SeaCat
Hey, my Halo is smoking
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The wife and I went for a ride this afternoon. (Yes it was hot out but that's southern Florida.) Because we were going to be riding the Slab we decided on wearing Leathers as well as putting the Shield back on the bike.
Well the ride north was just fine, a bit warm but not bad with the breeze caused by the bike running at 70 MPH. A short time after we left home however we did smell woodsmoke. We couldn't see anything so we shrugged it off and kept going.
We spent maybe an hour at our goal. We had some things we had to do up there which was the only reason we took the ride. Some people we had to talk with.
On the ride south things got strange. Up ahead of us we could see a haze which isn't too odd down here. We usually have a haze because of the humidity. This haze though seemed somewhat thicker. WE ignored this and kept going.
Before we knew it the smell of woodsmoke again hit us and traffic started getting heavier. We passed the last exit for a while as I moved into the center lane. It started getting dark and up ahead I could see F.H.P. Cruisers on both sides of the highway. They were waving people into the center lane.
By now traffic was moving along at a blistering 30 MPH and we were rolling through smoke. I had an idea of what we were rolling into so I leaned back and told my wife to drop her visor then tuck in close behind me.
The further south we went the heavier the smoke grew. I tucked down behind the shield and felt my wife do the same behind me. I reached down and tucked her legs behind mine. Up ahead I could see red flashing lights through the heavy smoke. I could also see a glow in the smoke. Traffic slowed even more.
We passed the engines and rode straight into hell. One the west side of the road was a large brush fire. It was going strong and blowing smoke, ashes and cinders across the road. In fact it had jumped the three southbound lanes of the highway and started cooking in the Median. For the next two miles I had fire on both sides of us as I rolled along. It was hot, it was hard to breath and we had cinders blowing over the shield. I was thankfull both for the leathers and the full face helmet.
Finally we came out of it and the air started to clear. Up ahead of us we could see a sign for the next exit. I asked my wife what she thought and we decided to keep rolling south as things were opening up again.
A short time later we pulled off the highway and rolled the short distance home. (I later found out that they had closed the highway shortly after we had rolled through there.)
My wife and I have singe marks on our leathers, I have a couple of holes burned through my jeans and my wife and I were clowing black snot for the next half hour but we came through just fine.
That was a bit spooky.
Cat
Well the ride north was just fine, a bit warm but not bad with the breeze caused by the bike running at 70 MPH. A short time after we left home however we did smell woodsmoke. We couldn't see anything so we shrugged it off and kept going.
We spent maybe an hour at our goal. We had some things we had to do up there which was the only reason we took the ride. Some people we had to talk with.
On the ride south things got strange. Up ahead of us we could see a haze which isn't too odd down here. We usually have a haze because of the humidity. This haze though seemed somewhat thicker. WE ignored this and kept going.
Before we knew it the smell of woodsmoke again hit us and traffic started getting heavier. We passed the last exit for a while as I moved into the center lane. It started getting dark and up ahead I could see F.H.P. Cruisers on both sides of the highway. They were waving people into the center lane.
By now traffic was moving along at a blistering 30 MPH and we were rolling through smoke. I had an idea of what we were rolling into so I leaned back and told my wife to drop her visor then tuck in close behind me.
The further south we went the heavier the smoke grew. I tucked down behind the shield and felt my wife do the same behind me. I reached down and tucked her legs behind mine. Up ahead I could see red flashing lights through the heavy smoke. I could also see a glow in the smoke. Traffic slowed even more.
We passed the engines and rode straight into hell. One the west side of the road was a large brush fire. It was going strong and blowing smoke, ashes and cinders across the road. In fact it had jumped the three southbound lanes of the highway and started cooking in the Median. For the next two miles I had fire on both sides of us as I rolled along. It was hot, it was hard to breath and we had cinders blowing over the shield. I was thankfull both for the leathers and the full face helmet.
Finally we came out of it and the air started to clear. Up ahead of us we could see a sign for the next exit. I asked my wife what she thought and we decided to keep rolling south as things were opening up again.
A short time later we pulled off the highway and rolled the short distance home. (I later found out that they had closed the highway shortly after we had rolled through there.)
My wife and I have singe marks on our leathers, I have a couple of holes burned through my jeans and my wife and I were clowing black snot for the next half hour but we came through just fine.
That was a bit spooky.
Cat
