Missives Part 2. 2/25/2005
I woke up early, and pulled on a pair of jeans and a t-shirt. I walked out in the cold morning, it being the wrong side of 7 a.m. and pulled the cover off ‘Dark Justice’. I thought I’d better get her gassed up before taking Kala for the ride.
I came back in about 20 minutes later, after prepping the bike up. And found Kala standing outside my parent’s gate, looking a little flustered. She thought she had overslept when she heard the roar of the Yoshimura pipes, and hurried to change and get ready. I re-assured her that everything was fine, and we had heaps of time in hand. I geared up, and briefed Kala on the proper pillion procedure, something essential for your own personal safety. In my case, with the guys I used to ride with in those days, when the riding got a little…’spirited’…a pillion passenger who didn’t know what to do could easily cause everything to go pear shaped very quickly.
She got on the back, and we zoomed off, with my mother standing at the gate to see us off. Mum was rather concerned, and she certainly didn’t want anything to happen to Kala. We headed out to the assembly point, which was to be at the toll plaza entrance for the North side of the North South Hisghway. We stopped at the toll plaza, and there were a couple of bikes already there, ridden by some guys I knew. And today they had brought their wives with them.
I introduced Kala to everyone, and waited for the rest of the group to arrive. Kala was very surprised at the friendliness that was shown, in spite of the fact that she was a total stranger. She asked if this was normal, and I shrugged my shoulders, because this was the first time I had ever brought a female pillion riding with this group.
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- Author : thesnark
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