Mac I'm sorry to steer your conversation about eating buds in a differearnt direction. I thought I read about you telling Harley about getting your bike maintained, and it reminded me of a story I haven't shared in years. Back in 1988 at the ripe old age of 20 I had just graduated USN Rescue Swimmer School and was stationed in San Diego for door gunner school on the SH-60 Helo's. Well with my bravado of "Saro others may live" had 4 rescues under my belt already, I was invincible. So with just the experience as a child on a little RM50 I went and bought a shiny new 1989 Ninja 2000. Of course I had to by the best matching leather and helmet. Nothing in the next year and a half, from Bering Sea Rescues to South Pacific rescues to downed fighter pilot rescues prepared me for the fact that I wasn't invincible. I was traveling the speed limit, which was odd that day, I had a green light, and a semi blew the red from the left. I only had seconds to react , but all I could do was lay the bike down and hope to clear his back tires. Needless to say I cleared them and came out the other end with some road rash that could have been worse if I hadn't bought those fancy leathers. The bike was totaled, I was jailed for assaulting the truck driver, but I did learn an interesting fact later that week, on the San Diego base alone their were 34 deaths in 8 months from those who had owned ninja's like myself. Never road a bike again. okay back to regular scheduled programming!
