r.i.p. hayabusa

my beautiful busa was parked in my front yard the other night and somebody stole it. wow. why? it was bad, thats why. and so were the other four sport bikes that were also stolen that night in my hood. its not the money- a wont get back what i paid for it, just bluebook for a 2002-its the violation. it was just a bike... a bike i spent six months looking for. now its probably disassembled and dirty, laying around in some greasy garage or shipping container. sucks...

too hot to ride

it's too hot to ride...damn hot out there!

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bike night

headed to ram cycle to check out the scene...its a little hot for pantyhose, though. maybe i will take my swim suit!

reverse trike

i saw a reverse trike on the way back home today. it was going really fast so i couldnt make a positive i.d. but it kind of looked like this one from craigslist...i have covered trikes before, but not a reverse one: not my style, but pretty bad: the engine was sourced from an aprilia rsv 1000.

AMA Pro Supersport at Infineon Raceway

this girl can ride!

sunday drag racing

here is a compliation of the stills i shot at old dominion speedway last sunday. i thought there were a lot of nice bikes, but randy said hardly anyone was there: must have been another event near by.

drag bike

sunday! sunday! sunday!

unedited video from old dominion speedway. 

drag bike racing

yesterday i headed to the old dominion speedway to watch randy blow it out on the track. thats his kawasaki 900 above... i took a ton of photos and a couple of movies which i am still editing, so look for some awesome action here soon because it was great.

bike week is over

yeah...bike week is over so i came home...without a new bike this time. myrtle beach bike week is really done, but it was great to get out of town for a few days and a change of pace is a good thing...probably my last year... we did a lot of riding and added a lot of miles, ate some decent food and generally had a great time. on the way home, big black kept flashing the "check engine" light: i am a little concerned...wondering if it has anything to do with the salt air. 

bike week kicks into gear

myrtle beach bike week-i mean: spring fling-got busy today

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kawasaki 1100 at bike week

at ruth chis' with everybody...randy road down on his bad-ass kawasaki: ball-z.

myrtle beach or bust

pete's bike is ready.

bmw s1000rr spoofed by vespa

in response to last week's posting on a trick-y bwm s1000rr.

new orleans bike week

Today is the second day of the Second Annual Bike Week in New Orleans: looks pretty wild, but everyone knows how they role in the big easy. The Riverwalk Festival gates open at noon, and starting at 3 p.m., a series of tribute bands –– Dead or Alive (Bon Jovi), Silver Bullet (Bob Seger) and Paradise City (Guns N’ Roses) –– will open for Kyle Turley at 8 p.m. and comedian Gallagher at 10 p.m. yowsa: that is some hyper-lame entertainment, possible fit for the geriatric ward. Other Bike Week festivities will be held concurrently at House of Blues, starting at 6 p.m. with Joe Santana (classmate of my father-in-law) and continuing with several acts until finishing with a 2 a.m. show by Houses of the Holy, a Led Zeppelin tribute band. i dont know...where is the new orleans' sound?

happy cinco de mayo

cinco de mayo rally in chicago

bmw s1000 rr

i am not really a big magic fan...but i like this!

this bmw s1000rr is bad-ass...and the trick is great!

bike week

an old-but not dead- biker at arizona bike week two weeks ago...from rick the lawyer's very great flickr photo stream.

wake on motorcycle

i always try to keep things "positive" on this blog by avoiding subject matter that reflects negatively on bikers and/or our lifestyle(s)- especially accidents, deaths, etc. but today i ran across an article about the wake for a murdered young rider in puerto rico that i found fascinating. not sure if the deceased had specified being embalmed and mounted on his bike for the viewing should he parish, but his family decided this was the way to go. having attended a myriad of viewings in my day, i can honestly say 'i aint never seen nothing like this': certainly puts the 'memorable' in memorial service.

new windshield for the harley

i will be heading for myrtle beach in a couple of weeks for bike week-or bike-couple-of-days i still have a few things to do...today i cleaned out the trailer-even vacumed it-and got rid of a lot of trash that had accumulated over the winter. i tried to put a new, slightly taller windshield on the harley, but i didnt have the right tool. 

ride green for earth day and beyond

Mission Motors out of San Francisco built this All Electric Motorcycle and showed it last month at the California Green Expo. It charges in two hours  using a 220 volt outlet. it travels about 150 miles on one charge, and tops out at 150mph.

Introductory price is around $68,000.00 

bike week(s)

i am getting everything ready to head south for myrtle beach bike week-or what's left of it! it's sad that one of the country's oldest rallies has been so down-sized because the dollar bills of 300,000 bikers are not good enough for the town of myrtle beach...interesting point in history to decide to limit revenue...i am still going, and so are a lot of people to the myrtle beach spring fling because the weather is good, the people are nice and the rides are great: just not going near actual myrtle beach (again). there are a lot of places that welcome bikers with open arms, however!

bike week new orleans: may 5-9 it's just the second annual!

myrtle beach spring fling: may 7-16 you are not welcome here

black bike week: may 22-25 you are also not welcome here

laconia motorcycle week: june 12-20

gettysburg bike week: july 8-11 been here: needs work

little sturgis: july 10-18 it's in kentucky

sturgis motorcycle rally: august 9-15 seventy years...really?

killington classic rally 2010: september 9-12 ben and jerry's? what?

delmarva bike week: september 16-19 seems to rain really hard every year

reno street vibrations: september 22-26 my in-laws got married here

myrtle beach fall rally:  september 29-october 3 again?

las vegas bikefest: september 30-october 3 10th annual

south padre island bikefest: october 8-10 sounds hot!

biketoberfest: october 14-17

hayabusa gets new mirror(s)

i installed new larger mirrors to replace the tiny cool ones that came with the hayabusa... promptly knocked the bike over while re-loading it into the trailer and broke the right side one off.  the new one arrived today and i put it on again.

pollen count

i guess i could wear a respirator underneath my full face helmet-it might look too scary worn with the skid lid-, but damn: i am hoping this rain will drop the pollen count down a few notches! it is a bit better since i had the big oak tree in my yard cut down last year, but when the spore count goes up to 4000, i aint riding.

rossi wins again

motogp is so cool and scary: i dont know why they dont have more races in the states. the motogp 2010 season began today in qatar (found out this week qatar is not pronounced like i thought, btw), and valentino rossi won his 104th race while jamming a yamaha m1.

watch out for bikes!

with the weather feeling like june, there are so many bikes running around. ride safe.

hot day for a ride

the weather was great today...took the busa for a spin. did not need the jacket.

@tacos el gringo

must be sunday

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shopping for motorcycles on ebay

found this 2005 hayabusa on ebay today...might need it.

done riding

such a stellar weather weekend: perfect for long rides...or really quick ones: sad it is over. rain for monday and tuesday, but no more snow.

scorpion trike

i havent looked at trikes in a while but with all the rain and soggy soil,

this scorpion might be the ticket.