Funny incident for Nudey

[nudemetalz]

I was commuting to work on the Guzzi last week (can't remember what day). Take the usual Kelburn turn off the motorway (before the tunnel).. when I heard the Guzzi start making a harsh rattley noise as I stopped at the lights...Looked down at LHS cylinder and then RHS cylinder...nothing amiss..few revs at the lights..still a bloosy nasty arse rattle...
Hmm,..somethings gone inside the cases.

Anyway, take off quietly onto the Terrace, and enter Boulcott Street, still rattley...
THEN,..as I slow down I smell 2 stroke smoke.....
..a bloody noisy 1960's Vespa was following right up my backside and that was the "extra noise"....
How did I not see him..

[DingoZ]

......

Now that's good....

[release_the_bees]

I had a similar experience on the GS500 whilst riding past the hospital. I wondered what on earth was wrong with the bike, until I realised that the rescue helicopter was landing!

[PirateJafa]

I've had a very similar moment on my VFR400R - turned out someone was letting off fireworks!

[hellokitty]

I heard a weird sound yesterday sounded like a weird banging, but I figured out it was the bike in front of me backfiring, the pipes were pointed down and the noise was echoing off the road.
Had me a little bit worried too for a while.

As for the scooter - scary that it was so up your bum that you couldn't see it! You would have felt it though if you stopped suddenly.

[notme]

On Boxing day coming back from dropping people off at Christchurch airport, the cage started wobbling something chronic - "shit, a front tyre's gone" methinks. Nope, earthquake

[JimO]

happened to me a few years ago, stopped at the lights during a toy run, couldnt work out what the racket was until i realised there was a ducati behind me