02-14-2018, 08:18 AM
This discussion minds me of Ed Hertfelder and his terrific columns.
If you don't know Ed Hertfelder, you are not an old guy and have no business being interested in a CB1100, let alone owning one. But that can be remedied.
Ed once wrote a column ("Duct Tapes") about the mythical "fast guy" that was always faster than anyone else in the group, and NEVER, EVER crashed.
Most of us like to believe that guy exists, and that maybe someday we could become that guy, or at least the guy who can keep him in sight.
I knew probably three or four guys who were regarded as the "fastest". At the watering hole, the talk was always about how fast so-and-so was. No one can keep up with (we'll call him "Ed") "Ed"!
"Do you know Ed? I ride with Ed's group. He's the fastest guy on the hill. No one can catch him."
Then one day, I showed up at the watering hole. First thing I hear from one of my riding buddies is, "Did you hear about Ed?"
"Huh? I been out of town. What's up?"
"Oh, man, he was in a terrible accident. He was riding with (insert names of other super-fast yokels here). He ran off Racer Road at 140 mph. It was bad, really bad."
Well, names have been changed, but there were several "Eds" and some died, some were badly injured. All fell.
Of course, anyone can go out for a nice easy ride and be taken out by a drunk or left-turner, or just plain make a dumb mistake. But the "Eds" of this world get there a lot faster.
Back to Ed Hertfelder (a slower, smarter Ed), his latest book is a great compilation of nearly 400 columns. I just bought it on Amazon. It's about $30.
He did in fact write a very good column about "Ed."
If you don't know Ed Hertfelder, you are not an old guy and have no business being interested in a CB1100, let alone owning one. But that can be remedied.
Ed once wrote a column ("Duct Tapes") about the mythical "fast guy" that was always faster than anyone else in the group, and NEVER, EVER crashed.
Most of us like to believe that guy exists, and that maybe someday we could become that guy, or at least the guy who can keep him in sight.
I knew probably three or four guys who were regarded as the "fastest". At the watering hole, the talk was always about how fast so-and-so was. No one can keep up with (we'll call him "Ed") "Ed"!
"Do you know Ed? I ride with Ed's group. He's the fastest guy on the hill. No one can catch him."
Then one day, I showed up at the watering hole. First thing I hear from one of my riding buddies is, "Did you hear about Ed?"
"Huh? I been out of town. What's up?"
"Oh, man, he was in a terrible accident. He was riding with (insert names of other super-fast yokels here). He ran off Racer Road at 140 mph. It was bad, really bad."
Well, names have been changed, but there were several "Eds" and some died, some were badly injured. All fell.
Of course, anyone can go out for a nice easy ride and be taken out by a drunk or left-turner, or just plain make a dumb mistake. But the "Eds" of this world get there a lot faster.
Back to Ed Hertfelder (a slower, smarter Ed), his latest book is a great compilation of nearly 400 columns. I just bought it on Amazon. It's about $30.
He did in fact write a very good column about "Ed."