aliveandkicking
Well-Known Member
I'm a keen motorcycle rider and so are many of my mates, who, many of them I've met through a bike forum.
The bloke who runs the forum organises (with some support a few businesses and a magazine that is active in our bike culture) an annual event, which started a few years back as a weekend ride to a full-scale weekend show that is held on an airfield in Northern NSW.
This years event, due to exceptionally poor weather saw a much lower then expected crowd through the gates, leaving the organiser around $40000 in debt.********
On his way to this event, a bloke, riding with a group of his mates from Perth to Casino (Northern NSW, Event location) was taken out by a car in Mudgee, killing him. He was 29, married, a young child and his wife is pregnant.*******
Many of the forum members have taken it upon themselves to ensure that the forum organiser gets back the money he has lost buy organising competitions, donating prizes etc.
These same forum members have also begun a fund to go the the widowed family. This fund has been boosted by donations, members auctioning off items such as Pythons, Motorbikes and any other items of value. A charity ride to raise money for the family is also being organised. The ride is likely to start from Brisbane through Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and finally to Perth.
Every single person who has had something to offer is your everyday, working class person. No wealthy business owners or property tycoons. Many of them either out of work or struggling as a result of the rediculious global economic panic that has started to grip our nation.
I just wanted to briefly share this story. With the amount of ****ty stories that society is bombarded with on a daily basis, its refreshing to know that there are still people out there, no matter what their walk of life may consist of, still have the heart and mind to help others where thay can.
The bloke who runs the forum organises (with some support a few businesses and a magazine that is active in our bike culture) an annual event, which started a few years back as a weekend ride to a full-scale weekend show that is held on an airfield in Northern NSW.
This years event, due to exceptionally poor weather saw a much lower then expected crowd through the gates, leaving the organiser around $40000 in debt.********
On his way to this event, a bloke, riding with a group of his mates from Perth to Casino (Northern NSW, Event location) was taken out by a car in Mudgee, killing him. He was 29, married, a young child and his wife is pregnant.*******
Many of the forum members have taken it upon themselves to ensure that the forum organiser gets back the money he has lost buy organising competitions, donating prizes etc.
These same forum members have also begun a fund to go the the widowed family. This fund has been boosted by donations, members auctioning off items such as Pythons, Motorbikes and any other items of value. A charity ride to raise money for the family is also being organised. The ride is likely to start from Brisbane through Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and finally to Perth.
Every single person who has had something to offer is your everyday, working class person. No wealthy business owners or property tycoons. Many of them either out of work or struggling as a result of the rediculious global economic panic that has started to grip our nation.
I just wanted to briefly share this story. With the amount of ****ty stories that society is bombarded with on a daily basis, its refreshing to know that there are still people out there, no matter what their walk of life may consist of, still have the heart and mind to help others where thay can.