I joined in with the VRCC-UK group going to the Valkyrie meet in Germany the other day. The meeting point for the Irish members to join us was about 300 yards from where I live, at a motorway (interstate) service station.
After exchanging pleasantries (it was the first Rune the Irish had seen so they wanted a real good look at it) we all moved off to join the motorway. We hadn't gone fifty feet when a cop car came racing up and pulled alongside the Rune and the following Valk. He was staring so hard at my bike that I was sure he was going to pull me so I stopped at the junction we were approaching. The trouble was that the Valkyrie interstate behind me had his eyes on the cop too and didn't see me pull up. He made an heroic effort to miss me but his fairing hit my handlebars and his cruiser pegs clipped the back of my calve (ouch) and then the back of the came cover. We were both off. The Rune, the interstate, me, the guy and his wife all sprawled out right next to the cop car.
Cory (the interstate rider) in a flash jumps right up and over his wife and the interstate in one go and picks up the Rune. He was wimpering "the only Rune I've ever seen and I had to hit it",
After about 30 seconds of checking the Rune out for damage we suddenly come to our senses and realized we should be checking out his wife, who by now has got herself up and glaring daggers at him. It is possible to think far too highly of a bike!!!
Everyone was fine, the interstate was looking a bit worse for wear though- broken faring, numerous scratches. The Rune got a dented cam cover, scratched exhaust and crash bar.
All in all a great start to a fifteen hundred mile journey. Still, I'm glad I went though, I had a great time. Nice to see Hannibal again as well. Cory and I got to be firm friends, he eventually reckoned that it wasn't his fault and that the Rune looked so good that his Valk just wanted to jump on it and have sex with it there and then. Ah, the Irish and their tall tales.
Oh, and why did the cop come tearing on up to us like that, well just to see the Rune of course. He admitted to one of the lads that he felt real bad, he just wanted to see this amazing bike and that if we hadn't been watching him pull up it wouldn't have happened. Yer thanks a million buddy!
Anyway the final upshot, where's the best place for cheap Rune parts. Cory's paying but I want to save him as much as I can.
After exchanging pleasantries (it was the first Rune the Irish had seen so they wanted a real good look at it) we all moved off to join the motorway. We hadn't gone fifty feet when a cop car came racing up and pulled alongside the Rune and the following Valk. He was staring so hard at my bike that I was sure he was going to pull me so I stopped at the junction we were approaching. The trouble was that the Valkyrie interstate behind me had his eyes on the cop too and didn't see me pull up. He made an heroic effort to miss me but his fairing hit my handlebars and his cruiser pegs clipped the back of my calve (ouch) and then the back of the came cover. We were both off. The Rune, the interstate, me, the guy and his wife all sprawled out right next to the cop car.
Cory (the interstate rider) in a flash jumps right up and over his wife and the interstate in one go and picks up the Rune. He was wimpering "the only Rune I've ever seen and I had to hit it",
After about 30 seconds of checking the Rune out for damage we suddenly come to our senses and realized we should be checking out his wife, who by now has got herself up and glaring daggers at him. It is possible to think far too highly of a bike!!!
Everyone was fine, the interstate was looking a bit worse for wear though- broken faring, numerous scratches. The Rune got a dented cam cover, scratched exhaust and crash bar.
All in all a great start to a fifteen hundred mile journey. Still, I'm glad I went though, I had a great time. Nice to see Hannibal again as well. Cory and I got to be firm friends, he eventually reckoned that it wasn't his fault and that the Rune looked so good that his Valk just wanted to jump on it and have sex with it there and then. Ah, the Irish and their tall tales.
Oh, and why did the cop come tearing on up to us like that, well just to see the Rune of course. He admitted to one of the lads that he felt real bad, he just wanted to see this amazing bike and that if we hadn't been watching him pull up it wouldn't have happened. Yer thanks a million buddy!
Anyway the final upshot, where's the best place for cheap Rune parts. Cory's paying but I want to save him as much as I can.