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I headed out this morning for a loop around Lake Champlain. 300 miles or so with T***** road 100 or so miles in. As I pull into the small pull off area at the beginning of the 8 mile long, 83 corner road I see three sportbikes. One guy has on a helmet, jeans, gloves, and a riding jacket the other two are in shorts & t-shirts. The conversation goes like this:
Me to guy with some gear: "How are the corners?"
Guy in shorts: "I'm faster than you old man!"
Me to said d-bag: "Uh, Ok"
Guy with some gear:" Two corners on this side have some rocks in the line and one corner on the other side is pretty dirty."
d-bag: "So with the leathers and knee pucks you must think yer a racer er something, right gramps?"
Me: "Nope"
d-bag: I'll give you $20. if you can beat me to the other end!!"
Me: "Ooooohhhhhh! $20........
So said d-bag now waits for me to leave and dives out in front of me so we can "race". I ignore him and ride at my own pace, nearly rear-ending him in 6-7 corners as his trailbraking skills are somewhat lacking....... About one third of the way from the other end I find him in the road on his side bleeding after locking up the back brake and low siding. I stop and ask him for my $20. He says no way since I didn't beat him to the other end yet.
Seemed reasonable so I left.