count_schemula
10-02-2004, 04:53 PM
So I had to go get my car out of impound.
$125 cash.
I got in the car, and let it warm up while I took my bike apart and stuffed it in the back of the Coupe. My insurance papers are guarding my seats from bike chain grease as I wrapped my chain in my insurance papers.
Tow truck guy trying to be friendly. Is that thing fast as hell? Does it handle?
Dude, you are part of the crew that towed my car, we are not friends.
I get in the car and light 'em up in reverse... car comes flying around and I cock the wheel to toss the front sliding around and hit the brakes, but leave a little backwards roll... whip into first, rev and drop and the ass comes flying out around the other side and I power slide on up to the gate which has opened and I'm out.
Tow truck guy and spooky fat dude left in a nice cloud of parking lot dust.
Get on the freeway, need to find a race.
Nothing.
Two motorcycle guys back there, not really speeding. Def sport bikes though.
Roll up the freeway, nothing.
Motorcycle guys have creeped up and I have an opening to the right. I smooth shift into 4th and press on past 100mph.
Bait accepted, they speed up as well.
Traffic comes up and he makes a move to the inside, drat, I see "tag applied for" and the wispy T-shirt and the skinny teenager arms and my heart sinks, but fuck it, I need to speed. I slip in behind and press him to over 100mph. Traffic builds. We let up. Nice at least we are taking breaks and so forth and not just making fools of ourselves. More I say.
So I get an opening to the right and he sees it as well, he's in front of me and we roll from 55 to about 115mph and we glide out 3 lanes in concert. He does not really pull me. I'm not gonna have nothing to do with bikes v. cars, but from his perspective, he was on it, and I was planted near his left rear all the way up. Thrilling for him I'm sure and he breaks off and gives me the thumbs up.
I'm in the left lane and his friend shows up for the first time. He was just hanging back watching. He has a faster Suzuki of some sort. I'm already in fourth, and so I do what must be done and press the pedal on down. He paces me and then when I'm sure he hit that favorable torque spot in his engine he nails it and pulls away easily. We do this a few times.
Ok, that was fun, I feel better. I seem to race a lot of bikes, moreso than cars. Kinda bummer but I bet it looks pretty cool to the people. I hope some kids in the minivans get yelled at for staring. :D
I like getting the tumbs up from bikers, it means I had more than they thought initially. I'm sure they are just used to smoking everything off the road, hell even my slow K75s was quick compared to most cars to the 120mph range.
$125 cash.
I got in the car, and let it warm up while I took my bike apart and stuffed it in the back of the Coupe. My insurance papers are guarding my seats from bike chain grease as I wrapped my chain in my insurance papers.
Tow truck guy trying to be friendly. Is that thing fast as hell? Does it handle?
Dude, you are part of the crew that towed my car, we are not friends.
I get in the car and light 'em up in reverse... car comes flying around and I cock the wheel to toss the front sliding around and hit the brakes, but leave a little backwards roll... whip into first, rev and drop and the ass comes flying out around the other side and I power slide on up to the gate which has opened and I'm out.
Tow truck guy and spooky fat dude left in a nice cloud of parking lot dust.
Get on the freeway, need to find a race.
Nothing.
Two motorcycle guys back there, not really speeding. Def sport bikes though.
Roll up the freeway, nothing.
Motorcycle guys have creeped up and I have an opening to the right. I smooth shift into 4th and press on past 100mph.
Bait accepted, they speed up as well.
Traffic comes up and he makes a move to the inside, drat, I see "tag applied for" and the wispy T-shirt and the skinny teenager arms and my heart sinks, but fuck it, I need to speed. I slip in behind and press him to over 100mph. Traffic builds. We let up. Nice at least we are taking breaks and so forth and not just making fools of ourselves. More I say.
So I get an opening to the right and he sees it as well, he's in front of me and we roll from 55 to about 115mph and we glide out 3 lanes in concert. He does not really pull me. I'm not gonna have nothing to do with bikes v. cars, but from his perspective, he was on it, and I was planted near his left rear all the way up. Thrilling for him I'm sure and he breaks off and gives me the thumbs up.
I'm in the left lane and his friend shows up for the first time. He was just hanging back watching. He has a faster Suzuki of some sort. I'm already in fourth, and so I do what must be done and press the pedal on down. He paces me and then when I'm sure he hit that favorable torque spot in his engine he nails it and pulls away easily. We do this a few times.
Ok, that was fun, I feel better. I seem to race a lot of bikes, moreso than cars. Kinda bummer but I bet it looks pretty cool to the people. I hope some kids in the minivans get yelled at for staring. :D
I like getting the tumbs up from bikers, it means I had more than they thought initially. I'm sure they are just used to smoking everything off the road, hell even my slow K75s was quick compared to most cars to the 120mph range.