SeaCat
Hey, my Halo is smoking
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My wife and I went for a not so short ride this morning. A bit over 200 miles of pure heaven.
On the return we were almost home. We were in the "Home Stretch". We came over a long bridge and found ourselves behind a short body tanker truck in heavy traffic. I couldn't shift lanes but I wasn't worried. Then I started noticing a couple of things.
I was getting a wet film on my windshield. It wasn't blowing off like water, it was too thick for that. Then there was the odor. A definate stench was in the air and getting stronger. I checked right and left but there was no shifting lanes to get past the slow moving truck. Looking at the truck as my eyes started watering I noticed something, there was a steady stream liquid coming from a large valve on the back of the truck. Was this where the ungodly stench was coming from?
Finally there was a break in the traffic on my left and I dodged into it while rolling on the throttle. I didn't know what this truck was carrying but I was tired of it. I was even with the back bumper of the truck when that valve failed completely and I saw a thick stream of semisolid liquid come pouring out and splattering all over the vehicles behind it.
As I came even with the cab of the truck I motioned to the driver and screamed at him that he had a major leak. He just looked at me with a blank expression as a cruiser came up on his other side and hit the lights. It was only then that I noticed what the logo on the side of the truck described. He was a Honey Dipper.
When we got home we quickly stripped out of our gear and clothes before taking showers. My denim was dumped in the laundry along with my jeans. My vest was hung on the patio along with my wifes leather and our helmets.
I went back out to the bike and gave it a nice bath with plenty of water and more than enough suds. The leather and helmets were carefully cleaned and cleaned again.
I will forever watch for trucks like that in the future, although my wife and I are still joking about it.
Cat
On the return we were almost home. We were in the "Home Stretch". We came over a long bridge and found ourselves behind a short body tanker truck in heavy traffic. I couldn't shift lanes but I wasn't worried. Then I started noticing a couple of things.
I was getting a wet film on my windshield. It wasn't blowing off like water, it was too thick for that. Then there was the odor. A definate stench was in the air and getting stronger. I checked right and left but there was no shifting lanes to get past the slow moving truck. Looking at the truck as my eyes started watering I noticed something, there was a steady stream liquid coming from a large valve on the back of the truck. Was this where the ungodly stench was coming from?
Finally there was a break in the traffic on my left and I dodged into it while rolling on the throttle. I didn't know what this truck was carrying but I was tired of it. I was even with the back bumper of the truck when that valve failed completely and I saw a thick stream of semisolid liquid come pouring out and splattering all over the vehicles behind it.
As I came even with the cab of the truck I motioned to the driver and screamed at him that he had a major leak. He just looked at me with a blank expression as a cruiser came up on his other side and hit the lights. It was only then that I noticed what the logo on the side of the truck described. He was a Honey Dipper.
When we got home we quickly stripped out of our gear and clothes before taking showers. My denim was dumped in the laundry along with my jeans. My vest was hung on the patio along with my wifes leather and our helmets.
I went back out to the bike and gave it a nice bath with plenty of water and more than enough suds. The leather and helmets were carefully cleaned and cleaned again.
I will forever watch for trucks like that in the future, although my wife and I are still joking about it.
Cat
