"TO HIT IT"? or "NOT TO HIT IT"?
Recently the wife and I attended a Bike function locally here in little OLE Clermont. Now this is our usual local crowd with some folk's from other counties join amongst us, so we tend to see fresh faces all the time, me especially.
So we pull on in to the Beef "O" Brady's, off route 50 in Clermont < Horrible Place BTW) and low and behold most of our usual crowd is already there except most of them are not looking too happy? I couldn't figure it until I heard the news of friends and fellow local riders of ours, went "DOWN" up on Rt.44 again, this time one of our group lost their lives, now I'm not going to go into huge details as that's their personal information out there and I don't want to get caught up in a hornets nest of gossip or anything, but the whole reasoning for this tragedy was a Gofer Tortes that was crossing the road in front of our friends path.
Here's my problems with this?, A group of three riders and their passengers all hit the pavement because we've been so desensitized in a way that we're meant to feel guilty all day or how ever long if we wipe out one of "GOD'S" creatures, yet our friend looses his wife over a Turtle, and the rest of the group is no better off, clinging on the cusp, if I would say.
Now lets look at the math only here, I drive a Dyna Low Rider which is about 700 pounds a little under, travel path less then and inch maybe?
Now this whole group were on the big touring bikes most of them weighing in at or above 800+ I've personally seen some so strapped down with goodies, that they weigh in at almost 1200 pounds, so at any rate, here's my problem?
One Turtle, Maybe 10, tops 12 pounds? verses 800+ pounds, I would of said good bye Turtle and chopped that puppy right in Half darn well knowing that I could of done just that. Now of course I state this, but would my heart allow me to do such a thing, DAM right to save mine and my buds asses while riding you bet.
As I've stated this is a personal tragedy and will miss "A", big "R's" Wife, it's gonna a be a tough road to cross when healing, but may they all be healed and riding soon. R.I. P. "ANGEL".
Heal Fast Boys we got some miles to run.
We'll all be praying for you.
Philip Dresko Sr.
Free Lance Travel Writer / Photographer
"SCENES FROM THE SEAT"
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