RE: [ST] {ST] How riding Triumph can save your life - a true stor y.

[Neil Tracey <Neil.Tracey@xxxxxxxxx>]

Kevin...this is truly true or are you pulling our bits?
neil (Diamond Dawg)
bath.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Smith [mailto:ksmith955@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 02 August 2001 12:59
> To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ST] {ST] How riding Triumph can save your life - a 
> true story.
> 
> 
> Morning all.  Finding it a tad difficult to
> concentrate on work this a.m., hence list activity. I
> have this very odd feeling my bike might have saved my
> life last night.  Here's the story.
> 
> My route home takes me down Commercial Road and on to
> the one -way system at Aldgate in London, which some
> of you might know.  It involves a 180 degree right
> hander away from some lights, before flcking left to
> go down to Tower Bridge.  Usually a bit of fun,
> especially if you go from red, because the road's
> clear and the racing line is available.  Not so last
> night - away from the lights, flick over to the right,
> to see stationary car with doors open, a big pile of
> junk behind it...and a body in the road - all on the
> racing line, natch.  Brake, swerve, hordes of caged
> brethren sweep past like lemmings - no surprises
> there. Recalling the old adage about bikers being the
> social workers of the road, I pull in to see what's
> up.  Guy in the road's head is leaking badly, and
> there is a terrific smell of petrol in the air. He is
> conscious and responds, and carefully I put my arms
> around him to get him to his feet. He is clearly in
> quite bad shape, and out of his tree on Class A drugs.
>  We stagger upright, and he starts rummaging around in
> the pile of junk, which is soaked in petrol.
> 
> I ask him if he needs any help, and offer to call an
> ambulance.  At this point, someone shouts across to me
> that they have called the police.  Bad move, if well
> -intentioned.
> 
> Your man gets very agitated, pulls a gun and waves it
> in my general direction, making it totally clear that
> I get shot if the Police turn up. Brain in overdrive
> computes three risks:  (1)I get run over by caged
> brethren if I stay where I am (2) I get shot if I make
> a sudden move (3) I go up in flames if gun turns out
> to be cigarette lighter, because there's petrol all
> over the place. (For those of you Stateside, last week
> or thereabouts, the police shot a guy in London
> brandishing a gun-shaped cigarette lighter, so the
> fear is somewhat topical.)
> 
> Having done my time as a duty lawyer visiting various
> derelicts in police cells at ungodly hours of the
> night, I remember that in situations like this you
> just keep talking, and be non-threatening.  So...make
> reassuring conversation about just being a biker,
> trying to help, he's obviously in a bad way, did he
> ever ride a motorcycle (he's wearing a beaten-up
> leather jacket a la Marlon Brando).  
> 
> Light of recognition sparks in poor guy's eyes... "oh
> yeah, my grandad used to have an old Triumph, I used
> to ride on the back when I was a kid".  A break! 
> Someone up there loves me! "Hey, look...that's what
> I've got", say I "but a  bit newer than your
> grandad's".  
> 
> At this point, he looks at the bike, sees the name and
> bursts into tears, mumbles stuff about me being a
> diamond geezer, and throws his arms around me.  Very,
> very carefully, I remove gun from his grasp, and hold
> him, weeping on my shoulder for what seemed like a
> long, long time until the police arrive.  I hand him
> over, and ride home, slowly, aware of my utter
> insignificance in the general scheme of things.  It
> had not been a fag lighter after all. 
> 
> There, that feels better.
> 
> Let's be careful out there!
> 
> Kevin (Reservoir Dawg)
> 99 ST
> London
>   
> 
> 
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