Race? Me? He11 no! I'm just a cruiser...or so I thought.
Ok...I am just out for a leisure ride to the liquor store to pick up something for the wife. And on the way home I come to a light as I would any other day. And to my surprize some redneck pulls up beside me at the light in short wheel based Chevy...with all his lit gauges by the windshield and 60's in the back. I guess he heard the bike, which sounds like a big block chevy...with the D&D 2n1...and starts jumping his truck like he's going to fire off a drag line. As usuall, I just ignore it. When the light turns green...he smokes the tires...and flies up the road way ahead of me. Funny thing is, as the next light up the strip turns red...I am thinking I will have to see that nut again. Sure enough, the car in front of him turns right and I coast up to the red light in front of him. I look over at him like what the he11 was that all about. I see him laughing his butt off with his girlfriend...
And thats when it happened....Something in me snapped! I gased the bike a few times to get his attention...leaned forward in a drag position to get a response. He started reving his engine and I started reving mine. We both see that the light the other way turn yellow...knowing after red we will get our green. Buy the time the light is red the other way...this guy already has his tires spinning...and me like a nut getting my rpms up enough to jump off the line. Well the green flashes and all I am hearing is his tires squeeling and his engine. But as soon as I drop the clutch and put the gas to this bike...I see why they call it a screaming eagle. The only thing I remember is my bikes loud noise and me trying to hold on as the the damn thing was acting like it was going over hurdles as I went through the gears. By the time I was at the end of third I had to let up...as he had done conceeded and was way behind. I quickly hit fourth and fifth and resumed my normal cruise. That was a icon moment...I had just smoked his ass! By the time I hit the driveway at home...rational was back...what the hell was I thinking? Im a cruiser! Thats my story and I am sticking to it!