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each of them accelerating smoothly away from the starting point, the throaty roar of the new engines sounding a clarion call of speed and power.  After about a minute, Bruce and Suzi looked at each other and nodded.  Each of them cranked the accelerator on the new Harleys and away they went.  The speedometers quickly passed 90 then 100 miles per hour.  The engine note rose through the scale of the signature sound of a Harley-Davidson.  Suzi's bike edged ahead as the couple passed 110 mph.  The alkaline sand was just a blur before her eyes.
     
    Bruce's bike found a reservoir of boost as the couple got to about 122 mph.  He surged in front of Suzi by about a quarter of a bike length. She glanced to her left and smiled.  She knew that his lead wasn't going to last.
     
    Suzi only weighed about 104 pounds.  Bruce wasn't fat (an amazing fact given how much he ate) but he was a solid 190 pounds.  This weight disadvantage was destined to cause him to lose this little impromptu race as long as Suzi was able to handle the big bike at top speed.
     
    Suzi was more than equal to the task.  When the machines topped out, she had outdistanced her boyfriend by almost 50 yards.  Her top end had been 134 mph.  Bruce's bike had topped out at 132.
     
    “I wasn't beaten by a better bike.  I was beaten by a midget rider,” he said later.
     
    The couple went back to Ogden and meticulously cleaned the salt off of their bikes before returning them to the dealership for shipping.
     
    ***
     
    Jake and Brandee weren't actually very far from Diane and her Dippin' Dots.  They had decided to just laze around the room and relax on their day off.  They slept late and were watching a pay-per-view movie, having just enjoyed a room service lunch.  Jake was holding Brandee, watching the movie a little but more interested in the neck of his wife.
     
    Brandee moved her head to the left so Jake could have better access to that neck.  He kissed her under her ear and let his lips trace the line between her ear and her neck.  She purred a little in pleasure.  Jake enfolded her in his arms and drew her back a little farther in the bed.
     
    She looked at him and said with a smile, “What’s up, buttercup?”
     
    Jake kissed her, first tenderly and then with rising passion.  Her lips parted eagerly for him and his tongue caressed hers.  Brandee's arms went around his back, her hand against his neck pulling his kiss deeper.  She moaned a little into his mouth.
     
    Jake's right hand moved over her alabaster shoulders and down over her shoulder blades, gliding smoothly, feeling her warming skin against his hand.  He pulled her against him by applying pressure to her back and again with pressure to her hip, helping her to know, as if there was any doubt, just what was up.
     
    Brandee gasped a little at how hard Jake was.  She knew that he found her attractive but never ceased to be pleased at how much being with her made him physically excited.  She kissed him again, this time with flaming passion, and he returned her ardor with abandon.  She began to move against him in a steady rhythm.  Jake could feel the heat coming from her body.
     
    Jake broke their kiss and moved slightly away from her.
     
    “I love you so much, Brandee," he said looking deeply into her eyes.
     
    Her lips parted with desire.
     
    “Make love to me, Jake.”
     
    He found her beautiful breasts with his lips and caressed them, before running his tongue lightly in the crevasse between.  Then he nuzzled, first her left breast and then her right one, kissing and caressing them with his warm lips.  He knew that her nipples were very sensitive, so he teased them with his tongue, feeling them swell under his attentions.
     
    She put her hand on the back of his head and pulled gently.  He responded by taking her breast into his mouth, rolling his tongue around her soft pliant areola, causing her to gasp with pleasure.
     
    He worked his way quickly back up,