first ride (almost ) last ride

[da prez]

  Yesterday , Tuesday, I just finished servicing my Valk, new tires (dark side) brakes , suspension,coolant, and the necessity . cleaning and polish.  I had it running outside for a while to rechech my work. It was a beautiful day in Northeast Illinois, and it was time for the test ride.
   About a half block into the ride there is a right hand curve with no shoulder or ditch. It is a dirt hill that gradully goes up to about five feet. As I got near, I saw over the hill, a Suburban hedging in my lane. Knowing the intelligence of some people, I stayed to the right as much as possible. and she almost hit me head on. She was fully in my lane. I could not see a reaction from the driver , but the passenger screamed.
   I made a pannic stop , uttered a few choice words .  The driver never stopped to see if I was OK.
   She just went on her way and didn't care.  It's not the first ,nor will it be the last. I can only hope that maybe she got a wake up call.

                                          da prez

[Cliff]

Goos "heads up" riding, glad you were able to avoid the collision.

[mario]

  Yesterday , Tuesday, I just finished servicing my Valk, new tires (dark side) brakes , suspension,coolant, and the necessity . cleaning and polish.  I had it running outside for a while to rechech my work. It was a beautiful day in Northeast Illinois, and it was time for the test ride.
   About a half block into the ride there is a right hand curve with no shoulder or ditch. It is a dirt hill that gradully goes up to about five feet. As I got near, I saw over the hill, a Suburban hedging in my lane. Knowing the intelligence of some people, I stayed to the right as much as possible. and she almost hit me head on. She was fully in my lane. I could not see a reaction from the driver , but the passenger screamed.
   I made a pannic stop , uttered a few choice words .  The driver never stopped to see if I was OK.
   She just went on her way and didn't care.  It's not the first ,nor will it be the last. I can only hope that maybe she got a wake up call.

                                          da prez

glad you're ok da prez.  geez...

[MacDragon]

glad you had your eyes open for it... Always gotta be lookin out for the fools while on two wheels... Hell, ya gotta watch out for them in the cage too.

[eric in md]

see there that ds saved ya already

[fudgie]

see there that ds saved ya already

 

[old2soon]

Go ahead-scare the livin beejesus outa yer brother. Iffin ya don't wanna ride with me this summer-just say so. Brother-glad your alright. Truth be known-idiots are everywhere. Pay attention folks. They could be aiming at you next. Stay safe man-lookin forward to sharing some wind. RIDE SAFE.