Zouichi considered the possibility that this might be a rhetorical question; it was difficult to tell with all these people who was from roughly which historical era. He concluded that it would be better to be safe than sorry, and set the bike back down on the ground.

"It's my motorcycle. Probably not the only one here, but mine's a custom model."

Custom as in top speeds of around 1,000 km/h custom. He was totally going to obey the traffic laws.