the day i found a bike (was memory lane)

[Fred Hink]

I m sure there wasn t much or anything posted to this list because this event was between The Swiss couple, myself and you.  Thanks for your memories.  It is interesting to me learning how as we age that sometimes our memories change and sometimes not.  My recollection of this time is pretty similar.  What I remember is that this Swiss couple had been in my shop on their bike and related their travels to me in our conversations.  They were heading to BC, Canada and having their bike shipped to New Zealand to continue their trip.  So after they flew to NZ and waiting an appropriate time, their bike never showed up.  They had been trying to contact the shipper to see if they could locate their bike or any information on it.  They kept getting the run-around from the bike shop and was told that the bike had been shipped.  This couple was obviously worried that their bike had been either lost or stolen.  They even contacted the RCMP with no success.  They were in contact with me several times during this and that is when the light bulb went off in my head and since I knew the bike was supposed to be shipped from BC and you were from BC, I put two and two together and asked you to get involved.   It seems to me that after finding out that the place that was supposed to have shipped the bike was so close to where you worked, you had went their a couple of times in plain clothes with no success finding the bike.  Then as soon as you had went their in your work clothes the bike was mysteriously found.  HA!   My friends were elated to finally hear that their missing motorcycle had been discovered.  The Swiss couple had been patiently waiting in New Zealand all this time and since they had a schedule to keep had to finally leave New Zealand without their bike and head for home.  The bike shop in BC couldn t ship the bike to NZ in time so it was sent to Switzerland and was graciously received by it s owners.   It was obviously meant to happen this way and I found it odd that a couple from Switzerland lost a Japanese motorcycle in Canada and were in New Zealand, asking me in little ol Moab to help and finding the right person in BC to track down their bike.   This event really impressed me how we live in such a small world since the advent of the internet. Fred http://www.arrowheadmotorsports.com   [b]From:[/b] mynameisarne@... [b]Sent:[/b] Friday, January 3, 2014 11:21 AM [b]To:[/b] DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com [b]Subject:[/b] [DSN_KLR650] The Day I Found A Bike (was Memory Lane)     Arne here again.    I wish I could dig up the original email to get my facts straight, but here goes.   I worked as a policeman from '95 - '05, which book-ended the time that I rode my KLR and ran the List.  Some time in the 90's I learned of a couple who travelled around the world, and "lost" their bike some place between Vancouver, BC and home... which was Switzerland, after they dropped the bike to be shipped and flew home themselves. 

 

6 months after they had arrived home there was still no bike.  Getting the big brush-off for their troubles in trying to locate it, they considered their bike "lost".  Stolen would be the more accurate word, IMO.  They were screwed because they were home and had no way to personally follow-up or figure out what happened to the bike.

 

I can't recall how the information came to me (I searched the archives and I don't see that it was anything that was posted, so I'm guessing the the initial email was from Fred).  Anyways, I made contact with them and discovered that they had shipped their bike from Daytona Motorcycles in Surrey, BC.  Well, what do ya know... I could pretty much walk there from our office.  And while I couldn't follow this up in any &quo t;official capacity" - since something like this was out of my jurisdiction, and all I had were suspicions (considering that I'd heard shady stories about Daytona in the past) - I chose to drive there in a patrol car, in uniform.  I was probably sporting my 'inquisitive but serious face' and a large cop-stache.

 

"Armed" with all the shipping details (owner's names, dates, times & detailed information about the bike) I went in to speak to the manager.  Stating that the couple were friends of mine, my conversation either jogged his memory or "shook the tree", because what d'ya know... I received a call a few days later that "we found the bike" and that it would be shipped right away.

 

I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall after I left the manager's office, but long story short, the bike and owners were reunited a few weeks later.  I never did ask if the mileage was the same as when they left it to be crated and shipped, or if it was obvious that someone had been riding it during the 6 months that it went missing.

 

Anyways... it was one of those feel-good stories that don't come along every day.

 

Thanks for reminding me of it, Fred!

 

Cheers!

Arne

[Peter Dore]

Hi all, recently got the Rutgers 10/22 Takedown so I could bring it with me on the bike. Where can I go to find out about regulations for all states, not just missouri, in case I come to a state line by accident while out exploring. Or how do I find out where I can shoot, but not at a range? Like at cans out in the national forest? Is that allowed? Or squirrels, rabbits, crows, or coyotes? Any good links? Might get a pistol too, guessing I can't bring the 30-30 or the shotgun on the KLR. But think it would make a good deer or turkey finder, until it was time to drag it home. Ha. Coming from a guy that has never shot anything yet. Peter Peter Dore' Sent from my iPad

[Eddie]

Congrats on your Ruger 10/22! There are a TON of cool accessories for one. Unloaded and taken apart, it's just parts for travel. =) Onward: Google gun laws and reciprocity and see what turns up. Also, you can Google gun laws by state, too.  -eddie who takes either a Walther P22 or PK-380 with him on bike camping trips. PS: Check with your local gun store. They could have info, too!

----- Original Message ----- [b]From:[/b] pmdore@... [b]To:[/b] DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com [b]Sent:[/b] Friday, January 03, 2014 3:19 PM [b]Subject:[/b] [DSN_KLR650] Re: NKLR - guns on bikes   Hi all, recently got the Rutgers 10/22 Takedown so I could bring it with me on the bike. Where can I go to find out about regulations for all states, not just missouri, in case I come to a state line by accident while out exploring. Or how do I find out where I can shoot, but not at a range? Like at cans out in the national forest? Is that allowed? Or squirrels, rabbits, crows, or coyotes? Any good links? Might get a pistol too, guessing I can't bring the 30-30 or the shotgun on the KLR. But think it would make a good deer or turkey finder, until it was time to drag it home. Ha. Coming from a guy that has never shot anything yet. Peter Peter Dore' Sent from my iPad