Interesting moment

[cactusjack]

...well, at least I thought so. I went to a VROC bike night last evening. There were about 8 or 9 of us sitting on the covered patio in 112 degree heat drinking beer. Directly outside the patio was our bikes, all Nomads, with the exception of a V2K, a Triumph Sprint, an ST1300, and an Ultra Classic. We were sitting around a table, and I was facing the parking lot. I saw a City of Chandler motor officer cruising through the parking lot and he slowed down and was really eyeing our bikes. We had them parked on the sidewalk, where everyone always parks their bikes.

A minute or so later, the cop walks onto the patio. I noticed he was a lieutenant. He says "Who belongs to the Honda"? Mel raises his hand and says "it's mine". and the officer stands there and shoots the breeze with him for 15 minutes and then they walk out together so Mel can show him something on his bike. They probably stood around BSing in the parking lot for another 20-30 minutes. It was pretty cool. The officer was just interested in Mel's ST1300 because he has one of his own. Mel is part owner of an independent motorcycle shop, so he picked the right guy to talk to.

I just thought it was an interesting encounter with law enforcement.