so i'm hangin' out at the local beach enjoying my stogie... i hear two bikes come into the parking lot but they just cruise through [two race bikes]. i turned and saw the second one since they passed right behind where i was parked, a young kid on a 600 i think. so they just pass through. a short while later two cop cars pull up and ask me how long i've been there, i tell them about an hour. they ask if i've seen any bikes come through, and i tell them two kids on bikes passed through and one car says to the other "yeah thats them, they probably went to the back". the patrol cars leave the lot heading to the pier. the kids are trapped 'cause there's no way out. obviously they were racing on the streets.
so i decide to leave. now as anyone who has ridden with me knows i am a conservative rider. i know the back roads from my house to the beach, about a 5 minute ride. i'm cruising back home through this nice twisty road with a speed limit of 20mph, i'm going 25. i'm coming up on a turn where i know there's a stop sign which feeds right into the turn. the speed limit for the turn is 15mph so i bring it down to 20..25 TOPS if that...i see a lawn company truck with a trailer cruise up to the stop sign, make eye contact with me and RUN THE STOP SIGN! now keep in mind i know the road, and was aware that this might happen. when i saw the truck i thought to myself "this guy might not stop"... preparing for that i had slowed down just enough [ sarcasm: a big 5-10mph ] to avoid being run into the side of the road. in all reality those 5-10 saved me and my bike.
i catch up to these guys and get in front of them, stop my bike, almost put the kick stand down when i remember the cops i saw in the area and decide to go down port for coffee instead of jail.
freakin morons. be careful all.
so i decide to leave. now as anyone who has ridden with me knows i am a conservative rider. i know the back roads from my house to the beach, about a 5 minute ride. i'm cruising back home through this nice twisty road with a speed limit of 20mph, i'm going 25. i'm coming up on a turn where i know there's a stop sign which feeds right into the turn. the speed limit for the turn is 15mph so i bring it down to 20..25 TOPS if that...i see a lawn company truck with a trailer cruise up to the stop sign, make eye contact with me and RUN THE STOP SIGN! now keep in mind i know the road, and was aware that this might happen. when i saw the truck i thought to myself "this guy might not stop"... preparing for that i had slowed down just enough [ sarcasm: a big 5-10mph ] to avoid being run into the side of the road. in all reality those 5-10 saved me and my bike.
i catch up to these guys and get in front of them, stop my bike, almost put the kick stand down when i remember the cops i saw in the area and decide to go down port for coffee instead of jail.
freakin morons. be careful all.