[Holladay]

161 in 5th gear of my CTS-V, 6th gear could only do 142. (and will not do it again). 176 on a Suzuki 750 GSXR modified. Loved that bike while stationed in Germany. (won't do that again either).

Youth is definitely equivalent to stupidity. With that bike, I almost started putting lil' red sirens long the top of the gas tank.

One story. I was late to an army buddies wedding in BFE Kansas. There was a long straight (5 mile) away going down and up a valley. Hardly any traffic. Going pretty fast. In the distance I see 5-6 cars coming towards me in the other lane. As I get closer, I notice the lead car is a cop. SH*T. As I pass, I looked in the mirror and he had pulled over, but had to wait for the line of following cars to pass before he could U turn. Now I am going really fast. But radios are faster. I top the edge of the valley and immediately look for a turn off. I found a house with a driveway that sneaked behind a small hill in the front yard. Parked the bike behind the hill and low crawled to the crest and waited. and waited. What seemed like forever, I heard a large V-8 down shift and blast up the edge of the valley and go flying past me. VROOM. I waited. and waited. and waited. Again forever. Then the same V-8 down shift, and the cop VROOMED past me going the opposite direction. I waited for another 10 min, hopped on the bike, drove around the hill back onto the highway and went a sedate 55 mph. Hopped over a county onto another n-s road.

I was late and had to change my pants.