Stopped on the Road I was riding home from work the other night when a white car started to pass at a time I didn't think it was necessary to pass. Then I noticed that the car was driving beside me, and the driver was trying to get my attention, waving his finger at me and all. I thought one of two things: one, maybe something was wrong with my bike, so I looked at either side and everything seemed ok; two, what if this was an undercover cop and he wanted to stop me for goodness knows what? I tried to forget about it after the car pulled in back behind me. At the next stop light he came up carefully on the right, and asked if I minded stopping to talk for a minute. Sure, I thought - why not. Again, what if it was a police officer trying to pull me over? ;) I should point out at this point that the area was highly trafficked and one would not be able to get away with anything uncaught here. Had the surroundings be different, I would never have stopped. So I pulled onto the shoulder, turned the bike off, and took the key out to hold in my hand (just in case). As it turns out, this guy had a son who was a mobile motorcycle mechanic that mostly works on BMWs, but likes to try new things. This guy (father of the mechanic I was talking to) couldn't tell what kind of bike I was riding, and wanted to find out what it was. He thought maybe his son might want to try working on something like it. Go figure :) |
