Friendship amongst the biking community,, what its allways meant to me.
Helping out a mate in need be it with a lift or lending a spanner,
Joining up with like minded people to be sociable,
Picking somebody up after an "off",
Buy a coffee and having a good chat,
Offering to help set up tents etc,
Never seeing a mate struggle or do without when you can help,
Taking the time to listen when a mate needs you,

I would like to think that some folks might agree with me                                                                                                                                                                              

Well, I did think of helping you up after your last visit with the road, but I was too busy laughing                                                                                                                                                                             

lol git! ill keep my chilled shandy to myself ,,huh !! ,,(sticks nose in air n flounces orf) !!!!                                                                                                                                                                             

boody i use this philosophy to all folks but it dont seam to be passed back much think it call being a Mug !!! but i shall continue to do so when i deem fit to       good god ive just realised how boring i sound                                                                                                                                                                              

im one of those ,>>> what goes around cums around types ,                                                                                                                                                                              

Yes agree with you all absolutely. But what you're saying WheelyNealy is unfortunate. It’s a pity, but this site could do with an ‘Add friend’ tab same as Facebook?                                                                                                                                                                              

Hey Boody,

I like your philosophy and so far although I haven't had to put it all to the test I'm happy to say it's pretty much what I have found since being on BM and meeting the peeps I have so far.                                                                                                                                                                             

Dont think there are many Bm members that I would turn away if thay were in need. As for mates would always help if i could but some have took the p in the past                                                                                                                                                                             

Very nicely said Boody and defo wot i have found with the peeps on here so far!!! Totally agree hun xx     OI JP...please do tell....Who are the very few that you would turn away?????  Forewarned is forearmed!!!!                                                                                                                                                                              

I hear you JP. But my biking buddies (not here) have never let me down. I’ve found it’s the non-biking-so-called friends that can and have taken the p (some not all).                                                                                                                                                                             

Up until I joined this site I'd had the same best friend for over 30 years and no others that I would really trust, just people I would loosely call "friends".
That's all changed, and I've met some really good people who I know would be there for me whenever I needed them and hopefully they know the same applies for them too and they will know who they are.                                                                                                                                                                               

Boody, I totally agree with you... after all, that's what friendship is supposed to be about.

WheelyNealy... I agree, as there are unfortunately a limited few that are like that but I shall not let that deter me from being there for someone in need.                                                                                                                                                                             

I treat everyone the same way I like to be treated                                                                                                                                                                              

I'm not going into great detail, suffice to say that someone I thought was a friend came up to me at a rally and asked if I could buy him a pint as he was skint. I gave him twenty quid to keep him going and later that night found him in bed with my wife. Some friend! As a result I moved away from bikes and have only recently come back to the social side of biking after a 12 year break.

Now you know what he did with the £20. Some friend - some wife. You're better off without the pair of them                                                                                                                                                                             

did you get your twenty quid back simon66?  thats fg shocking  who needs enemy's with friends like that                                                                                                                                                                               

Simon.....what a by awfull thing to have happened to you. Don't know you and not wishing to embarrass you but here's a  

Boody, i agree with your sentiments and after meeting some more people off here (including you) last night i can only say i wish i had joined the forum years ago                                                                                                                                                                              

awww thank you sweetheart xx @ lovinit                                                                                                                                                                             

The way I'd look at your "experience" Simon is like this; if I could pay someone £20 and learn who were really my friends and who were lying, cheating sh*tes ... then I'd pay it straight away.

£20 well spent I think, as XK says, you're better off without.                                                                                                                                                                             

Good God, someone pass me the sick bucket!!