I'm back! 12 hours out and about in NH and VT. Met a lot of new faces from another forum.
Thanks to Rob and Keira for leading me back to their house! It was a great ride for most. Before we got out of NH, there were two accidents and one speeding ticket.
First accident, one of the group riders pulled out onto a main road right in front of Vivian. Now, Vivian (we know this as it was painted on her helmet) is with a lady friend, both riding their own Honda cruisers. They were on their way to Maine from Wisconsin. Poor Vivian hit the skids and stopped with a slight bump to our rider.... then she just toppled over! I'm not sure but I think it trapped her foot. Several of our guys got the bike up, got Vivian up and out of the road. We then found out Vivian is 86 years old!
She was Ok, shaken a bit. Neither bike was damaged save a couple of scratches. Vivian wanted to get back on her bike and just go! The group calmed her down and talked to her and held her there to gather herself.
While this was happening, the front half of the group was already up at the next intersection waiting. The leader came back to check on the rest of the group. On his way back to the lead group, he got nailed for speeding.
The second accident, I don't know what happened. I cam upon a downed rider with a few stopping around him. I pulled off and me and one other grabbed his bike and picked it up off the road. The guy was OK, wearing full leathers and all the right gear but his leg leather was tore up as well as his toe protector on his right boot worn clean off and into the boot. The slider on his bike, a BRAND NEW Ducati 1098 Streetfighter, did a good job at saving his stuff. His rearset was bent and the rear brake was sticking. He ended up leaving the group and riding home with only the front brake and barely any peg to put a foot on.
We made it to the BBQ place after that and the line was LONG! By the time we sat down with our food, the rest of the group was ready to leave. We'd been on the fence about continuing with them anyway. Cheryl and Michele were splitting off with their friend John who was at the BBQ place to meet them. Ron, Keira and I left to go our own way and ended up back at their house.
Eventful but fun for the most part. There were some typical hooligans in the group and a few that just didn't understand group riding or stagger.
The rest of my ride home was uneventful and pleasant... I took all back roads from Rob's to my house. Glad to be resting up now!
Thanks to Rob and Keira for leading me back to their house! It was a great ride for most. Before we got out of NH, there were two accidents and one speeding ticket.
First accident, one of the group riders pulled out onto a main road right in front of Vivian. Now, Vivian (we know this as it was painted on her helmet) is with a lady friend, both riding their own Honda cruisers. They were on their way to Maine from Wisconsin. Poor Vivian hit the skids and stopped with a slight bump to our rider.... then she just toppled over! I'm not sure but I think it trapped her foot. Several of our guys got the bike up, got Vivian up and out of the road. We then found out Vivian is 86 years old!
She was Ok, shaken a bit. Neither bike was damaged save a couple of scratches. Vivian wanted to get back on her bike and just go! The group calmed her down and talked to her and held her there to gather herself. While this was happening, the front half of the group was already up at the next intersection waiting. The leader came back to check on the rest of the group. On his way back to the lead group, he got nailed for speeding.
The second accident, I don't know what happened. I cam upon a downed rider with a few stopping around him. I pulled off and me and one other grabbed his bike and picked it up off the road. The guy was OK, wearing full leathers and all the right gear but his leg leather was tore up as well as his toe protector on his right boot worn clean off and into the boot. The slider on his bike, a BRAND NEW Ducati 1098 Streetfighter, did a good job at saving his stuff. His rearset was bent and the rear brake was sticking. He ended up leaving the group and riding home with only the front brake and barely any peg to put a foot on.
We made it to the BBQ place after that and the line was LONG! By the time we sat down with our food, the rest of the group was ready to leave. We'd been on the fence about continuing with them anyway. Cheryl and Michele were splitting off with their friend John who was at the BBQ place to meet them. Ron, Keira and I left to go our own way and ended up back at their house.
Eventful but fun for the most part. There were some typical hooligans in the group and a few that just didn't understand group riding or stagger.
The rest of my ride home was uneventful and pleasant... I took all back roads from Rob's to my house.
Glad to be resting up now!
