First I'll start by saying this is a great group. I keep reading and learning from the posts, help when I can, and share my personal projects.
Today I'll share something personal that happen a day ago. I have a cousin that has lost his mind (I'm going to try and shorten this as much as possible, so its going to be blunt) he was HIV positive, however do to life choices he is now full AIDS. He was traveling back and forth from a state on the east coast to a state on the west coast, I'm on the east coast and he is back in town after not seeing him in a year (and mind you, we were not on really good terms for the BS he gave my wife over the phone because I was in the shower and really needed to talk to me,). So he showed up at my job on Monday. Talk crazy talk, and saying lots of crazy stuff, government conspiracies (creative crazy talk). He wanted a ride, he wanted me to drop him off at his mothers house, he wanted me to call her. 3 issues there, I have the bike, don't know where she lives, and don't have her number. Pretty much he was pissed off by this and left (muttering stuff as he walked off). Riding on the 87 Honda VFR700F2 to work on Wednesday, 2 blocks from my job, there he is walking towards my work. He hears the bike and turns around to notice me, with this really weird look on his face, then decides to step out in front of me. I went around him and stopped at the stop sign 10 feet from him. Now mind you he is like 6 foot something but a twig, he runs (I notice it in my mirror, and why I just didn't go then I have no idea) and jumps on the back of the bike. Says to me "Give me a ride (B word)" I shut the bike off and staying stopped with both feet down. I tell him not so kind and not so quietly to get off the bike. He then starts pounding the back of my helmet (yes punching the helmet over and over) mind you I have full riding gear on, armor, snell helmet, gloves boots, he has jeans, T-shirt, sneakers, bare hands. Anyways he starts yelling as he is sitting on the back of the bike, "Your going to F'n die, your father is going to die" . So I'm thinking the whole time while this is going on 1. why is he punching my helmet doesn't that hurt, 2. how can I get him off the bike and make him stop without really risking contact of blood. Yes I was thinking these thoughts while someone was pounding on my helmet, the only thing holding me back from going into full on defense mode knowing what he has and the high risk it will bring if I manage to somehow come in contact with an open cut on myself. Enough was enough, I said you wana go for a ride, lets go for a F'n ride. Starting the machine back up with the throttle WOT, and knowing its in gear and what is about to happen, I let the clutch go. For a second I saw sky, almost as if I was in a rocket taking off in to the heavens. Then gravity decided to do its thing and so did my cousin by holding on to me, off we go. Everything went into slow motion, I really got to watch the bike go forward a few feet on her rear wheel and crash down onto her left side, it seriously was sad to watch. He is dazed, I'm like huh, that worked I guess as I'm laying on my back. I yelled out for someone to call the damn cops. He got the upper hand by being over me while I"m on my back but still fully covered and helmet with shield he has another go, hits some more but out of steam, in shock, and hurt oh and yes helmet shots again. Someone came over and he got off of me on his own and started walking away saying I ran him over I could tell he was hurt. I called 911, stayed back about 10 feet and left the bike were it was and followed him 3 blocks till every cop in town was there. As they checked him out I got to see his leg and ankle bleeding bad. I had no cuts, scraps, no sign of blood on my high vis jacket. Bike will need some work but road it home the 26 miles. Some crazy stuff.... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
