Along the way he tinkered with my sidestand that had slowly through the years gone wonky as well, and top it off he even looked the house over for mice that my moggy keeps bringing in. 
We got away without having to drain the sump oil by leaning it over at 45 degrees each side - so now all sorted with new corrosion resistant pipes and new SS hose mated onto old end fittings
. Mac has photos of my shameful old pipe where the salty roads have eaten away at the chrome and into the thin metal pipe that eventually rusted away leading to a pinhole and spurty out oil under pressure 
After he left to let me give the bike an overdue spit & polish I found the senile old git had left his phone behind. As he won't be needing it in hospital any offers for it? 
