More political ranting - I pick up where the last video left off. Then I talk about the LAPD incident some more, police officers in general and attempting to understand people.

Links to photos of the   more...other accident I was talking about: http://www.erratic.ws/michele/car/  less

More going off about politics and how it affects people whether they care or not.

We start off with the tail end of some parking lot practice where a very uninterested Veda drums on her bike then does what I ask. We take off for our ride about 5 minutes in. I talk about apathy and   more...politics a lot. If you're offended by opinionated people go whine at someone else.  less

Recording my trip home. I just put a laminar lip on my bike to redirect the wind and unfortunately it really kicks my audio in the ass. Once I get on the highway I kill the audio and speed up the video   more...with some music  less

I talk about a Paul Revere sighting, babble randomly, then a gaggle of Harley's come up and kill my audio with their straight pipes. You can't hear it in the video, but one of the first things one of   more...the guy yells is that his brakes aren't working well - so we get out of their way and let that mess pass.

The audio is toast through some of the video because of their crazy pipes, but it comes back when we slow down. You can hear them for a long ass time even after they're gone from the view.  less

Talk about gear, the ninja650rshop customer service, and women riding bikes, and lesbians (no, not like that).

For some reason I start speaking in odd voices about other drivers, and I started cursing a lot.

Talk about the area we're riding through and other randomness. No particular subject matter.

Taking a short ride out to fitchburg, I talk about my crash I had on friday night. No footage of the crash unfortunately, just me talking about it.

Cont. of part 1

I do a comparitive 6th gear roll on with the VFR then recap some of the differences. I also talk about why I don't hate my bike.

Finishing up the ride and some parking lot practice. Pam demonstrates her awesome no-speed bike navigating skills.

Continuing on with Pam's ride. Sound goes out for the last like 30 seconds because Pam is a freak.

Speaking of freaks, I get really odd in this video and talk a lot about coffee. I'm not sure if Coffee   more...would approve.. That Ninja 250 must be putting out some good exhaust!  less

Riding behind Veda on her first longer trip on her new ninja 250. I talk about what a bad influence rideyourride is on me, and then I rant about riding fast/tickets for some reason.

Riding behind Veda on her first longer trip on her new ninja 250. I start ranting about helmetcam companies a little way in.

Finishing up that stretch of road.

I'm bummed the camera was angled down but the next series is a bit better about that..although its city riding.

Change of musical pace.

Continuing the music/riding segment..

More from the same day. Didn't speed this one up. You may hear brief snippets of audio but unfortunately it was pretty much toasted, so don't strain yourself. ;)

Yes I know the audio still blows chunks... I try to keep my mouth shut, but I just have to talk sometimes! =P Dad has some issues with his kick stand in this one ^_^ It's ok though, he's just getting   more...back into the swing of things.  less

Part 3 - no talking. Just riding and music.

More riding with RideYourRide. This is probably the last talking one, after this you can't hear much of the audio. I whine about a tiny patch of dirt..little did I know what was to come!

Nalian and I met up today and rode 230 odd miles of back roads and byways. Here's a section from pretty much the only video I took. She has all the interesting footage.

Met up with RideYourRide and proceeded to put about 300 miles on the new bike, setting it solidly past break-in time.

I totally need a new exhaust. My bike sounds like a chirpy lawnmower.