Subject: RE: Guzzi sighting/chase
Author: Ray Hale
Date: Jan 21, 2005, 2:44 PM
Post ID: 1718251052
Tom,
excellent anecdote. Hope he turns out to be a great friend. Happened to
me up on the Blue Ridge Parkway years ago. Turned out to be Ken Pitts
and hard to catch. Seen as how he was already into Guzzis in a big way,
I helped to turn him onto vintage VW buses instead. Another obsession.
Ray in Gainesville, Fl
tom short wrote:
Hi all, Well, yesterday after I got off work, I was driving(too hot to ride)my truck towards the main street, when a flash od white went by. OOH! Was it a Guzzi or a Beemer?? I hurried up to the stop sign and made the right turn. No bike in sight, just the stop light ahead, red. I got to the light and waited for the green. I knew he had made the light and was just up ahead. One half mile further, the next light was red. Aha! got him! got to the light but did not see him. Must have missed him. Then, as the light changed to green, I hear,'p--r-r-r-r-r-r-rrr. Alright! It IS a Guzzi, and just two cars infront of me. As traffic for him flows, but doesn't for me, I see up ahead he has changed lanes and now is on the inside line. IF, traffic allows, I'll be able to pull up next to him. Traffic doesn't allow, and I find myself in the same lane, running a little late thru the light to try and catch him. I change lanes and hope the light ahead is red for him. It is! but, I am about one carlength behind. No worries. I toot my horn and he looks back. I hold out my jacket which has a Guzzi patch on the back. He waves, and I shout, "pull over after the light". He says 'o.k.', and does so. I pull in behind him at a barbershop parking lot. He, Frank, as I found out, is riding an unfamiliar to me, 72 Eldo with lots of police goodies. He says he thought that he was the lone Guzzi rider in town, and he is new to Guzzi. I gave him my card and a flier to the 16TH Annual Arizona MGNOC Rally, April 29, 30, and May 1.(shameless plug) I a;so told him of our monthly Guzzi breakfast. He was real glad to meet another Guzzi-ist, but had to be on his way, as he was going home after work as well. Alright! I'll be signing him up to the MGNOC, and helping him with his questions. Be looking for another looper on this list, soon! The Arizona Kid LFL 009 Tom Short AZ MGNOC Rep Phoenix, AZ |
pax sine tedio
73 Eldo "19"