Tampa Tom
01-21-2007, 11:10 PM
Went riding up to Floral city this afternoon with Wayne (new strommer) and a new friend on a Yam FZ-1....up HWY 39...north of Brooksville. On the way back around 4:00 PM or so we came up on a Harley that pulled out in front of us with 2 guys with matching Rebel Flag leather jackets on (Lovely couple).
(Here is legal disclaimer not to try this at home) :lol:
There were going around 30 mph once they got in front of us....knowing we were approaching at 60 mph (sound familiar). As the three of us nicely passed them on the left....The rider hit the gas hard so we couldn't pass :shock: . Shocked me that his bike had some much poop in it. I figured he was going to go off the road in the first turn.
Now that is funny stuff because the passenger was drinking out of a beer bottle while riding on the back when the rider took off :rolleyes: . My 650 had to fall back behind him through the next series of turns as his bike had more power than I did. This is just the start of much more fun to come.
If you know the road (hwy 39) you can picture how tight and quick those turns come up on you. For the next 4 or 5 corners I got right on his back tire but couldn't pass him :twisted:. Everytime we came out of the turns we both would hit to power and my bike just didn't have enough to pass him (where is that power when you need it). I tried diving hard into the turns thinking that he wouldn't take them very fast with a passenger on the back. Guess what....must of been the beer driving his bike because he was taking the turns as fast as he could and then blasting out of them. The guy on the back never even looked back at us (too occupied trying not to spill his beer). The driver was watching his mirrors at every turn. You had to wipe the smile off my face during this cat and mouse game.
At one point I gave up because we were going way to fast for those roads. Then a few tight turns later we came up on them one more time :twisted: . Since he was back down to cruising at 30 mph....I figured we would pull up along side him and give him the thumbs-up for being able to ride that Harley so well.
Guess what....He saw me...His passenger pointed his beer at me and then he hit the throttle again and gave a hand gesture :-D and it is back up to 70 mph in a 35 mph zone. This was pure entertainment. Andy on the FZ-1 said he was going to downshift and pass everyone but after watching how they were acting....based on the passenger have probably been drinking before they got on the bike....This would probably not be such a great idea to get in front of them. Besides....I can tell the driver has been missing his anger management meetings lately. Never know what they might do when you come to a stop sign.
We played for another few turns and then we realized the road came to a end at some park or something. We were so into chasing these clowns that we missed the turn-off back a couple of miles ago. So we made a U-Turn had some laughs and then headed back over to Demsy Rd to get back to the Hess Station.
So the moral of the story.....I either need to enroll in riding lessons :mad: .... or get 30 extra horse power :lol: .....or....Carry a cooler with extra beer in it for potential road hazards you might come up on :lol: .
Sorry to bring shame to the V-Strom name because this guy is going to tell everyone the story of the rice burner that couldn't pass him until his grandchildren get a chance to hear it.
Thought everyone might get a vicarious thrill from reading this story....
(Here is legal disclaimer not to try this at home) :lol:
There were going around 30 mph once they got in front of us....knowing we were approaching at 60 mph (sound familiar). As the three of us nicely passed them on the left....The rider hit the gas hard so we couldn't pass :shock: . Shocked me that his bike had some much poop in it. I figured he was going to go off the road in the first turn.
Now that is funny stuff because the passenger was drinking out of a beer bottle while riding on the back when the rider took off :rolleyes: . My 650 had to fall back behind him through the next series of turns as his bike had more power than I did. This is just the start of much more fun to come.
If you know the road (hwy 39) you can picture how tight and quick those turns come up on you. For the next 4 or 5 corners I got right on his back tire but couldn't pass him :twisted:. Everytime we came out of the turns we both would hit to power and my bike just didn't have enough to pass him (where is that power when you need it). I tried diving hard into the turns thinking that he wouldn't take them very fast with a passenger on the back. Guess what....must of been the beer driving his bike because he was taking the turns as fast as he could and then blasting out of them. The guy on the back never even looked back at us (too occupied trying not to spill his beer). The driver was watching his mirrors at every turn. You had to wipe the smile off my face during this cat and mouse game.
At one point I gave up because we were going way to fast for those roads. Then a few tight turns later we came up on them one more time :twisted: . Since he was back down to cruising at 30 mph....I figured we would pull up along side him and give him the thumbs-up for being able to ride that Harley so well.
Guess what....He saw me...His passenger pointed his beer at me and then he hit the throttle again and gave a hand gesture :-D and it is back up to 70 mph in a 35 mph zone. This was pure entertainment. Andy on the FZ-1 said he was going to downshift and pass everyone but after watching how they were acting....based on the passenger have probably been drinking before they got on the bike....This would probably not be such a great idea to get in front of them. Besides....I can tell the driver has been missing his anger management meetings lately. Never know what they might do when you come to a stop sign.
We played for another few turns and then we realized the road came to a end at some park or something. We were so into chasing these clowns that we missed the turn-off back a couple of miles ago. So we made a U-Turn had some laughs and then headed back over to Demsy Rd to get back to the Hess Station.
So the moral of the story.....I either need to enroll in riding lessons :mad: .... or get 30 extra horse power :lol: .....or....Carry a cooler with extra beer in it for potential road hazards you might come up on :lol: .
Sorry to bring shame to the V-Strom name because this guy is going to tell everyone the story of the rice burner that couldn't pass him until his grandchildren get a chance to hear it.
Thought everyone might get a vicarious thrill from reading this story....