11-03-2019, 06:51 AM
Nice picture. The parkway is a beautiful road and in a very scenic part of the country.
A few years back my buddy Terry (RIP) and I got stopped on the parkway by a federal officer. He was a little (understatement) warm under the collar when he stopped us. He said he had been trying to catch us for ten miles. The funny thing was we had been running 65 for those ten miles. We initially saw him at a pull over out of his vehicle. We did not think too much about it at the time because he did not move toward his vehicle so once out of sight we resumed our prior pace. A few minutes later my Valentine Radar detector started to slowly beep indicating there was a radar source behind us. As he got closer to us it started to beep more frequently. We naturally slowed down and when he finally caught up to us we were going 45 mph. He pulled us over anyway and told us he was going to radio ahead to other police on the parkway. Terry and I got off at the next exit on what ended up to be a great road. We never road on the Parkway again.
This past Sunday I had a nice ride with a buddy on his KTM 1290 GT. South and west of the Chicago metro area there are a couple of decent roads. Unfortunately the weather has now turned colder and we have had snow on at least two days since last Sunday. The salt is on the streets and barring a nice rain and warmer temps my riding season is pretty much over.
A few years back my buddy Terry (RIP) and I got stopped on the parkway by a federal officer. He was a little (understatement) warm under the collar when he stopped us. He said he had been trying to catch us for ten miles. The funny thing was we had been running 65 for those ten miles. We initially saw him at a pull over out of his vehicle. We did not think too much about it at the time because he did not move toward his vehicle so once out of sight we resumed our prior pace. A few minutes later my Valentine Radar detector started to slowly beep indicating there was a radar source behind us. As he got closer to us it started to beep more frequently. We naturally slowed down and when he finally caught up to us we were going 45 mph. He pulled us over anyway and told us he was going to radio ahead to other police on the parkway. Terry and I got off at the next exit on what ended up to be a great road. We never road on the Parkway again.
This past Sunday I had a nice ride with a buddy on his KTM 1290 GT. South and west of the Chicago metro area there are a couple of decent roads. Unfortunately the weather has now turned colder and we have had snow on at least two days since last Sunday. The salt is on the streets and barring a nice rain and warmer temps my riding season is pretty much over.