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Good news and strange news
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October 21, 2008 at 12:43 am #2279RupmiscParticipant
First the good news. I got the 696 back from the dealer last week, and the head mechanic fixed my shifter issue. The bike rides just like it did when I first brought it home. Got it up to about 700 miles today, so it’s time to send it in for a first service. Between 1500 miles on the Nighthawk 250 and the 700 on the 696, this means that I’m now over 2000 miles new.
I went for a ride today to practice some 2 and 4 lane divided highway driving. I picked a pretty uncrowded time of day, and am starting to feel a bit less threatened. Thus, satisfied with myself, I headed home on a nice leisurely back road. For about a mile, I was following a van that braked often, but was going at a reasonable speed, 5 miles over the posted limit. We were stopped at a light, and there was a little room on my right between the curb and me. A car pulled into the empty space and stopped behind the van (with me) and about a foot from my side. The driver, a middle aged woman (this is relevant here), pulled down her window and told me that I drove “like an old lady” and shouldn’t be on the road. She said I didn’t look like I was having fun, which is interesting with full gear and sun visor. I swear, any faster and it would be ticket or vancake. What did she want me to do? Funny thing is that I am wondering what I was doing wrong.
Fast and I’m an outlaw. Reasonable and I’m a wimp? Guess I’ll be a wimp.
October 21, 2008 at 12:56 am #14108dcJohnParticipantGood news: you only had to deal with batshit crazy, nasty person for a couple of seconds. She has to live with the fallout of that bad behavior for her whole life.
October 21, 2008 at 1:20 am #14110megaspazParticipantA couple of questions…
Was she hawt? and did you get pics?
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around, I want it caught and shot now…October 21, 2008 at 11:41 am #14116ranetteParticipanthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxxXXxuCNq0
All of it is hilarious, but the part relevant to Rupmisc’s incident starts at 3:55 and lasts for about a minute. It is George Carlin, so if you might be offended by any particular words you probably might not want to watch.
October 21, 2008 at 1:08 pm #14119RupmiscParticipantNo and no. Middle aged, nothing extraordinary about her. I had to stifle the impulse to ask her what we had in common since she might be an expert on driving “like an older lady”. Although, “hawt” really is a matter of perspective. She seemed about my age. Didn’t do much for me, but maybe you’ve got a Mrs. Robinson thing going, Spaz?
She sounded rational enough that I wondered if I had been riding badly. No cell phone, no dangling cigarette, no crazy eyes. Probably just needed to get home from work and get that first drink? I’ll never know.
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