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Who rides motorcycles? Part II

Monty Rand, Photographer

	Bangor \| ME \| USA \| Posted: 3:23 PM on 04.01.07
	->> Since the weather in my area is getting warmer and I just bought a bike I thought I would revive this thread. My bike of choice is a Victory Vegas 8-Ball. I never really found a Harley I liked the looks of and the Victory is one sweet looking bike IMO. Harley's where overpriced. Anyway, I'm looking forward to getting out and riding.

Diana Lorge, Student/Intern, Photographer

	Honolulu \| HI \| USA \| Posted: 4:25 PM on 04.01.07
	->> I ride a 2002 Yamaha R6... Anyone else ride streetbikes? :-)

Colin Corneau, Photographer

	Brandon \| MB \| Canada \| Posted: 9:46 PM on 04.01.07
	->> I have a Suzuki Madura 1200, cruiser. LOVE IT...I did a 3-week 4000-mile trip a few summers ago, just packed a digital P&S but with the choice of bags now you can pack bigger gear safely.

Aaron Vogel, Student/Intern, Photographer

	Ventura \| CA \| USA \| Posted: 12:33 AM on 04.02.07
	->> 2001 Suzuki GSXR 1000, Honda F4 before that.. been riding since 2000. You street guys might be interested in a video I did for one of my video classes here at Brooks: http://audiophotovideo.typepad.com/aaron_paul_vogel/2006/07/vc_riding_the_v...

Steven Cabana, Photographer

	Milpitas \| CA \| USA \| Posted: 12:43 AM on 04.02.07
	->> I ride a 2007 Yamaha FZ6. Just picked it up after riding a Xj600 for 2 years.

Myung Chun, Photographer

	Los Angeles \| CA \| USA \| Posted: 12:47 AM on 04.02.07
	->> 1990 Kawasaki 550 Zephyr and 2001 Kawasaki Concours. http://www.sportsshooter.com/members.html?id=454

Chris Condon, Photographer, Photo Editor

	Ponte Vedra Bch \| FL \| USA \| Posted: 6:57 AM on 04.02.07
	->> 2006 Harley Street Bob. I've had about 10 bikes overall since I started riding. Everything from dirt bikes to crotch rockets. If it has two wheels, I'm a fan!

Greg Francis, Photographer

	Rochester \| NY \| USA \| Posted: 9:21 AM on 04.02.07
	->> 1992 Yamaha Seca II. Bought it wrecked in 1996, fixed it up, rode it across the country to CO/UT in 1998. Every summer I see headlines about motorcyclists going too fast into corners or losing against cars, considered selling, then gas prices skyrocketed the last few years and I'm glad the bike gets 45mpg.

Andrew Wilz, Photographer

	Aspen \| CO \| usa \| Posted: 10:18 AM on 04.02.07
	->> ....ex R6 racer (MRA, Colorado)

Neil Wade, Photographer

	Taipei \| __ \| Taiwan \| Posted: 10:33 AM on 04.02.07
	->> Umm, I have a 125cc SYM "Legend" here in Taiwan...but it might not be in the same league as your bikes.

Tim Swanky, Photographer

	Kelowna \| BC \| Canada \| Posted: 10:43 AM on 04.02.07
	->> 97 Road King, left behind a Virago 1100 a couple years ago for this baby. From the great white north, and have a shorter season than most. May til end of september really. Managed 20,000 k's last year, or close to it. Not bad for someone that is supposed to work..guess that is the upside of being a freelancer. Don't have to ask for time off..

Bryan Hulse, Photographer

	Highlands Ranch \| Co \| USA \| Posted: 11:32 AM on 04.02.07
	->> Sold my Ducati Monster S4 to get my D2X. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

John Fulton, Photographer

	Pleasant Hill \| CA \| USA \| Posted: 11:51 AM on 04.02.07
	->> 79 BMW R100S Long live the Airheads.

Nigel Kinrade, Photographer

	Alpharetta \| GA \| USA \| Posted: 2:20 PM on 04.02.07
	->> Yamaha R6, what a blast.

Jeremy Harmon, Photographer

	Salt Lake City \| UT \| USA \| Posted: 3:19 PM on 04.02.07
	->> I have a 1979 Vespa P-125x. I know it's not a "motorcycle" per se but I'm more of a classic scooter guy anyway. It's got a Pollini kit and a Mazzy racing crank and it's pretty durn fast considering it's got 10 inch wheels. My scooter club is working out the details to ride onto the field during an upcoming Real Salt Lake game. http://www.sportsshooter.com/harmon/vespa/pages/1.html

Kyle Edwards, Photographer, Assistant

	Lafayette \| Ca \| USA \| Posted: 5:04 PM on 04.02.07
	->> I had a SV650... great bike. Buying a V-Strom maybe in 6 or 7 months...

Brady Lane, Photographer

	Marshfield \| WI \| USA \| Posted: 5:17 PM on 04.02.07
	->> 1977 Yamaha 750... http://www.sportsshooter.com/bradylane/motorcycle/

Ron Kovach, Photographer

	Kennedale \| TX \| USA \| Posted: 12:41 AM on 04.03.07
	->> Have a Honda American Classic have not ridden much lately that wife calls it the garage sitting machine.

Aaron Vogel, Student/Intern, Photographer

	Ventura \| CA \| USA \| Posted: 6:40 PM on 04.03.07
	->> Jeremy - I got my motorcycle license on a 150cc Lambretta scooter my dad and I restored back in '99. I think it was a '62. While we were doing it I was all into the hop-up kits. It's AMAZING what you can do to those things!

Colin Corneau, Photographer

Brandon | MB | Canada | Posted: 7:00 PM on 04.03.07

->> Being on a bike is a pretty wonderful thing. You aren't encased inside a car, you are part of your environment -- really, you're immersed in it which is a different way of travelling. One that I think most photographers are uniquely open to.

I know that the photos I got riding a motorcycle were vastly different than ones I would have got had I taken a car on that trip...part of that is purely practical but a lot of it is the headspace you are in, when you're riding.

Luke Trottier, Photographer

	Bath \| ME \| US \| Posted: 9:12 AM on 04.04.07
	->> Another Yamaha Sport bike rider here... YZF-R1

Clive Evans, Photographer

	Antibes \| Cote d'Azur \| France \| Posted: 4:05 PM on 04.04.07
	->> 1994 HD roadking Clive Evans Antibes, France http://www.clive-evans.com

Bob Leverone, Photographer

	Charlotte \| NC \| USA \| Posted: 5:25 PM on 04.04.07
	->> Hey Jeremy and Aaron, I just finished washing my 2005 Vespa PX 150 as my wife and I are packing for a trip to Italy next Wednesday. We hope to make it to Pisa and the Piaggio muesem. It's a fun little machine and we hope to buy a GTS 250 so we can both ride. It's the only thing we fight about now-who gets to take the Vespa to dinner while the other takes the car. Ciao. Bob

Jim Bounds, Photographer

	Raleigh \| NC \| usa \| Posted: 5:33 PM on 04.04.07
	->> Hey Bob can your leg's fit on a Vespa??????? :)

Patrick Murphy-Racey, Photographer

	Powell \| TN \| USA \| Posted: 1:20 AM on 04.05.07
	->> I'll be leaving Knoxville, TN this June, headed for Prudhoe Bay, AK... Anyone would be welcome to ride along for a day or two if you want... I ride a BMW R1150GS-A. I'm planning on being gone for a month...

Phil Wever, Photographer

	Montgomery \| IL \| USA \| Posted: 5:45 AM on 04.05.07
	->> 2005 VTX 1300 R Honda. Pretty nice scoot. PMR if you are going to be traveling thru IL on your way to AK drop me a line and we can perhaps ride together. Cheers, Phil

Bob Leverone, Photographer

Charlotte | NC | USA | Posted: 8:24 AM on 04.05.07

->> Funny Jim Bounds. My neighbors say I look like a Circus Monkey on a tricycle. I am a tad long for the Vespa. Tough to take a rider. That's why we are looking for a second scooter. Still the best fun I've had in a while. There's nothing like rolling up to some big Harley at the red light, seeing the fear in their eyes and revving up that 150cc Italian Stallion. I had one Harley biker ask me about my leathers. Told him Vespa riders don't wear no leathers-we wear Polyesters! Cheers

Adam Bettcher, Photographer

	Eden Prairie \| MN \| USA \| Posted: 10:22 AM on 04.05.07
	->> Last summer I bought the bike of my dreams, a 2006 BMW F650GS Dakar. Being in Minnesota, our riding season is a little on the short side, but I still managed to put almost 2500 miles on it in 8 weeks. I will post a hidden gallery soon. ~Adam Bettcher

Melissa Lyttle, Photographer

	Tampa \| FL \| USA \| Posted: 10:51 AM on 04.05.07
	->> Right now I ride on the back of a BMW K1200 RS. =) We're actually riding 2-up from Florida to Deal's Gap next month... Someday I'll get a motorcycle license of my own, and when that happens I'm destined for a Triumph Bonneville or a Norton Commando. --- PMR - you going to be around in May and up for a ride? Jeremy Harmon - sweet ride. I heart scooters!

Jim Bounds, Photographer

	Raleigh \| NC \| usa \| Posted: 11:00 AM on 04.05.07
	->> Bob... Please send me a photo!!!!!! Maybe we can go riding sometime soon. I'm riding a Kawasaki Vulcan 1500. Also I know a great place in Mexico to get a set of leather. .....Have fun over the Big Pond!!!!!!!!

Bob Leverone, Photographer

	Charlotte \| NC \| USA \| Posted: 11:20 AM on 04.05.07
	->> Alright Jim. I don't have your e-mail so I put up a photo for all to laugh at here.http://www.sportsshooter.com/bleverone/vespa/index.html . Be kind. I doubt that I'd be able to keep up with your Vulcan, Jim, but thanks for the invite. Bob

Rich Pilling, Photographer

	New York \| NY \| U.S.A. \| Posted: 3:26 PM on 04.05.07
	->> Leverone, you slay me. :-) ar pee

Jack Arent, Photographer, Assistant

	Hayward \| CA \| \| Posted: 4:33 PM on 04.05.07
	->> 2000 F4, two brothers full exhaust, and two less teeth on the rear sprocket for that added juice when you need it..... ahhh..thanks guys.... I'm going into the garage to get my bike running again. Anyone else ride with their equipment? I used to carry my 400 two eight in a tank bag, but that was back when I was young and dumb... Jack

Shaun Sartin, Photo Editor

Crystal Lake | IL | 60014 | Posted: 10:41 AM on 04.07.07

->> Patrick,

I'll be headed out to Portland, for the NPPA multimedia program March 25th, due back June 10th, will be riding the K1100LT. Let me know where you'll be after the 3rd or if you'll be on the road yet. I'll be headed up to Seattle, then back down the Oregon coast, into California, maybe into Yosemite and from there it's still up in the air. Would like to swing through Western Colorado to see my aunt and uncle.

Melissa, you gotta go to the Georgia Mountain Rally http://bmwmoga.info/
Very fun roads up there. I met up with former Naples co-worker there a few years ago, give him a buzz, he's a very good rider....couldn't keep up with him! :)

Ben Gray....you still riding?

Ride safe! Shaun

Ron Vesely, Photographer

Chicago Area | IL | USA | Posted: 10:56 AM on 04.07.07

->> Better late than never to get in on this... I'm down to one bike now, a 1999 Harley Davidson Ultra Classic with a stage 2 kit installed. It rips...and, it's comfortable! Took a trip with my brother in law a few years ago during the All Star break from Chicago to Calgary via Salt Lake City, up the west side of the Rockies to Golden B.C. then east through Canada to Winnipeg and back to Chicago in 12 days. I also shot a football game in Charlotte in 2001 that I rode to during October.. shipped the lenses, and was able to enjoy the Appalachians in full color. Been riding Harley's since 1976... Motorcycles have been a big part of my life..

Ride safe, ride free...

Jeff Fusco, Photographer

	Philadelphia \| PA \| USA \| Posted: 12:25 PM on 04.07.07
	->> Bradie Had that same 1977 750 triple..My first bike. Cherry Red.. Stopped riding 10 years ago when my first son was born..The itch never went away. Sooo..Just bought a 1976 Honda CB550 in great shape. Picking it up next week. Cannot wait. Still have my helmet, tho I probaly should buy a new one.

Mark Goldman, Photographer

	Silver Spring \| MD \| USA \| Posted: 12:51 PM on 04.07.07
	->> I have a 2004 Oilhead, better known as a BMW R1150R. See the photo at: http://www.bobsbmw.com/motorcycles/images/used/zf49878/profile-lg.jpg I think I may trade it in on Leverone special. I love scaring Harley riders... 8-)

Daniel Wilkinson, Photographer

	Chennai \| Tamil Nadu \| India \| Posted: 3:49 PM on 04.10.07
	->> I have a 1942 matchless. Completely restored to almost it's original state.

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