Irving's Finest

Unwrapped the Green Vulcan and headed to the local Bank of
America this morning..

Moving right along, I'd had good luck with the red lights and had
avoided sitting and frying while I waited for those things to change..

When I got on Irving blvd, the Green One belched real big and I
am sure there must have been some flames shoot out the tail pipes..
That sucker backfired louder than I've ever heard it..

Not having ridden much lately, I figured the carb must need to be
cleared out, so I rolled on the throttle and nailed it..

Nearly 2 miles down Irving blvd. that blip blip siren thingy went off
behind me and sure enough, there he was..

Irving, Tx. has the reputation for having some of the most chicken
shit little cops in the metroplex and I was certain that I was about
to be ticketed..

The cop seemed extremely surprised about my driver's license
being clear, but he made a point of a good long lecture about how
dangerous it is to ride a motorcycle the way he'd observed me rid-
ing mine..

I finally told him that I'd almost rather get the ticket than listen to
the lecture.. Sometime during his exchange with me, it occurred
to him that I was pretty damned old to be out there riding a bike
anyway.. He commented about how great it is to see a man out
on a bike doing what he enjoys so much.. Told me that as soon
as his wife gives her approval, he'll be in the market for one just
like mine..

That officer didn't write me a ticket, but.. we spent more than a
half hour.. just visiting.. Once we got through all the lecture bull-
shit, he was a pretty nice old boy, just doing his job..

Good job, Officer Kevin Hubbard.. I appreciate it..

Bill Walker
Irving

 

"surprised about my driver's license being clear"

???

 

lol.. That means "no tickets" .. for the ill informed..

 

The one that pulled me over this morning, wasn't a motor cop.. We did man-
age to trade a few comments about some of the doofus's that are behind
the wheels of cars, these days..

hmmm.. Maybe the one you saw was just clearing his carb, like my excuse
was.. Ya' think ? <chuckle>

Bill Walker

 

Good tale Bill (note the spelling!!!)

Most cops are pretty good people. Like any group you always get a few
that give others a bad name.

Few years ago I was coming north on harry Hines and wanted to get over to
the I35N HOV lanes. Couldn't get over soon enough so I cut across a solid
line (about 10ft past the entry area). Two DART cops came on after me. I
was tailing a guy in a Mustang and doing about 85+. When they got up
behind me and put on the lights we all puilled over to in the next open
area.

Of course they read me the riot act about having to do 90+ to catch up
with me and why I shouldn't cross the solid line, etc, etc. After about
10 minutes of "official" speak we then started shooting the breeze about
bikes, what had been done to the Sportster, etc. I got away with a
"watch the solid line and slow down". Even Area 51 cops are pretty cool
towards bikes. The only time I saw a rider get pulled over is when they
had been doing about 70 in a 40 zone. He got pulled over and a couple
other patrol cars came up to help.


Bill C.

 

:>
:> Good job, Officer Kevin Hubbard.. I appreciate it..
:>

: "surprised about my driver's license being clear"

: ???

With over 10% of the folks in both El Paso and Austin having warrents out
against them, I'm sure cops are used to finding the folks they stop for
traffic issues have warrents.

Glad you got away with it, Bill.

 

Thanks for the name.DAMN GOOD POST.

 

Harold!!! You must be an older mature asshole like me.You said what has been
in my mind for years.

 

Glad you caught that.I was gonna post sumpun on it if someone didn't.