|
|
| The Paddock Welcome to the forums! Come in, introduce yourself. Talk about motorcycles and riding here! |
|
Welcome to the Motorcycle-Journal Forums forums. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact contact us. |
 |
| | LinkBack | Thread Tools |
05-01-2006, 09:59 PM
| #1 (permalink) |
| Sprocket Pilot   Joined: Mar 2006
Bike: '04 Vulcan 2000, '05 VTX1800
Location: Arlington, Texas
Posts: 866
|  Various Obstacles Hopped on the M50 for a "short" after dinner ride, before it got dark. At one point the hairs on back of my neck got to standing up, I thought maybe just cool air, but also had that "look out" feeling... Finished the back road twisties, so I headed onto the highway for a fast ride home. Suddenly, a length of heavy metal pipe about a foot and a half long came skating into my lane! I managed to only run it over crossways, with no damage to the bike.... As I brought my eyes up, another piece of metal was coming at me head-high.... So, I'm doing seventy when this second object hits me square on the right nipple, and stung so bad I had to check to see if it was still on my body! Just when I was regaining feeling on my right chest at a red light, I hear engines revving and tires squealing right behind me.... Two little bastards in cars are doing burnouts in line, a foot from my rear fender! The one behind me kept it up even after I turned and pointed (index finger only) at him, and after he came around me I gave short chase, hoping for an opportunity to grab him by the neck..... He hauled it away in a reckless rush, so I let it go, not wanting to have him wreck out into some innocents. I thought about that neck hair tingle feeling earlier....... Time to go home. Stopped at a lake park and watched a stunningly beautiful sunset......
__________________ "Sprocket to me, baby!" Last edited by texrider; 05-01-2006 at 10:59 PM. |
|  |
| Sponsored Links |
    |
|
05-01-2006, 11:29 PM
| #3 (permalink) |
| Sprocket Pilot Joined: Mar 2006
Bike: '04 Vulcan 2000, '05 VTX1800
Location: Arlington, Texas
Posts: 866
| Something the cars in the lanes ahead of me were chewing up and spitting out, stuff was flying everywhere....., with none of the usual swerving or brakelites....
__________________ "Sprocket to me, baby!" |
|
| |
|
05-01-2006, 11:37 PM
| #4 (permalink) |
| Fourth gear and illegal  Joined: Aug 2005
Bike: 2003 Suzuki GSX-R600
Location: Killeen, Texas
Posts: 745
  | Glad I don't live up north with ya!  Congrats on making it home safe. Beautiful day out today wasn't it? (although the past weekend was even better  )
__________________ |
|
| |
|
05-01-2006, 11:59 PM
| #5 (permalink) |
| 100% Title Free   Joined: Feb 2006
Bike: '05 GSX-R750 (Anniversary Edition)
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 1,544
| A-holes. Glad you came out with all your parts, motorcycle and otherwise.
__________________ "Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba...." ~Hunter S. Thompson  |
|
| |
|
05-02-2006, 07:44 AM
| #7 (permalink) |
| May 2007 Member of the month   Joined: Mar 2005
Bike: 2004 Suzuki Intruder 1500LC / 2005 Suzuki DL650 V-Strom
Location: Douglasville, Georgia
Posts: 7,833
| Are you Spiderman? Got that Spidey sense don't ya. Glad you are ok.
__________________ Biketoberfest 2006 flashback courtesy of Intimid8er: "Like you knew damn well you shouldn't eat something like that, but all be damned to hell, you were gonna eat it!"  __________________ |
|
| |
|
05-02-2006, 07:56 AM
| #8 (permalink) |
| Antebellum Mod   Joined: Jul 2005
Bike: 2008 Kawasaki KLR 650
Location: Dallas, Texas Directly above the center of the earth.
Posts: 10,742
| Good ol' I20 full of debris and squids. I'm always having to dodge something. Nice reactions Tex. Now where are those twisties.
__________________ “Please Remember to Kazoo Responsibly.”  |
|
| |
|
05-02-2006, 09:18 AM
| #9 (permalink) |
| U.B's LoveChild  Joined: Sep 2005
Bike: 2005 M50, 1970 TC120
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Posts: 1,036
| way to stay in tuned with your body and bike. Glad it all came out well.
__________________ RED M50 - 2005 "only a motorcycle rider understands why a dog hangs its head out the window" My Toys |
|
| |
|
05-02-2006, 12:30 PM
| #10 (permalink) |
| 100% Title Free Joined: Feb 2006
Bike: '05 GSX-R750 (Anniversary Edition)
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 1,544
| If there was ever a time I was glad to be in the cage, it would have to be the time I was driving through Indianapolis when an 18" segment of rebar got kicked up by the vehicle in front of me. It deflected up and over my van when it hit the hood. Who knows how it would have ended up if I were on the bike.
__________________ "Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba...." ~Hunter S. Thompson |
|
| |
|
05-02-2006, 12:50 PM
| #11 (permalink) | |
| Sprocket Pilot Joined: Mar 2006
Bike: '04 Vulcan 2000, '05 VTX1800
Location: Arlington, Texas
Posts: 866
| Quote:
Close, I was on 820 headed south. On my way back from blasting around Randol Mill Rd, up through north Arlington and Fort Worth. Nice little two lane sort of in the country, but still close in. Wife and I went on a dinner run to a steakhouse in Waxahachie last Thursday. Great ride down 157 out from Mansfield, with about 20 bikes of all kinds.
__________________ "Sprocket to me, baby!" | |
|
| |
|
| Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
| Thread Tools | |
| |
