Lunch with Jeff
I met up with another concours rider buddy today. I knew Jeff online for some time in the concours owners group forum. Didn’t really notice how close he lives. A mail from him suggesting a lunch meet at the nearby Elephant bar and restaurant got me excited. Earlier in the day I passed the written driver license test so I was already in a very happy mood. Now the thought of having finally found a local biker to ride with gave me a lot of relief.
Jeff was accompanied by his beautiful wife Nancy who rode with him for the first time on the concours. Hopefully she liked the ride and I would be glad if she comes with him when my Priti joins me in some weekend rides in the future.
We had a delicious salad with honey mustard chicken over relaxed chats about India and its cuisines. Nancy likes tanduri dishes so I promised her I would cook some authentic Indian chicken curry for them.
The real surprise came when we were about to leave. I forgot Jeff once mentioned in the forum that he rode police bikes. When he showed me his police ID I was like “WOW”. I could never really think of meeting a biker AND an American police officer as a friend. It also turned out that Nancy worked at a hospital specialising in speech and language. She instantly understood my exact hearing problem when I mentioned how my audiogram reads. Another “WOW” for me indeed.
Jeff and I are possibly riding to Ukiah, CA next weekend. A leisurely 150 miles, to meet Dan Bergmen ! A cogger and a great guy with his own engineering company. He engineered a bunch of useful accessories for the concours and I am excited to have a wrenching session with him.
Now if only the weather remains sane…