saturday ride report, abbreviated

[botdave91]

Out for a sunday evening ride, I'm on the klr and my buddy is on his 400ex honda. Head toward the first section of short trails, go to cross under a road along a drainage "bayou" and waiting at the bottom are two punka@@ Harris county constable rejects. At first when I saw them under the bridge, I could'nt tell who they were. We got closer and they waved us down to where they were. Thinking that someone needed help I roll down the dropand stop. I then noticed the uniforms and lights on the big Honda four wheelers they were on. They ask for I.d. and we give it to them. The first cop starts in on us as if we just shot someone which really pissed me off. I just keep my mouth shut and listen to him, until he mentioned taking us to jail and a fine for riding on the drainage system land. I understand the law, in fact my older brother is a cop, but the attitude these guys had just made me think they are here on some power trip. Needless to say, no fine , no jail time. Just a ruined ride. My only big problem is the fact that there are people commiting real crimes and causing real problems out there in the world, and these cops on four wheelers are giving us crap about riding safely on trails away from people. They way they waved us to them and then lit in to us about riding really pissed me off, when I was trying to be nice thinking that someone was hurt or broke down under the bridge and possibly needed help. Now I guess I know just to turn and run away, not the image or the attitude I like to show for trail riding world, but about the only way to ride for a couple of hours in the dirt!! Sorry this is so long, But I had to vent!! Later, David

[Tengai Mark Van Horn]

At 8:23 PM -0400 7/20/03, Zachariah Mully wrote:

>Quoting "James L. Miller Jr." : > >> Zack from DC and I met up in Winchester, VA Saturday AM for a what >> should have been a full day of riding. 3 things I can tell you >> right off the bat. There are places where KLR's probably shouldn't >> go, and we might have found one. KLR's are VERY heavy when it comes > >I am too damn tired to elaborate on Jim's report right now (Thanks >to the f**ks >at Cisco), but I tossed up some pics real quick... > >http://zaphod.smartbrief.com/pics/thecove > >And don't listen to Jim's "I'm an old man" schtick, he's full-o-it.

Hey Kids, Nice pix; looks like a riot. Was that a motorcycle rim I saw on the hill in the center of one of the photos? And Jim, I refuse to be implicated in any bone chips you may or may not have received in a previous fall! Be careful out there! Mark