Re: [ST] Ride report: Day 1, part 1

["Jeremy Witt" <Jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I experienced this a few times in the Blue Ridge and Smokey Mountains.
First time was heading down from the BRP in northwest VA at night
(fleeing deer) and found myself being tailgated by an 18-wheeler on a
very steep, very windy (and very well paved!) road.  I pulled over to
let him pass.  Then, for laughs, I tried to keep up.  Not even close.
He clearly knew that road VERY well.  Never saw him again.  

Experienced a similar scenario the year the wife wanted to accompany me
to a Georgia Hawk Rally, and since she wasn't up to 1200 miles each way,
we trailered down.  The Prelude hauled 1500lbs of Hawks and trailer
without drama, but I could not keep up with another 18'r in the NC
hills.  

Very impressive driving.   

Jeremy Witt
Newbury Partners
www.newburypartners.com
(o) 603-893-3022
(c) 603-475-4228

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Matt Knowles
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 8:20 PM
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Subject: Re: [ST] Ride report: Day 1, part 1


On Apr 25, 2007, at 3:20 PM, Jim Crate wrote:

> While I was coming down through some country road in western Virginia
> last summer, at one point I started catching up to a dump truck.
>

One time while riding up the coast on Northern California's Highway 1, 
a friend and I had a similar experience following a fuel tanker 18 
wheeler. It actually scared me how fast this tanker was going knowing 
what the consequences were if he crashed, even if it were empty. But 
like you, I was impressed he could go that fast and keep everything in 
his lane.

Matt Knowles - Ferndale, CA - 
http://www.knowlesville.com/matt/motorcycles
  '99 Sprint ST - for going fast and far (2CZUSA)
  '01 KLR650 (A15) - for exploring the North Coast backroads
  '97 KLX300 & '01 Lakota - for playing in the dirt
  '79 KZ400 - just because it was the first vehicle I ever owned

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