Subject: Re: Guzzi sighting/chase
Author: Tom Halchuk
Date: Jan 21, 2005, 12:39 PM
Post ID: 1718250347
I moved to Atlanta from Boston in 1986 for a short term job, 1 yr.
While riding alone on Peachtree I pass a Guzzi Lemans.
I do a quick 180 and chase him down. After several lights and
a bit of highspeed I catch up to him. Turns out he is from Boston also
and lives a mile from my house in Boston. He is down visiting a friend who
is riding some sort of non-descript Jap thing. We end up riding in Northern
Georgia together that day. I end up losing touch with him after that ride.
Go to 1998. I'm back in Boston. I had just pulled my T-3 out of moth balls
a year earlier. My commitments had grown up, etc and I was starting to get
back into
back into riding. I hook up with a couple of local Guzzi guys and go out on
a ride about 80 miles from my house We stop at the Vanilla Bean in Pomret,
CT. A great place to hang if you have a bike. Euro in the morning, Harley
in the afternoon. Anyway we are all sitting around and shooting the breeze.
here something about this guy I'm talking to that is familiar. And I've
seen that bike before. Then it hits me. He's the guy Bill from Boston, I
chased down in Atlanta. Since then we have become riding buddiesand we oth
still ride Guzzis.
What a wonderful story and true too.
Tom in Boston
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Adkins" <ianad-@alltel.net>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 7:39 AM
Subject: RE: Guzzi sighting/chase
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Great story Tom,
In the 10+ years I have ridden Loops (and knew of their existence) I have
only passed two while out on the road. One in Montreal on a divided highway
near my home. This bike turned out to be a bike that I eventually stored for
the owner while she moved to Toronto from Quebec City. The other sighting
was when I had first moved to Dahlonega, GA. I was heading home from Atlanta
and saw this fellow pass by heading out of Dahlonega. He was wearing a white
helmet and black jacket. Funny but that image has remained in my mind. A few
months later, through this wonderful list, I met my Loop wrenching/riding
buddy Ed.
I look forward to my next encounter each time I head out.
Ride safe...Ian
| -----Original Message----- From: tom short [mailto:TSh-@phx.devry.edu] Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 7:15 PM To: Loopfram-@topica.com Subject: Guzzi sighting/chase Hi all, Well, yesterday after I got off work, I was driving(too hot to ride)my truck towards the main street, when a flash od white went by.... |
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