Kicked the monkey off of my back

[Gone in 60]

... Cormanus ... I think we need to hear about the Three Strikes ride...

I'm sure you really don't want to revisit my turgid prose. But, if you're desperate for entertainment, https://cb1100forum.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=11110 If the pictures didn't make the journey from the old forum, try https://cormanus.blogspot.com/2020/01/th...-ride.html

Based on the word Turgid alone, I need to check it out!

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Great story, Gone.  You'll have to write a book about motorcycle riding one day, and this entry here can be one of your chapters.  Maybe call the book "LA Motorcycle Confidential" or "My Own Private Motorcycle Diaries"..."Blood Hawk of Orange County" has a ring to it.

But I totally get it...I have my own nemesis hill in the Mt. Hood forest, but it' a dirt drop into a ravine with a rise on the other side.  When you first start the descent, you can't see the line to take until you're committed.  Good riders don't have issues with it, but me? ... I've probably done the drop near 20 times, but the third or fourth time I went over the bars head first and that has set the tone for all the subsequent attempts.  I mean, I know I can ride it, and I mostly do it right...but every time a start down I give the moment my utmost respect and concentration...and then just "let go".

Thanks, Pdedse but you know very well that I'm too lazy to write a book. I thought about a reality series about our troupe of guys that travelled around the country producing drag races. I thought that would make for some very interesting viewing. As for the Blood Hawk, between riding through some really tough traffic and sitting in hospital waiting rooms, there's really not more to it than that. Maybe converting the bikes from ex-cop to blood delivery is interesting...

Also interesting to hear about the hill you had to conquer. I guess we all have our riding nemesises, don't we? The boss told me his last week, a particular interchange that's an absolute bear. Frought with huge semi trucks and cars darting every which way. I don't give it a second thought, but he avoids it at all costs.