Brush with a squid
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 2:02 pm
So I'm on my way home today from work (in my car, not the bike) and for some reason traffic is much slower than usual. No big deal though, I've got the girlfriend on speakerphone and we're talking away. Out of the corner of my eye I notice something moving much faster than the rest of the traffic is. Some black guy on a gixxer comes blasting past me and then slams on his breaks because someone ahead of him changes lanes. I notice his garb, expensive Shoei helmet, wife beater, jeans low enough to show the top line of his boxers, and Air Jordan shoes. Hrm...I wonder which demographic of the motorcycling world he comes from?
So he pulls into my lane right ahead of me (guess that scared him enough to stop his splitting) and I notice his throttle control. Every time he gives it gas it looks like he's about to be thrown off the beast. He's jerking back and forth...little gas...OFF...little gas...OFF! He sees an opening and moves over to the next lane and guns it...for about 1 second. Then he's back heavy on the brakes again.
I catch up and pass him...for a minute, then he guns it past me and moves over to a merge lane and blows past several cars, and then is off.
Good to know that there are such safe riders on my roads!
So he pulls into my lane right ahead of me (guess that scared him enough to stop his splitting) and I notice his throttle control. Every time he gives it gas it looks like he's about to be thrown off the beast. He's jerking back and forth...little gas...OFF...little gas...OFF! He sees an opening and moves over to the next lane and guns it...for about 1 second. Then he's back heavy on the brakes again.
I catch up and pass him...for a minute, then he guns it past me and moves over to a merge lane and blows past several cars, and then is off.
Good to know that there are such safe riders on my roads!