Street Crud
Posted in Neutral on Mar 27th, 2009
One of the things I like about my Road Glide is its stereo system, because with it I can listen to music while I’m riding. There’s nothing like carving through the canyons with a dinosaur rock soundtrack to really make a good ride great. Thing is, when you’re blasting your tunes on a motorcycle, everyone around you can hear them too. I think I lost some street cred because of that today.
I was riding down a busy street here in the San Fernando Valley, weaving in and out of traffic, music playing, feeling good. A light turned red up ahead and twin columns of cars backed up in front of me, so I just lane-split my way to the front. So I’m sitting there between the two front cars, stereo blaring, singing along with it a little, when I noticed that the BMW to my left had its window rolled down and there was a hot blonde in the passenger seat.
I looked at her. She looked at me. Our eyes met. I give her a little nod — we were sharing a moment. Then she turned to the driver and said something, and they both looked at me and started cracking up. That’s when I realized just what song it was that I was blasting for the whole intersection.
John Mayer. 3X5. Oy.
