Had a similar experience last November, the only difference was that it was a pickup truck stopping at a green light, and I got caught in an unexpected snow storm!

Glad you and the bike are ok.

Cheers!
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Wow! I'm glad you are unhurt and the cell stayed on the bike.

And the club meeting is the second Tuesday of each month.

 

Sounds like you handled it pretty good and the cager learned a lesson too...With no injury to you or the bike I'm thinking it's a win.

 

Thanks for the story, 12Stones. I'm glad you, the bike, and the phone are ok. However, there is some bad news...

Probably not. You just added the "dropped their bikes" category to your resume. Look at it this way: before you were a member of just one club; now you're part of two! [sm=smiley5.gif]

Just like me. [&o]

 

Damn Ricky! Way to pull it out man. It could have been much worse. That's all experience right there man.

I think you guys are caught in the same weather pattern that has been stuck over New Mexico. We have been getting pounded here for the last couple of weeks.

I got caught in a hard rain storm this past weekend riding home. Pulled up to an intersection where three other crotch rocket riders were in the next lane. I gave them a head nod, and they just looked over and laughed. It was probably cause I was in a t-shirt and shades and they were in full gear with full face helmets. Well, one of them starts doing a burnout and the other ones just revving their engines…like I was going to race them in a rain storm…

So the light changes and I turned 17 years old and immortal…okay, stupid. Hell yeah I raced them. I was shocked on how well my bike hooked up in the wet, probably due to the weight. I could hear them behind me revving and clutching because they kept loosing traction. We came up on an intersection but the light was still green, and there was a car waiting opposite making a left turn. The guy closest to me lost his nerve and backed off, but I just gassed it anyway. The car saw us (luckily) and never crossed our path.

Then comes the next light which was red. At this point I was probably doing 60 or 70 mph. Now the Fatboy might hook up in the wet on take off, but slowing down was something completely different. I downshift and the compression locked the back tire and I started to fishtail, so I feathered the clutch and got hard on the front brake. Still fishtailing, I thought for sure I was going to lock up the front tire and go down, but before I knew it I slowed way down and was able to stop before I went into the intersection.

They guys pulled up a few seconds latter and just looked over at me like I was some kind of nut. The light changed and two of them took off, and the only guy left pulled up his face shield, gave me a smile and thumbs up, and then rode off.

What the hell gets in guys heads that make them do stupid **** like this?

Anyway, my wife who was following me in the cage saw the whole thing and got really turned on for some reason, so when we got home…oh, nelly![sm=lildevil.gif]

 

I thought it was the second Tuesday of the week.

 

Look at it this way...at least you've got the dropping part done and over with. Sounds like it could have been a lot worse than it was, glad you made it out rather unscathed. Kind of refreshing hearing a cager apologize too.

Glad to hear you're ok there.

 

Sounds like you're here in Houston. Glad things worked out for you and the bike. Now if we can just get a break from this rain for the weekend. I'm having withdrawals from not riding.

 

Glad to hear you came out of it ok.

Very well written account as well. Felt like I was right there with you.

Sounds like you did everything right.

Primo

 

Your officially a member of the club..