-=> JEAN PARROT wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-


 JP>      Good morning, Wayne.

 WC> My knee is badly messed up too but nothing compared to the back.

 JP>   Thanks for the story. Amazing !
 JP>   The first cop was greatly more human than the next one. 
 
Indeed, the fisrt cop actually brought his cutomized Honda
550 to the hospital and having recovered sufficiently by than
I took a look at it. My motorcycle a CB-450 Honda was a total out
job.

 JP> In the first
 JP>   instance, were you on a mo-byke as you mentioned in the second
 JP> instance ?

Second instance also a bike however a GS-Suzuki 550 CN
I'd had for nine years and overall the best machine from 
a handling standpoint I'd ever owned. Very reliable.

 JP>   I always wonder why this has not happened to me. Fighter pilot and
 JP> then
 JP>   airline for a total of 40 years. And I did ride a mo-byke too, also
 JP> flew
 JP>   float-planes.

 Well my first 16 years on bikes were largely uneventlful.

 JP>   You have my best wishes.

No-one seems to believe the story about the lunatic cop but it's
entirely accurate. Some good and bad in every profession.
I really wish that kid cop had been riding with a partner as I don't 
think the incident would have occured in that event.
Last Bike was a Yamaha GS-1100 Special, that's the one where the cop 
didn't feel the need to fill out an accident report but instead something
he called an "incident report."
There was a couple grand damage to the new car and my bike was
again a total job leaving me no way to get to school, after the shock 
wore off I became aware my spine was once again injured.
Saw that cop later working after duty at a grocery store as 
security and upon his recognizing me I made a point of
mentioning my spinal surgery, Ron Zigler was the cops name.
The girl driving never so much as apologized though the passenger
did. I was grateful the passenger wasn't injured by my elbow
or broken glass from my elbow blasting through the passengers
window. I attempted to bus it to school after the last incident 
but that being a 90 minute venture each way, school an 8 hour
day and my injuries... I lasted about a month doing that.
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