Clarence got his bike

Clarence got his bike!



Well Clarence has some wheels again as of this weekend. Clarence was a guy that some bikers met at a rally there in Tucumcary NM last spring. A guy in a harley group posted a story about this guy that lived in a RV park there and his only wheels was a 49cc honda moped type bike. He is a Korean war vet and needed transportation to get to his VA docs in Amarrillo. He is a trooper, and road his moped all over NM. Well I read the post and decided to post the letter about clarence on the Yamahastarriders on the Yahoo groups. A couple of members road over to Tucumcari to meet this Clarence and see if he really existed. At that time we found out that during a storm a large tree branch had disabled his moped, and he was without any transportation.

Well one thing led to another and the starriders group wouldn't let this go by. An effort was started to raise enough money through donationions from the forum group to buy him a new set of wheels. After several months over $900 was raised, a rsed honda rebel 250 om great condition, was found and it was delivered to him this last weekend. The donations came in from as far away as the United Kindom, New Zealand, Austraila, and all over the states. The smile on his face even with his humble way showed that he was thrilled and touched by everybody that made it work. Everyone that donated had their name written on the tank. To say the least, he was very pleased, and wanted to do something in return. We told him nothing was needed. But he wanted everybodys address so he could send them Christmas Cards.

Now that he has some wheels, he is thinking of relocating to Amarrillo, which is closer to his VA hospital. It was great just being a part of helping a vet in a time of need, who was down on his luck.

If you want the whole story go to http://smay28.blogspot.com/

It was a good thing. And was glad to be a part of it.

Best regards,
Jimmmr in Lubbock