a quick blast on the bike
After a marathon in the shop i needed to bust out for a quick look-see at what was happening “color wise” out in the local environs, as the weather has been decidedly changing for the cooler, the mornings darker, the light showing the blue cast that is the harbinger of fall/winter. I’ve said it before and I will say it again here…East Coast Rules!
Now let me tell you just one the reasons why – fall foliage, the yearly changing of the colors. I just know that I will rant on about this subject – seasons changing, fall foliage viewing, etc…, as it really is one of the very best treats the Northeast has to offer and i cant leave t alone for long, its too good – so i will just share what went on today…
A defining characteristic of Fall coming is that the sunlight seems to come at the ground at a much sharper angle.
This makes for light and dark patches in the roadway when in the country, which bug my eyes out something fierce. one minute your in blinding sun, the next, your in dark shadow. I’d describe this as a strobe effect – wasn’t a big fan of them in clubs, aint a big fan of ’em when finagling around the back roads at 50mph either.
Pupkin and I headed out for a quickie – decided we’d be best served by stitching a few back-back roads that we were not familiar with, together. Surprises me there is still uncharted territory in our home turf after all these years, but its true, we don’t have to look far for a new road.
Pupkin stopped by the secret HQ and off we went – when i realized, he’s got no taillight…or brake-light…seems the special “kurayakin, laydown license plate holder with smoked lens” crapski he bought melted itself into a non-functioning POS on his rear fender..great- never good to not have a brakelight.
So whilst enjoying some”spirited” back roads twisty running on our behemoths, we came upon a tricky,
downhill into shadows, off camber weird radius turn that had a nice layer of grass clippings/lawn deitrus, etc laying about its center parts… I am following Pupkin, sunlight is cutting thought the trees at a blinding angle – so my vision is getting screwed, he’s got no taillight…you see where this is going dontya? Well I am here to tell the story so it didn’t turn out to to bad, but my seat has a new crease where i puckered. oy!
Lesson learned: Asshole needs to get a new taillight and shouldn’t be out without a functional one! Me? I should have given him waay more room knowing he didn’t have a taillight, and I got caught and surprised by the combo of road conditions and blinding light, with the road heading downhill into shadow.
Posted: October 4th, 2008 under riding & road tripping, Uncategorized.
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