Bad Sunday

[moondog]

An amazing day, low 70's....sporting my new Icon Recon jeans, (a little ichy & stink bad, even after washing. What's that all about?) me and the misses head to Eureka Springs for lunch. After a great spirited ride, we pull in to Eureka. As usual, there are a ton of bikes, mostly harleys...I spy a spot and slip the busa in. There is a nice couple preparing to leave next to us, older harley. We talk a little and they pull out...and bite it right in front of us. Bike goes down, swings around on the crash bar and smacks a parked car. I think his camera, strapped to his bar got caught so he couldn't turn. Shaken but ok, we get the couple back up, he and I right the 800 pound pig and get it out of the street. He finally gets it started and off they go. We walk up to our favorite outdoor cafe, barely get seated and crash, bammmmm.....yet another harley goes down just ten feet from our table. This one traps her foot under it and she is sceaming to get it off. Her old man, that has just powered by at about 180 decibles, comes back and starts yelling at her for scratching the bike. Big scene as she tells him to back the F**k off. They still had not got it started by the time we finished lunch. About this time I'm thinking time to go, we walk back down the hill just in time to see this guy on a scooter run into the back of a car, launching the DOG he had on his lap into the back window of the car. Dog runs yelping down the street, scooter has a flat tire. The misses and I gingerly mount up, and get the hell out of dodge.....bad day at black rock....

 

[busahaya]

Ain't that something, To bad you didn't have a camera to record all of this. Sounds like something out of a comedy movie.

 

[Lucky34]

woah....

 

[tbonebusa]

I'd be interested to see the ratio of bikes that just flat get dropped on their sides: Cruisers vs. sportbikes. I've seen a lot of folks drop thier cruisers, but very rarely do you see a sportbike rider just plain fall over at low speeds.

 

[Revlis]

Beer does that sometimes...

 

[justintime2]

 

[Don Hardcastle]

Wow, that is crazy.

 

[moondog]

Left me thinking about the moon phase or something....but when it's all over it amounts to a lot of inexperienced riders and one stoned dood on a scooter. The streets in Eureka would remind you of Italy, very narrow and cobblestone. The town is also built on the side of a fairly steep hill. Makes for a very quaint setting but can be tough navagating on a bike. To make the first couple feel better we told them about when we turned the busa over in the driveway, just being stuuuupid but I think they failed to see the humor.....

 

[moondog]

Hey Don, did you make it to Carthage to see the car?

 

[Jace]

bad day alright

 

[paineless4u]

sounds like them folks had a little bit more then sandwiches for lunch

 

[flyboy]

WOW...what a show and it was all free.

 

[diesel]

Yep....at Biketoberfest this year in Daytona where you can get a top speed of about 5mph, I passed a guy laying in the street where he dumped his Harley. Of course no helmet so they were holding his head and neck still untill the ambulance arrived. If he had on at least one of those "beanie" helmets, he would have brushed it off.
I have this guy at work with a harley who now wants a sportbike because-" it looks better while wearing sandals and shorts"....I told him good idea! I'd love to see the jerk dump it.

 

[UR IT!]

It's a real treat to see the "badest doods in the land" strut their stuff......sounds like you guys had a nice lunch.

 

[gsteve]

Sounds like what is the typical harley rider. Someone who spends more time thinking about what do-rag or chained wallet will make them look cool and BADDD then how to actually ride thier new image. Dog on his lap...geeeziz was he trying to make it onto a stupidest video?

 

[stkr00]

I'd be interested to see the ratio of bikes that just flat get dropped on their sides: Cruisers vs. sportbikes. I've seen a lot of folks drop thier cruisers, but very rarely do you see a sportbike rider just plain fall over at low speeds.

The problem with the bigger bikes is due to the weight and center of gravity.

The Electra Glide that I ride weighs in around 800 pounds, and if you're at a low speed, like in a parking lot, and it starts to go over, you'll play hell keeping it from falling. I did it once, and it felt like my leg was going to explode while I was trying to hold it up. I didn't drop it, but I came damn close.

The heavier bikes just aren't too stable at low speeds. On the highway they just cruise though. Only, a LOT slower than the Busa.