Oh boy, we all need one of THESE! We could be SO COOl riding around with a VACUUM CLEANER attached to the back of our bike and plugged into our vest. Chicks would dig that. But wait, they would have nowhere to ride. Maybe on top of the vacuum cleaner?
WOW, just watch this. Riding a TZ-750 2 stroke at the Indy Mile. Twice the horsepower and 1/2 the weight of the Harley's, with a hair trigger throttle.
I have discovered that lots of people who ride motorcycles also enjoy roller derby - especially banked track roller derby.
My daughter Emily is the coach of the Red Dirt Rebellion Roller Derby team and they will be holding a bout against Amarillo inside the main arena at Cox Convention Center on October 30. This is a TOTALLY cool even to watch as they thunder around their huge banked track sounding like a freight train, knocking gals over the rail while fans scream their heads off. Their last event inside Cox was a sellout so for this event they are in the main arena with more seating, a big sound and video system, music, lights, all kinds of cool stuff. Emily produced this video over the weekend. Pretty fun.
Saw this on Youtube today. This is NOT something I need to be doing.
Heading to Clayton next week. Broke ribs there last year and was the start of a year chocked full of bad luck. Broken ribs in October which lead to a heart attack from a blood clot in January, tornado that destroyed our house in February, sour economy, the list goes on. Hoping Clayton this year is much better and the start of a better year.
Bad news. One of our favorite destinations, the historic Lucille's Restaurant in Mulhall, recently experienced a devastating fire. The cause is unknown, but several residents believe it was caused by a nearby lightning storm.
I called Jim Mears, general manager, to inquire on how the motorcycling community could help them out.
"We have insurance and are planning to rebuild" said Jim. "The restaurant was just now running on all eight cylinders and things were looking great. Our biker breakfast was really growing and quite successfull, and our lunch and evening crowd was doing well also. This is unfortunate, but I believe Jason (the owner) is planning to rebuild. We want to thank all the bike riders for their support since we opened and stay tuned as we rebuild."
Good luck to a great motorcycle-friendly location. We wish them the best!
You know that guy on Discovery Channel that does the "Dirt Jobs" show? Well, that's NOT me. I sometimes have a really cool job like this one - photographing beautiful gals on really cool bikes. We set up in the Ride Oklahoma hangar last Sunday early in the morning to beat the heat and did a fun photo shoot. Below we have some pics from the shoot and a behind the scenes video. Enjoy!
Here are a few of our first pictures.
Emily
Jodi
Jordan
After the "money" shots, I decided to change my lighting around and try for some more dramatic shots. I used harder edged lighting to get more of a defined shape to Emily's face and body. This was the shot the customer actually prefered.
Emily then tried on some motocross clothes, and we ended up with this shot, one of my favorites from the shoot. I love the way the light defines her features.
My new assistant Josh shot some video while we were working. He is pretty inexperienced with video so bear with us.
