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13 March 2012, 08:15 AM | #20 |
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Excellent choice Joey
I just sold my Wasp (Vespa) to buy this! I have been itching for another Japanese Four, found this on Ebay for a steal, and figured... why not? Pic below is from Sunday. Went for a ride with Clive (BMW) and had one VERY scary moment... and wish I had a GoPro to have recorded it. 5 minutes after this pic was taken, we were tootling along at the speed limit, dead-on 80kmh (55mph). We had been warned earlier that cops were swarming this bit of road, hence our "upright citizen" speed. I was at "point", leading Clive, who was followed by a Lotus Exige, and behind the Lotus was an R1. The road suddenly widens into two billiard-smooth lanes, so I move over to the slow lane and leave room for the Lotus and R1 who both seemed a lttle more "anxious" than us. Less than 300 yards later, the R1 is going past me like I was stationary, likely doing 160+kph (100mph) and still on the gas, accelerating hard. What he didn't see was the Highway Patrol glued to his arse! HP guy hits sirens/lights just as he passes me, and then all hell brakes loose. R1 guy stood on the brakes!!! In the middle of the freaking road Cop panic stops, and locks all 4 wheels - ABS kicked in, but he got all squirrely, and came to a stop straddling both lanes just about on top of the R1. I'm still doing 80, so I get on the braakes and swing wide, with Clive panick stopping up my arse as well, and THEN cop throws open his door and leaps out before his car has even stopped! So now I have an open door and a cop "reaching". Anyway, my adrenalin is pumping, and I panicked for a moment, somehow thinking he was going to wave me down as well, but he was fixated on the R1. He just about lept over the bonnet to get to the guy. By this time, I'm past and not looking back. I feel a it sorry for the R1. He just gave it a "small squirt", but I reckon the cop was as angry as hell. 20 minutes later, we stopped at the "Pie-in-the-Sky" cafe at the top of the mountain, had a cup of tea, and waited, but never did see the R1 again
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