07-11-2015, 01:42 AM
I just got caught up on this thread , some great tales. I can think of a couple, but one weird one that sticks is on a trip we took down to
Vicksburg Miss. back in the 80s. On our way back we decided to go up through the Ozarks. Late in the afternoon going north on very hilly road the sky started to get dark, since I guessed we were very close to our motel I decided to push on. We had been behind a bike that looked like a Yamaha Venture two up. I lost sight of them as we went
along on the many curves and hills. I was on a Suzuki GS1100GK and my wife was on a 450 Nighthawk. I had all the gear since I
was on the "touring bike". Just as I came down a hill past a abandoned gas station I decided to pull over and put the rain gear on. The sky looked real bad. I walked to the back of the bike opened the trunk throw Judy her rain suit and just as I opened my suit a wind hits with such a blast my suit almost blew away and as I looked over
my shoulder my 900lb bike blow over and hit the ground. Then the
rain came down in sheets. We put the rain suit on even though we were soaked and I screamed at Judy to help me upright my bike.
Some how we got my bike up and rode the bikes into the abandoned gas station to weather out the rain and wind. As we went
around the south side of the building there sat the couple with the
Yamaha Venture! Dry as can be. They said ya when they heard about
the tornado in area on their radio they pulled in.
The motel did turn out to be just a few miles ahead but we were
soaked to the bone, I can still remember the gal at front desk as Judy
pulled off her helmet - " you are a girl " !
Vicksburg Miss. back in the 80s. On our way back we decided to go up through the Ozarks. Late in the afternoon going north on very hilly road the sky started to get dark, since I guessed we were very close to our motel I decided to push on. We had been behind a bike that looked like a Yamaha Venture two up. I lost sight of them as we went
along on the many curves and hills. I was on a Suzuki GS1100GK and my wife was on a 450 Nighthawk. I had all the gear since I
was on the "touring bike". Just as I came down a hill past a abandoned gas station I decided to pull over and put the rain gear on. The sky looked real bad. I walked to the back of the bike opened the trunk throw Judy her rain suit and just as I opened my suit a wind hits with such a blast my suit almost blew away and as I looked over
my shoulder my 900lb bike blow over and hit the ground. Then the
rain came down in sheets. We put the rain suit on even though we were soaked and I screamed at Judy to help me upright my bike.
Some how we got my bike up and rode the bikes into the abandoned gas station to weather out the rain and wind. As we went
around the south side of the building there sat the couple with the
Yamaha Venture! Dry as can be. They said ya when they heard about
the tornado in area on their radio they pulled in.
The motel did turn out to be just a few miles ahead but we were
soaked to the bone, I can still remember the gal at front desk as Judy
pulled off her helmet - " you are a girl " !