Virii wrote:
. . .I work with a high school girl who went to her . . . Vespa . . and she dumped that.
She's not inherantly uncoordinated...She's just the kind of person that panics and she blanks and freezes up when she panics.
Reminded me of when I let the high school sweetie of the day learn to ride my bike. I thought it would build cool points.
I got off the idling RD350 and stood off to the side kind of in front so she could see me smiling.
She pulled in the clutch, put it in first, and reved it up to what sounded like about 2k above redline. And held it there.
The engine screamed in protest.
I stood there awestruck at the sound of 2-stroke twin gone berserk.
She couldn't have heard me if I aad said a thing.
It's amazing how quickly the thought of "maybe this isn't such a good idea, after all" fills the void panic creates.
At about the same time you have reached this point in the story, she rolled off the throttle.
All while still holding in the clutch.
Thank God some people have presence of mind.
Added:
She went on to learn to ride.
She bought a bike (small bore Honda, I think) and rode it for a number of years, while in college at the University of Michigan.
And eventually became a medical doctor.
Kind of sad we went separate ways.
She's married with two kids.
I ride motorcycles.
But it's nice to know I played a small part in her sucess story.
Post edited by: KaZooCruiser, at: 2007/07/19 12:16