[Ducati] Re: What I Did Last Summer - Henry Avello's Trip Story

[Brian De Groodt]

This part alone makes the entire entry worth reading.  Good times.

Now let me tell you something about some truckers. It seems that when  
they see in their rear view mirrors that a motorcycle is coming up on  
them rather rapidly, they wait till the last minute and move over  
into the fast lane so now there are two semi rigs traveling slowly  
and blocking the Interstate. This causes the rapidly approaching  
motorcyclist to slam on the brakes and become highly irritated. After  
a few incidents of this I tried a new technique that worked really  
well although I don't recommend it. If the trucker did pull out and  
block the fast lane I would maintain my speed and simply "lane-split"  
the two rigs at 100 mph, flipping them the bird as I went by. This  
would give me a lot of pleasure and a great sense of accomplishment.  
But it would soon be followed with a "what the hell did you just  
do... are you crazy?" thought. This recrimination would soon vanish  
and I would be ready for the next episode. The only nagging thought  
was "what if those truckers radio ahead and the next pair are waiting  
to ambush me as I slip between them?" Luckily that never happened.  
{Another cool technique is to pass them on the right shoulder but you  
already know that one!}


Brian De Groodt
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