WWJD
Donating Member
No one ever challenges me. Ever. My bike is stock, and I would enjoy some vettes, vipers, heck even a built mustang or something.... I get nothing.
So I RELISH in what tiny morsals of racing someone, ANYONE throws me. So, after washing off the busa, I needed to wind dry her so I hit the streets and freeways. it was picture perfect: very little wind, sun had JUST set so it was light but not blinding, some street lights were coming on, car lights were on, so everything had that dayglo neon bright look against the purple/pink sky.
Pulled up next to an Infinity type car at a stop light, with four people in it. I'm guessing youngers on their way to prom. I knew I had to get over 3 lanes for the clover leafentrance onto the free way. As I suspected, the guy shot off the line, and I let him go as I don't usually want to draw attention to myself being a cop magnet. I see him hit the entrance in front of me so I figure "aw why not?"
I sweep in right behind him and hike off the bike in racer speed turning mode on the clover entrance as to say, "It's on!" and he notices and takes off faster. This is a small turning onramp and I see the front left of his car start to dip as he pushes his suspension past it's abilities... so I let up and sit up, backing off.... I don't wanna be responsible for 4 kids rolling a car on Prom night. I'll just reel him in on the freeway where the worst he can do is go strait, slower than me.
It's pretty clear so I cut over 3 lanes, giving him the abilty to come over two and get arround some traffic. Pulling up next to him, He starts winding it up and I drop down to 2nd at 70 to ensure a good show for his passengers when I pin the throttle. I keep next to him a few seconds and tuck in real tight, pretending to race, glance over at him and wave bye bye with my left hand and pin the throttle, pulling away easily like a Ferarri eating a Yugo. I know I drove the point home, and slow, and he blows by me quite fast, so I hit it again keeping right next to him, look over, shrug, and pin it again, pulling away easily again. He still has it hammered but has to break hard for the traffic in front of him.
Okay... he's not that attentive of a driver, I best stop playing with him. I slow up and he shoots by me and keeps that pedal down, right into heavily patrolled seas. He slows a little as I head to my exit.
with a 1/4 mile between us, I hammer it again to pull next to him WHILE I'm exiting at like 100. I wave with the left, lean the the right and head home. That exit is fresh smooth blacktop so I know what I can do on it.
Okay, wasn't a GREAT kill or nothing, but maybe they enjoyed crossing swords with the legendary bike and a decent enough pilot.
Like I said, it's the most I can get around here.
...but I just saw a shiney new Lotus Esprit at a crossing an hour ago....
gonna be a good sumer.
So I RELISH in what tiny morsals of racing someone, ANYONE throws me. So, after washing off the busa, I needed to wind dry her so I hit the streets and freeways. it was picture perfect: very little wind, sun had JUST set so it was light but not blinding, some street lights were coming on, car lights were on, so everything had that dayglo neon bright look against the purple/pink sky.
Pulled up next to an Infinity type car at a stop light, with four people in it. I'm guessing youngers on their way to prom. I knew I had to get over 3 lanes for the clover leafentrance onto the free way. As I suspected, the guy shot off the line, and I let him go as I don't usually want to draw attention to myself being a cop magnet. I see him hit the entrance in front of me so I figure "aw why not?"
I sweep in right behind him and hike off the bike in racer speed turning mode on the clover entrance as to say, "It's on!" and he notices and takes off faster. This is a small turning onramp and I see the front left of his car start to dip as he pushes his suspension past it's abilities... so I let up and sit up, backing off.... I don't wanna be responsible for 4 kids rolling a car on Prom night. I'll just reel him in on the freeway where the worst he can do is go strait, slower than me.
It's pretty clear so I cut over 3 lanes, giving him the abilty to come over two and get arround some traffic. Pulling up next to him, He starts winding it up and I drop down to 2nd at 70 to ensure a good show for his passengers when I pin the throttle. I keep next to him a few seconds and tuck in real tight, pretending to race, glance over at him and wave bye bye with my left hand and pin the throttle, pulling away easily like a Ferarri eating a Yugo. I know I drove the point home, and slow, and he blows by me quite fast, so I hit it again keeping right next to him, look over, shrug, and pin it again, pulling away easily again. He still has it hammered but has to break hard for the traffic in front of him.
Okay... he's not that attentive of a driver, I best stop playing with him. I slow up and he shoots by me and keeps that pedal down, right into heavily patrolled seas. He slows a little as I head to my exit.
with a 1/4 mile between us, I hammer it again to pull next to him WHILE I'm exiting at like 100. I wave with the left, lean the the right and head home. That exit is fresh smooth blacktop so I know what I can do on it.
Okay, wasn't a GREAT kill or nothing, but maybe they enjoyed crossing swords with the legendary bike and a decent enough pilot.
Like I said, it's the most I can get around here.
...but I just saw a shiney new Lotus Esprit at a crossing an hour ago....
gonna be a good sumer.
