take this for example...
bought some new plugs but lost my plug socket.
went to 4 different bike shops, 3 of them honda dealers - hunts, mcr honda (used to be mcr ducati) and lancaster honda - none of them had plug sockets.
i thought that was worse than driving round all day to find the plugs!
went to halfheads, no joy, few tool shops, same thing.
so just on the off chance i called in at a small bike repair shop in lancaster (heysham tbh) TwistGrip on northgate, asked the guy (neil) if he had one and he said i could have his and he'd turn another one down.
offered him £ but he wouldnt have it off me.
damn good chap.
number is 07799 566 688. very helpfull chap if you're in the area.
anyway, on the way past i popped into lancs honda, asked them if they had one - only went in looking at used bikes, but they didnt have the socket and said they'd sell me a complete toolkit for £112
i declined and said i had sockets coming out of my butt.
so a guy at the counter (mark - fazer thou rider) was swapping a jacket and asked if he heard correctly that i had a storm....
i said yes, just after a plug socket, showed him a pic on my fone.
'if youre not in a rush you can follow me, i sold mine but have a garagefull of bits - and a spare plug socket you can have'
i thought, ive pulled here lol
so followed him back as he tried to show off weaving through traffic 
and after his lovely mrs made a brew he produced a shiny new spark plug socket, a new set of plugs and a gen honda shop manual, gave him a few £ like you do 
exchange stories etc - turns out he bought a mint black storm and broke the front cct after one day
took it to a dealer who fitted a new head but it wouldn't rev over 6k (sound familiar?)the 'expert' repairer told him he mustve bought a usa head
and billed him 500 for the job.he said it was rideable but never the same after that so he sold it for the fazer, but also has a nice buell 1125...
i'm boring you now aren't i!
so, i felt guilty for taking twistgrip's only plug socket so i went back to find he was just putting his bikes away.
explained what happened, thanked him very much and said i'd call back when i need bits...
got back to my car & found a fiver on the floor lol - karma
jolly nice chaps.
