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So I was out at lunch today and needed to get some petrol for the commute home this evening. I figure while I'm at the gas station I should prolly top off the oil. I typically keep a few quarts in the car as it is. I am jostling around some stuff in the back seat of the car Looking for my oil. A few of the items are my Helmet (in its bag) and my riding boots. (I was supposed to go for a ride with some friends last weekend but alas it never happened. )
I took my helmet and placed it on the top of my car so that I could get to the quart of valvoline that had slid under the passenger seat.
A friendly enough guy prolly early 20's is at the pump next to me fueling his mad pimpin' TSX with gawdy 18" chrome ornaments that have taken place of the stock wheels.
He simply asks; "You ride?" I look up having successfully located my oil and reply; "Yes" He then asks me what I ride. I tell him that I am between bikes but my last ride was my Aprilia.
He then says. "Oh, I ride too." Being polite I say, "Oh cool! What do you ride." He says, "Its a Yamaha." I reply with a simple "Nice" I ask him what kind of Yammy he rides and his answer is " A 950." 950? I think to myself. Ok, not being totally familiar with Yamaha's earlier offerings from the 60s through early 80's I thought it may be something like that. So I say to him. "Huh, what year is it?" He then replies "oh its a 2005."
At this point I am trying to place a 950cc Yamaha for 2005. Of course I think R1 but nahh. Then I try to remember the cruiser models but am fairly certain that they are 650's and 1100's and the big power twin is like a 1400 or something.
hmmmm. Before I can ask which model I look at him and he says. "Yeah, its an R6." I kind of mutter R6? to myself and am trying to think of how on earth he could have a 950cc R6. I ask him if he has done any mods to the bike. He said, "Yeah, I got all chrome wheels and stuff. Green neon lights under the front to match the paint job". "Oh" I reply and walk to the front of my car to pop the hood. I then asked politely "did you do any engine mods to the bike? " He says. "Yeah, I got a 100 shot of NOS". "its crazy fast." I reply with " I bet" at this point I am certain he is full of poop. I asked again " Its a 950 huh?" He replies quickly "Yep, 950 with NOS". "WOW!" I said. You must have bored the engine to get it to 950cc? He looked at me completely confused. I ask "did you bore out the cylinders to take it from 600cc to 950cc?" Really confused he looks at me and asks "What? huh?" I then state. "Well the R6 is a 600cc bike." He then says "well mine isn't, its a 950." I look at him tapping the last bit of oil out of the quart and am like, uh huh.
I go remove the filler cap from the pump handle to re-rack the nozzle to the pump. I decided to wait a minute to let the newly added oil get to the pan so I could check to see if I needed a bit more. He then says,"Yeah I got it up to 200 this summer on the highway. Everything was a blur! It was scary cause I didn't have my helmet on" At this point I just can't take it any more. I quickly check the dip stick, see that the oil level is close enough and then shut the hood. As I am walking back to my door He says, "Yup the cops were after me and everything but they have to call it off after 120mph and there was no way they were gonna catch me at 200."
I look at him and say, "On your green Yamaha R6 950 with NOS huh?" He looks at me with a big confident smile and says "Yep"
There was so much I wanted to say. I just couldn't bring myself to do it. I said "nice chatting, be safe." Got in my car and drove back to the office.
So if any of you guys see a chromed out green R6 that has been punched out to a 950 with a 100 shot of NOS then you have perhaps met this kid.
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I laughed and continued working.
