Before I say anything, let me make my position as an admirer of the new (well, all) Shelbys perfectly clear. If I could sell all my vehicles and buy one, I would but I would still be about 30K short.
That being said, I woke up early this morning and decided to hop on the bike and head from Mexico to Ocean City for the car show. I left the Lightning in the garage since I had just driven it to the NMRA event at MIR. There was very little traffic at 8:30 - so the headlights approaching my six caught my attention quick. Lone behold, it was a black '13 or '14 GT500. Guy cruises on by, minding his own. Well I'm just excited to see one of these cars so I speed up, follow him through a couple slower cars and get next to him with wide open road ahead.
I look over, give him a big thumbs up, and he reciprocates with the same and a smile. I bump down a couple gears to see if he is by any chance interested in a go. He immediately slows down to ~65ish (I am assuming down shifting) and before I know it, I see his front lift up and begin to pull. I caught another gear which put me in third; it shoulda been second because this bike LOVES a mid-high second gear pull but I just grabbed a fist full of throttle. The mid range is pretty stout on it. I immediately stop his pull and proceed to put ~4 cars by 140 when I let off. He pulls up next to me, big ass grin on his face, we exchange thumbs up again and I fall in behind him.
There was so many of these darn Mexican highway cops out there I don't think either of us were willing to give it another go. I wanted to follow him and chat but he went into town a different way than me, but gave another wave when he exited. I am pretty positive that the car was stock. It didn't appear to have DR's or exhaust or anything that stuck out indicating otherwise. Seemed like a pretty chill guy!
That being said, I woke up early this morning and decided to hop on the bike and head from Mexico to Ocean City for the car show. I left the Lightning in the garage since I had just driven it to the NMRA event at MIR. There was very little traffic at 8:30 - so the headlights approaching my six caught my attention quick. Lone behold, it was a black '13 or '14 GT500. Guy cruises on by, minding his own. Well I'm just excited to see one of these cars so I speed up, follow him through a couple slower cars and get next to him with wide open road ahead.
I look over, give him a big thumbs up, and he reciprocates with the same and a smile. I bump down a couple gears to see if he is by any chance interested in a go. He immediately slows down to ~65ish (I am assuming down shifting) and before I know it, I see his front lift up and begin to pull. I caught another gear which put me in third; it shoulda been second because this bike LOVES a mid-high second gear pull but I just grabbed a fist full of throttle. The mid range is pretty stout on it. I immediately stop his pull and proceed to put ~4 cars by 140 when I let off. He pulls up next to me, big ass grin on his face, we exchange thumbs up again and I fall in behind him.
There was so many of these darn Mexican highway cops out there I don't think either of us were willing to give it another go. I wanted to follow him and chat but he went into town a different way than me, but gave another wave when he exited. I am pretty positive that the car was stock. It didn't appear to have DR's or exhaust or anything that stuck out indicating otherwise. Seemed like a pretty chill guy!
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