C turns around and sees the blue lights as J pulls over.
Cop to J: You’re in a bit of a hurry, huh?
Cop goes back to the car as we freeze outside shivering beside the bike with our helmets off. A lot of papers are printed and the cop returns.
Cop to J: You’ve got all kinds of problems here. The bike is out of registration and your learner’s permit has expired. That’s the same as driving without a license.
J to Cop (as he nods toward me): She and I just traded off. She has an endorsement.
Cop to C: I’m going to need to see your license before you two leave.
After showing my license with endorsement, the cop goes back to his car and waits for us. I struggle to gear back up since my hands are frozen. The headlights from the police are illuminating this scene of me driving and J on the pillion (picture a very tall sail on the back of my SV). We are pulled over slightly past the rumble strips (as pictured above). The ditch is to our right. This conversation takes place while we are on the bike.
C: I’m going to need you to help me balance the bike.
J: OK.
I lean the bike over to pull up the kickstand and then put the bike in gear. Even on the pillion, J can flat foot the bike. J is trying to stabilize the bike but as he shifts his weight (will a fully loaded top case), I’m uneasy with the balance. I start to pull away but can’t get the bike upright and balanced with the extra weight. I ride a few feet and we start making our way toward the ditch.
J screams: STOP! STOP! STOP! Just STOP! You’re about to ride into the ditch and I don’t want to pick up this bike!
Cop exits his car and shines his flashlight back on us as he has watched (and probably heard) the entire interaction of us yelling on the bikes with helmets on.
Cop: OK, I’m going to leave now so whatever you two do is your business.
Cop quickly gets back into his car and drives away.
I could not stop laughing! It’s ALWAYS some kind of adventure with us and now we have another Classic C story for the books!
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That was hilarious. I bet the cop has told the story more times than you have!! Lol…….
Cop to his coworkers “So she is the one with the endorsement, but she can’t ride”
Funny story Caroleen. My latest encounter with one of Georgia’s finest after passing on a double-yellow went something like this:
GSP: “You know Mr. Brooks, we have kids on crotch rockets hurt and killed up here all the time.
Me – “Do I look like a kid on a crotch rocket?”
GSP – “No but you were riding like one back there.”
We missed you NC folks at the Fuzzy Beaver last weekend, but I did run across Jason in Tellico Plains and said “Hi’.
Hope all is well.
MB