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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
Actually, that one isn't mine. I couldn't find the photo of mine at the time so I used a stock shot of the same ride. I don't like soft saddle bags. Now I've located my pride and joy...
I shot this on the mountainside overlooking the Uji tea gardens!
In fact, I think I hear the highroads calling me...
Stitchawl |
That's stunning. I love the colors, too. Yamaha makes nice bikes.
Several years ago I took part in a poker run with a friend who at the time rode a Yamaha V-Max. We were joined by a fellow we met who, like me at the time, had a Sportster. I forgot what we we had in our cups that day (have to stay on topic!), but the other Sportster rider and I were curious to see the legendary V-Max at full throttle, so we began goading him with comments such as how the Max was over-rated and how he couldn't even keep up with Sportsters and the like. Finally he could take no more, so this normally
very law-abiding biker her rip and left us in the dust. When we finally caught up (he waited for us), I asked him, "Didn't you see the Blue Knights motorcycle club at the gas station when you put that thing into warp drive?"
"No," he said, "but so what?"
"Don't you know who the Blue Knights are?" I asked.
"Not really."
"They're all cops! Where do you think they got the name
Blue Knights?"
Yes, I wanted to see what his muscle-bike was capable of, and I helped pressure him into flooring the accelerator (or should I say, twisting his hand to the "Max"), but I never expected him to wait until he was in front of a cop club to strut his stuff! Fortunately it appeared that the Knights were more interested in their day off poker run than in pursuing a speeder, as they didn't go after him.