The conversation went something like this: | |
Cop #1: | We got a report of some motorcycles comin' offa' Dallas Pass at a high rate of speed. |
Joe (lying): | Well it's a nice day, there's a lot of motorcycles out there. |
Cop #1: | Ya, but yours are the only ones I've seen in the last 4 hours. |
Bob (under his breath): | What's your definition of a "high rate of speed"? |
Cop #2: | Let me see if I can guess which bike belongs to each of you - you (pointing at Will, who is wearing his red, white & black Honda gear) ride the Honda... |
Joe (under his breath): | Which Honda? The Blackbird's a Honda too! |
Cop #2: | You (pointing at Joe) look like a ZX-11 kind of guy... |
Joe shakes his head. | |
Cop #2: | Well then the ZX-11 must be yours (to Paul) |
Paul smiles & shakes his head. The cop gives up. |
They ran our licenses & registrations, but (unfortunately for them) they came up clean.
It turns out that almost all the cops in Ridgeway ride sportbikes.
The one I was talking to used to own a heavily modified ZX-11 that he would drag-race. He currently owns a ZX-12R.
We didn't get any tickets, but they told us to watch our speed on the way up to Montrose - that was the longest 26 miles ever!
By the way, there were 2 other police cars that you can't see - one off to the right, and another behind the photographer.