Yesterday at 1:00pm I got off of work and called up my coworkers to see if I could tag along for a ride. They are all harley riders but I just wanted someone to cruise with. Being on his bike non stop he could not hear me calling so I gave up and went for a stroll.
While on the freeway I saw a big group of 25-30 street bikers flying down the freeway.They had 10-12 bikes in the back blocking all the lanes of traffic going about 55 or slower. Could not tell by the distance I was going in the opposite direction. It was a long straightaway and I saw 4 bikes just launch it to hell and all slowed down and right as we crossed opposite directions I got a waves from the 4 bikes and in my rear view mirror I saw them all stick their hands up and make some kind of sign. The rest of the group between the back traffic lockers and front watchers started doing stunts and what not...At first I was thinking what a bunch of bobos for holding up traffic like that but then from what I gathered they were going at 55 so they didn't really "hold traffic". I pulled off the freeway and went to a local gas station to refuel. and while refueling about 10 bikes pulled in. They asked me where I was headed and if I wanted to ride. I told them i'm not a stunter or racer. They said it doesn't matter just cruise and do my thang so they said. I said shoots. Their group was called coalition. We had about 10 bikes yesterday cause the first group left earlier. Wasn't sure if that was them on the freeway but from what they told me as far as the time they left it seemed like it added up.
We went cruising north shore side where I got to test my accelaration on the bike....I chose to stay in the very back of the group and one guy stayed behind me to watch over me. After our first pit stop they kept telling me. "Hey we we're waiting for you to fly by us we want to see what your busa can do" I told him nah i'm not a racer...He said give it a few rides that'll change.
Next we went to this place called snake run. It involved riding down backwards on a road for about 20 yard to get to it as it wasn't accessable on the road we were travelling on. it was lots of turns and leans. The more I rode the more confident I got in leaning. Once we found our way back to the freeway the lead guy pulled us over and said "hey, you wanna try and open up your busa a bit? I'm not talking racing me but just getting a feel of how you can accelerate." I said ok and he instructed 4 guys to take on the onramp and scout ahead and he told me i'll ride up...when I lift both hands in the air, you're clear...just ride it as hard but as comfortable as you are and we'll watch from the front and the back...We wanna see what your busa can do..
So sure enough they sped up we took the on rarmp and they went to a straightaway...no cars in sight and the main guy lifted up both hands and I rolled the throttle and the bike started to accelerate and I was thinking....uh...is this it?....but for some reason when it hit 4-5K rpms it was like the bike changed engines and I felt this thrust and my speedometer just skyrocketed...I hit 140 and blew right past the lead guy...While I was catching up to the 4 guys in the front they all started tapping their helmets so I thought that was some kind of sign of acknoledgement that I did good or something...I started to deccelerate slowly then all of a sudden to my right is a cop car....I look at him and he looks at me.....then like an idiot admitting guilt I look down at my speedometer and it's reading 110mph. The group in the front all started slowing down and started to converge in two lanes when the cop speeds right past me (i'm still going about 85 now) and he speeds up to the front watchers...pulls up into the lane next to theirs and takes his hand out and starts tapping his roof. and the front bikes pulled out peace signs and thumbs up and the rear guys sped up and cought up with me and we all pulled over at the next stop and everyone was laughing. They were impressed at how fast the busa changed acceleration. They asked me if I knew how to shift without popping the clutch to hard cause they cuoldn't hear a kill in rpms and I said no I just rolled it and it did that itself. hahaha
At the pit stop is where I said ok we need to get these signals down cause I have no idea what you guys are trying to say when you're looking at me with all these hand gestures..
Hahaha so now I know that sometimes you just gotta open up the busa....It probably pleased the bike more then it pleased me but it was a nice feeling to let the rabid dog out of the cage as it was my first time.
And when you're going to ride with a group...take a moment to learn the gestures first...After that stop I realised I was told to pass them and move up in the line. I was told that 1 guy was going to hold traffic at a stop sign to keep the group hole at the intersection and that one guy was going to change lanes and hold that lane to let the group change ahead....and i'm here like ok!..no problem (but not following what was asked of me) but thankfully they were really cool about it and said I was welcomed anytime I wanna ride.
While on the freeway I saw a big group of 25-30 street bikers flying down the freeway.They had 10-12 bikes in the back blocking all the lanes of traffic going about 55 or slower. Could not tell by the distance I was going in the opposite direction. It was a long straightaway and I saw 4 bikes just launch it to hell and all slowed down and right as we crossed opposite directions I got a waves from the 4 bikes and in my rear view mirror I saw them all stick their hands up and make some kind of sign. The rest of the group between the back traffic lockers and front watchers started doing stunts and what not...At first I was thinking what a bunch of bobos for holding up traffic like that but then from what I gathered they were going at 55 so they didn't really "hold traffic". I pulled off the freeway and went to a local gas station to refuel. and while refueling about 10 bikes pulled in. They asked me where I was headed and if I wanted to ride. I told them i'm not a stunter or racer. They said it doesn't matter just cruise and do my thang so they said. I said shoots. Their group was called coalition. We had about 10 bikes yesterday cause the first group left earlier. Wasn't sure if that was them on the freeway but from what they told me as far as the time they left it seemed like it added up.
We went cruising north shore side where I got to test my accelaration on the bike....I chose to stay in the very back of the group and one guy stayed behind me to watch over me. After our first pit stop they kept telling me. "Hey we we're waiting for you to fly by us we want to see what your busa can do" I told him nah i'm not a racer...He said give it a few rides that'll change.
Next we went to this place called snake run. It involved riding down backwards on a road for about 20 yard to get to it as it wasn't accessable on the road we were travelling on. it was lots of turns and leans. The more I rode the more confident I got in leaning. Once we found our way back to the freeway the lead guy pulled us over and said "hey, you wanna try and open up your busa a bit? I'm not talking racing me but just getting a feel of how you can accelerate." I said ok and he instructed 4 guys to take on the onramp and scout ahead and he told me i'll ride up...when I lift both hands in the air, you're clear...just ride it as hard but as comfortable as you are and we'll watch from the front and the back...We wanna see what your busa can do..
So sure enough they sped up we took the on rarmp and they went to a straightaway...no cars in sight and the main guy lifted up both hands and I rolled the throttle and the bike started to accelerate and I was thinking....uh...is this it?....but for some reason when it hit 4-5K rpms it was like the bike changed engines and I felt this thrust and my speedometer just skyrocketed...I hit 140 and blew right past the lead guy...While I was catching up to the 4 guys in the front they all started tapping their helmets so I thought that was some kind of sign of acknoledgement that I did good or something...I started to deccelerate slowly then all of a sudden to my right is a cop car....I look at him and he looks at me.....then like an idiot admitting guilt I look down at my speedometer and it's reading 110mph. The group in the front all started slowing down and started to converge in two lanes when the cop speeds right past me (i'm still going about 85 now) and he speeds up to the front watchers...pulls up into the lane next to theirs and takes his hand out and starts tapping his roof. and the front bikes pulled out peace signs and thumbs up and the rear guys sped up and cought up with me and we all pulled over at the next stop and everyone was laughing. They were impressed at how fast the busa changed acceleration. They asked me if I knew how to shift without popping the clutch to hard cause they cuoldn't hear a kill in rpms and I said no I just rolled it and it did that itself. hahaha
At the pit stop is where I said ok we need to get these signals down cause I have no idea what you guys are trying to say when you're looking at me with all these hand gestures..
Hahaha so now I know that sometimes you just gotta open up the busa....It probably pleased the bike more then it pleased me but it was a nice feeling to let the rabid dog out of the cage as it was my first time.
And when you're going to ride with a group...take a moment to learn the gestures first...After that stop I realised I was told to pass them and move up in the line. I was told that 1 guy was going to hold traffic at a stop sign to keep the group hole at the intersection and that one guy was going to change lanes and hold that lane to let the group change ahead....and i'm here like ok!..no problem (but not following what was asked of me) but thankfully they were really cool about it and said I was welcomed anytime I wanna ride.
