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Well, not quite... almost. Let me explain... I went for an early Sunday morning ride today attempting to beat the heat and rain... summer in Florida. I headed east thinking of riding around Tampa Bay but decided on a change as I was driving on Park Blvd towards i75. I looked ahead, saw rain building to the East and decided that a quick run up Gulf Blvd towards Clearwater Beach and back made more sense. In the left lane I slowed down to let a pickup pulling a trailer to my left get ahead of me. Except he slowed down too... I then gassed it to get ahead of him, and did so crossing a few lanes of road to get to the u-turn lane. I get there and a second or so later, this guy in the pickup beaps his horn and pulls ahead of me in the u-turn lane. There's traffic coming from the other direction, so I'm stuck and wondering... what the heck? He gets out of his truck.... I'm thinking uh, oh... I'm glad that I've got a helmet on. He heads toward me... a big guy... and starts yelling.... is that one of those 1100's? I didn't hear him correctly and answered it's a 2014. He said oh, they're now 1400 cc's? Now I get it, I raised my modular helmets chin bar and tell him it's a 2014 1100. He said cool!!! I remember friends from way back who had CB750's... and I thought they were really neat. He checked out the bike... and said... I need to get one of those. He then headed back to his truck, in the U-Turn lane of a 6 lane divided highway, running, with the drivers door wide open. I made the turn and thought... that was interesting!!! I don't think that would have happened if I was on my Harley or KLR...
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(06-11-2017, 11:15 AM)ride4now_imp Wrote: Well, not quite... almost. Let me explain... I went for an early Sunday morning ride today attempting to beat the heat and rain... summer in Florida. I headed east thinking of riding around Tampa Bay but decided on a change as I was driving on Park Blvd towards i75. I looked ahead, saw rain building to the East and decided that a quick run up Gulf Blvd towards Clearwater Beach and back made more sense. In the left lane I slowed down to let a pickup pulling a trailer to my left get ahead of me. Except he slowed down too... I then gassed it to get ahead of him, and did so crossing a few lanes of road to get to the u-turn lane. I get there and a second or so later, this guy in the pickup beaps his horn and pulls ahead of me in the u-turn lane. There's traffic coming from the other direction, so I'm stuck and wondering... what the heck? He gets out of his truck.... I'm thinking uh, oh... I'm glad that I've got a helmet on. He heads toward me... a big guy... and starts yelling.... is that one of those 1100's? I didn't hear him correctly and answered it's a 2014. He said oh, they're now 1400 cc's? Now I get it, I raised my modular helmets chin bar and tell him it's a 2014 1100. He said cool!!! I remember friends from way back who had CB750's... and I thought they were really neat. He checked out the bike... and said... I need to get one of those. He then headed back to his truck, in the U-Turn lane of a 6 lane divided highway, running, with the drivers door wide open. I made the turn and thought... that was interesting!!! I don't think that would have happened if I was on my Harley or KLR...
Nice story for a change!!
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You meet the nicest people in a pickup truck pulling a trailer.
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Ride4Now causing road rage. Now there's a thought that never crossed my mind. Glad it turned out to be something much better.
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(06-11-2017, 11:32 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote:
Ride4Now causing road rage. Now there's a thought that never crossed my mind. Glad it turned out to be something much better.
Am I that slow?
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Slow...no. Menacing.. also no
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Nicely told, ride4now. I was on the edge of my seat chewing my nails.
