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sportrider
Today I found out the hard way just how far you can go on a low fuel light. I was supposed to go ride Palomar today but ended up having to work, but that's okay works been slow so I'll take the overtime when I can get it. so anyways I've been riding the Ninja all week(waiting for my turn signals) so I wanted to ride my bike today, only the last time I rode my bike I broke my own rule and brought it home with a low tank(mistake #1). this morning I was feeling lazy when the alarm went off so I hit snooze(mistake #2). so now I'm running a little late, as I jump on the expressway I glance down and notice the 1 solid bar on the gauge and think to myself wow its been on one bar for a while I should probably stop for gas, but I've made it all the way to work before on a blinking fuel light so no big deal, I'll just fuel up after work(mistake #3). so I'm about 12 miles from work(out of a 29 mile commute) and I get the blinking light. after work I decide to "push on"(more on this word later) to the am/pm about 10 miles from work(passing the 2 little gas stations close to my work). I pull up to the gas pump go inside to pick up some smokes and pay and realize all I have to pay with is a gift card I got from work, no big deal right? WRONG turns out despite the gift card can be used as a credit card am/pm doesn't accept them... uh oh.(Ever get that little voice in your head telling you good advice and then you shrug it off and do the wrong thing anyways.) common sense said make a right at the expressway and back track to the last gas station 10 miles back. naturally I made the left and headed toward the gas station close to my house 18+ miles away(mistake #4). keep in mind I already have 22 miles on the blinking light. so I'm cruising down the expressway and I feel a surge as I look down at the trip odometer I see 38.7 miles I'm two miles from the gas station and Surge...surge... done!!! dang I ran out of gas!!! I make my way safely over to the shoulder and remove my helmet and start to "push" (theres that word again) the bike to the gas station. I didn't have to "push" very far when a good Samaritan named J.P.:thumbup: stopped and happened to have a gas can with a gallon of gas in it that he gave me. he told me he thought I was out of gas and seeing how he just happened to have some he thought he would help, turns out J.P. used to have a Honda VFR 800 a few years back and he'd run out of fuel before and someone stopped and helped him out the way he was helping me. I told him I couldn't thank him enough he said don't worry about it and we shook hands and he was on his way, and so was I.
The moral of this story is get gas when you need it, listen to your inner voice, always carry a little cash just in case and if you see a rider that needs help stop and help him because you never now when the shoe will be on the other foot.
The moral of this story is get gas when you need it, listen to your inner voice, always carry a little cash just in case and if you see a rider that needs help stop and help him because you never now when the shoe will be on the other foot.
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