Warning: This story is not for the faint of heart!!
There is a local starbucks where a group of about 20-25 riders show up every thursday to shoot the sh!t and and talk about how Gixxers and R1's are the end all be all of motorcycles. Well about half way through the night there it was. This guy rolled up in a brand new Tricolore. Immediatley 25 dudes had flashbacks of ninth grade english when they couldn't get up from there seats without holding there books in front of them. Everyone was on this guys sac, asking him question after question. Of course he was more than happy to talk about his bike. Who on here wouldn't?!? Well, after all questions were answered it was time for a group ride up the interstate. Everyone fired up there bikes and they headed onto the freeway. The ride was pretty norm when all of sudden someone in a R1 starts poppin wheelies in the fast lane going about 100mph!!
At this point i'm tellin myself that this guy is sick in the head and that only idiots on Jap bikes do these crazy ass stunts... Well my friends apparently Duc owners can be just as crazy and irresponsible. The guy on the TRI does the same thing only when he comes down he loses control and the whole bike goes into the dreaded frontend fishtail! He had no chance to save it. He went down and slid a LONG way into the center emergency lane. He, by Gods good graces got up and was relatively ok considering he had just fell off his motorcycle going 100mph. The same could not be said about the bike. THis thing hit the emergancy lane curb, flipped about 12 feet in the air and hit a palm tree!! It looked like someone had put a bomb inside the vtwin cause this thing exploded into about a gazillion pieces on contact!! Pause for a moment of silence.
. Later on I found out probably the worst news of all. The guy didn't have insurance!!! He only had 130 miles on it!!!:banghead:
There is a local starbucks where a group of about 20-25 riders show up every thursday to shoot the sh!t and and talk about how Gixxers and R1's are the end all be all of motorcycles. Well about half way through the night there it was. This guy rolled up in a brand new Tricolore. Immediatley 25 dudes had flashbacks of ninth grade english when they couldn't get up from there seats without holding there books in front of them. Everyone was on this guys sac, asking him question after question. Of course he was more than happy to talk about his bike. Who on here wouldn't?!? Well, after all questions were answered it was time for a group ride up the interstate. Everyone fired up there bikes and they headed onto the freeway. The ride was pretty norm when all of sudden someone in a R1 starts poppin wheelies in the fast lane going about 100mph!!
At this point i'm tellin myself that this guy is sick in the head and that only idiots on Jap bikes do these crazy ass stunts... Well my friends apparently Duc owners can be just as crazy and irresponsible. The guy on the TRI does the same thing only when he comes down he loses control and the whole bike goes into the dreaded frontend fishtail! He had no chance to save it. He went down and slid a LONG way into the center emergency lane. He, by Gods good graces got up and was relatively ok considering he had just fell off his motorcycle going 100mph. The same could not be said about the bike. THis thing hit the emergancy lane curb, flipped about 12 feet in the air and hit a palm tree!! It looked like someone had put a bomb inside the vtwin cause this thing exploded into about a gazillion pieces on contact!! Pause for a moment of silence.
. Later on I found out probably the worst news of all. The guy didn't have insurance!!! He only had 130 miles on it!!!:banghead:
