Lets All Pause And Reflect On The Passing Of Ric Ocasek

AdaptiveCurmudgeon

5 years ago

Years ago, I wrote a true story about Ric Ocasek, my theories about motorcycles, and a sex kitten on a motorcycle cruiser that still haunts my dreams.

That series of posts unexpectedly generated more hits than most things I’ve written. Apparently my opinions on the Honda ST1100 (a motorcycle I honestly appreciate) found their way to a Honda ST motorcycle fan board. I may have inflamed some passions. Whoops!

In my defense I included this sentence: “the best feature of the ST1100… the ‘inexplicably hot woman attractor’, is worth whatever you pay for it“. How can anyone be upset I suggested their favorite ride attracts ‘hot women’?

What kind of hot women? Here’s a bit of my description: “this woman wasn’t riding a cruiser, she was astride a custom painted estrogen palace; a two wheeled mechanical erogenous zone. And she wasn’t riding her motorcycle, she was flogging it.” The ST-1100 rode off with a woman who was hotter than a two dollar pistol!

In a fair world, ST-1100 owners would be erecting statues in my honor!

The story began with ruminations on Ric Ocasek:

“Ric Ocasek is an anomaly I’ll never resolve. He genuinely earns the title “rock star” while retaining the excitement of watching paint dry. … In a world where Ozzy Osbourne is an incoherent shambling mound associated with decapitated bats and Janis Joplin’s haunting voice was snuffed out at 27, there’s something profound about Mr. Ocasek’s unusual ability to be the world’s only boring rocker. He’s a human contradiction, an uncool rock star.

This is the story about Ric Ocasek’s mechanical analogue and the ensuing smokin’ hot babe. Stay tuned.“

Ric died this week (source and hat tip to 357 Magnum). He’s probably in heaven, forever to remain a quandary to the living. A being so impressively uncool as to go round into an alternate dimension where he’s beyond cool. The cool/uncool conundrum was Ric’s super power. I’m going to miss Mr. Ocasek.

In honor of Ric (and with a respectful tip of the hat for awesome super-groovy clearly sexy owners of a Honda ST-1100 or ST-1300) I provide my story here. Happy reading: