06/14/2026
WTF is this world coming to?!
Got a call this morning from an old timer who was referred to me by his grandson (who I towed a few months back). This gentleman, who’s 80+ years old, took his motorcycle out to grab his blood pressure medication from the pharmacy. Pretty standard morning, right?
Wrong.
He comes back outside and some low-life, oxygen-wasting, bargain-bin criminal had stolen the seat off his motorcycle. Who steals a motorcycle seat?! Of all the things to steal, you picked the one item designed specifically to keep an old man’s backside off the frame rails.
Needless to say, he called Lane Splitter Towing and asked for a ride home.
About 10 minutes into the trip, this Vietnam Vet was sound asleep in the passenger seat, snoring away like he’d just completed a combat mission. By the time he woke up, I was unloading his bike at Harley-Davidson in Sacramento.
I told him two things:
1. The 40-mile tow was on the house.
2. I’m buying him whatever seat he wants.
You would’ve thought I told him I was taking his Social Security check. The man argued with me for half an hour before finally giving up.
Truth be told, it felt damn good helping him out. Sometimes it’s not about towing motorcycles. It’s about taking care of good people when life decides to kick them in the teeth.
And to the dirtbag who stole the seat from an 80+ year old Vietnam Vet: I hope every gas pump you use stops at $0.01 before your tank is full, and every public restroom you enter is out of toilet paper.
🇺🇸 This was my belated Memorial Day salute to a man who earned a lot more respect than he was shown today.
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