My new ride

johngpt · Jul 22, 2009

Still don't have any photos of me riding the concours.

But, here's one of a friend on her R6.

Had to use the shadow/highlight adjustment to bring her out of the shadow some.

And as always, if folks have shots of their rides, please feel free to post here.

Happy and safe riding to all.

samal · Jul 22, 2009

johngpt said:
And as always, if folks have shots of their rides, please feel free to post here.

Happy and safe riding to all.

not taken by me, but of me at the trackday:

taken by Gron4 photography

johngpt · Jul 22, 2009

Shalom Samal!

Lookin' good!

UUilliam · Jul 22, 2009

Motor bikes seem fun.. maybe one day ill feel confident enough to spend £2000 on a motorbike... only when i can trust it wont get nicked... (Every bicycle i have had.. about 10... has been nicked, and my dad's motorbike was stolen and burned and my brother has had 3 motor bikes stolen, luckily we got them back.. with allot of damage though (after spending about £500 of upgrades on it)

johngpt · Jul 23, 2009

UUilliam said:
Motor bikes seem fun.. maybe one day ill feel confident enough to spend £2000 on a motorbike... only when i can trust it wont get nicked... (Every bicycle i have had.. about 10... has been nicked, and my dad's motorbike was stolen and burned and my brother has had 3 motor bikes stolen, luckily we got them back.. with allot of damage though (after spending about £500 of upgrades on it)

Whoa, strange two wheeled karma in your family!

And yes, these are a whole lotta fun.

johngpt · Jul 23, 2009

Well, I still don't have any of me riding, but last month I replaced my old p/s minolta with a panasonic lumix. As I came out of the pharmacy, I noticed I'd parked by this interestingly framed window.

Behind me, across the way, is an Intel plant, where they produce microchips for PCs. (and my mac now too!)

davev · Jul 24, 2009

Back in 2000, I was just getting back into motorcycles, I looked long and hard
at the Contours, but I ended up with a Valkyrie tourer instead.

1999 Valk Tourer for the road.

and a Honda Super Magna for in town.

But at some point, I wasn't taking the long trips or hardly riding at all, so I downsized.

Yamaha Majesty 400. (it's a scooter that can go 95mph)

They're all fun.

johngpt · Jul 24, 2009

Yep, they're all fun.

The modern scooters are blurring the lines between scooter and motorcycle. It's a very interesting development.

johngpt · Oct 5, 2009

It's now a year that I've been riding the concours. I still have a huge grin!

Here I am early one morning this past week, playing with the new cheapo radio trigger and receiver for the speedlite that I'd gotten from ebay.

The wires dangling from me are for the Gerbing heated liner jacket. I'm toasty! Gloves too! :mrgreen:

As always, if you have a shot of you and/or your ride, please feel free to post here.

Have fun. Ride smart and safe my friends.