.
The third time just happened today and was what made me remember I should have posted up my thanks publicly to Alredneck.
Warthog posted up a poll about the Doghead relay mod. I had posted that I had not done this mod, mainly because I hadn't need to do it. Someone else posted that it would be better to do it now, instead of having to pay for some real problems later.
I posted that I didn't have spare money for that and since the 1009 was running fine, I didn't see a justification for this purchase. Warthog posted that it wasn't that much. I foolishly posted back about my situation when this wasn't really the place for it and it wasn't a concern of anyone else. I'm not sure why I did it, more than likely a brain fart.
However, I am glad I did because Warthog's next post was telling me to PM him and he would send me the parts. While I appreciate his offer, I did humbly decline.
I don't know about you, but I know I probably couldn't drive into town and ask some random stranger to buy me parts for my truck. I'm also pretty sure that I couldn't ask that stranger to buy me the parts and I would pay him back a week or so later.
You always read the feel good stories of others help people out and you think, there's still hope for us after all. But it means so much more when it happens to you personally.
I also think thanks should go out to this board in general. I mentioned that this had happened to me 3 times. 2 of those were on this board. I dare anyone to find another board out there where the members are willing to help, basically complete strangers.
So I hope I haven't rambled too much and I hope my wall of text doesn't give anyone a headache. (I did try to space it out, but I haven't typed this much in awhile.)
Thank you again, Alredneck and Warthog. I know I can sleep a little better tonight knowing people like you are still in this world.
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In this age of Me First/Others Second, I want what's Mine, and I Deserve It; it has been nice to find some that restore my faith in humanity.
The first time was on another board involving motorcycles. I had bought a Suzuki Katana and immmediately joined a board called KatanaPlanet. (It no longer exists.) The bike had a slighty damaged fairing on it and since this was my first bike I wanted to fix it up right. After looking awhile, I saw someone on that board had a brand new, still in the box, straight from Suzuki fairing that fit my exact year. This person sold me this item at a heck of a price and sent it to me before he ever got my money. He could have easily charged me triple the price and it would have been worth it.
The second time was here. I had been having some issues with my 1009 running rough/stalling. After searching ( Yes, searching, though troublesome at times, is still your best friend.) and reading various posts, it came about that I might need a new injection pump.
Now, not having lots of money to go and purchase a new IP was an issue. However, upon further searching I found a post where someone mentioned Alredneck as having some used take-off IP's for sale. I immediately sent him a PM to see if he did and he did. Upon trying to figure out the exact amount to send to him for the pump, I found he had already sent it my way.
So, he didn't know me from Adam and though he had my address, I could have easily taken the IP and not paid him. But he wasn't worried in the least bit. I sent him a check as fast as I could and then something else happened. He didn't get the check. Now I was really in a bind, I could not stand here in good conscience having this IP and not having paid for it. He graciously said to wait and see if it ever came. I don't remember how long it took, but I do remember I was thinking of taking a road trip to pay him in person. It came about he did finally receive it and it had been mixed in with some other mail. In the end, I knew if I ever need anything else and he had it for sale, it would be a no brainer to buy from him.
The third time just happened today and was what made me remember I should have posted up my thanks publicly to Alredneck.
Warthog posted up a poll about the Doghead relay mod. I had posted that I had not done this mod, mainly because I hadn't need to do it. Someone else posted that it would be better to do it now, instead of having to pay for some real problems later.
I posted that I didn't have spare money for that and since the 1009 was running fine, I didn't see a justification for this purchase. Warthog posted that it wasn't that much. I foolishly posted back about my situation when this wasn't really the place for it and it wasn't a concern of anyone else. I'm not sure why I did it, more than likely a brain fart.
However, I am glad I did because Warthog's next post was telling me to PM him and he would send me the parts. While I appreciate his offer, I did humbly decline.
I don't know about you, but I know I probably couldn't drive into town and ask some random stranger to buy me parts for my truck. I'm also pretty sure that I couldn't ask that stranger to buy me the parts and I would pay him back a week or so later.
You always read the feel good stories of others help people out and you think, there's still hope for us after all. But it means so much more when it happens to you personally.
I also think thanks should go out to this board in general. I mentioned that this had happened to me 3 times. 2 of those were on this board. I dare anyone to find another board out there where the members are willing to help, basically complete strangers.
So I hope I haven't rambled too much and I hope my wall of text doesn't give anyone a headache. (I did try to space it out, but I haven't typed this much in awhile.)
Thank you again, Alredneck and Warthog. I know I can sleep a little better tonight knowing people like you are still in this world.
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