Kevin, I'm very sorry to hear this. I wish it weren't so....wait a minute.....this is pretty close to April 1....I wonder....just as I thought. Well written though!
Henry > -----Original Message----- > From: GTS-1000 Owners List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf > Of Kevin Hawkins > Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 1:45 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: A bad Easter morning... > > > Well, it was another beautiful day in the Carolinas yesterday as > I embarked > upon my usual Sunday morning ride up into the mountains. As I meandered up > NC 89 on this morning I decided to pick up the pace a little so that I > could be back in time for Easter lunch as I had family coming over. No > sooner had I decided to air out the GTS on one of the straight > aways, that > an NC State trooper came around the bend approaching. I rolled off the > throttle and glanced down to see the speedo dropping quickly past 100 mph. > SHIT! I was even past him when he hit the lights. I glanced around in my > side mirror to see him start his U-turn and had a very stupid thought....I > can outrun him! What was I thinking? Well, it was only about 5 > miles to the > Va. state line and the rest of the road was very twisty with limited > visibility so if caught I would simply claim that I didn't see > him....right? Yep, that was my second stupid thought. Anyway, I > was already > in a bunch of trouble and my mind was spinning as I thought of the > consequences if he caught me. I took that curvey piece of road with more > speed than I could ever remember just hoping to find the Va. state line > around the next bend. Instead, I rounded a corner with a long straightaway > and saw ANOTHER cop heading my way! But I KNOW that the state line is > coming up so I gunned it again. The oncoming cop slows WAY down as we come > together and starts to block my lane!! He has his head hanging out of his > window with his hand in the air yelling for me to stop as I grab a hand > full of ABS and somehow miss his front bumper. NOW he has endangered MY > life and I decide to push on a little farther for that elusive stateline. > After a few more turns my senses get the best of me and I decided to pull > over. As I'm sitting on the side of the road 4 police cars (1 local > sheriff) pull up and charge at me! I put my hands in the air and they push > me to the ground. I'm thankful that I was still wearing my helmet! Cuffed > and sitting in the back of one of the police cars I couldn't believe the > turn that my life had just taken. A 39 year old man with a > beautiful family > and another baby due at the end of this month being taken to jail and > booked. When my wife arrived to post my bail later that afternoon > we had no > problem agreeing to one thing. I am no longer a motorcyclist! > Insurance and > the cost of the lawyer alone will set us back more than we can afford and > that will be paid for with the sale of my 3 bikes. I've already sold the > FZ750 but need to get rid of the GTS and ZRX immediately. If you have an > interest Click here to see my fire sale prices... > http://www.kevinhawk.com/firesale.html > > Kevin Hawkins // Greensboro, NC > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.kevinhawk.com > Y2K Kawasaki ZRX1100 //'93 Yamaha GTS1000 //'85 FZ750 > >
