Posts tagged: mountains
I still can’t believe it’s been over 14 months since I last rode my motorcycle. This was one of the last riding video’s I put together before I left, My 2011 Riding Review. But at the same time I cannot wait to start filming again and putting together video’s.
First off I want to say that this is not my work, but the work of someone else. I greatly admire this video, the simplicity of it and yet the passion that is shown for what one loves to do is remarkable.
I myself like motorcycling, and it’s been 14 months since I have been on a ride to the mountains. Ironic it is winter as I have returned, the bike needs work before it hits the street once again. But for me this video holds more value than just motorcycling. It’s the hope of the future, of better things to come, living life and most of all enjoying life, and loving life and all those people and things who make it up.
That’s how I see it, living and loving life while we can and are able to, because it’s never a promise that will will live to be that nice old age and say we saw years come and go and watched as things changed. So enjoy life now never later, because later may never come.
Morning sunrise at FOB Hadrian in Afghanistan.
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My 2011 Riding Review
Stop Motion of my final group ride and also my final long ride of the year and for a very long time also.
Did my last long group ride to the mountains today. I personally rode around 330 miles from my house and back. It’s always nice to see the riding buddies and meet new ones. Road on some good roads, took some pictures, no one crashed, tires gripped well considering how cool it was in the mountains, and had a damn good lunch at Devils Backbone off the 151.
Going out today to ride my motorcycle to the hill with friends, the normal Sunday ride route which just so happens to be my Final Ride of this kind for a very long time which sucks but the FZ will be awaiting my return. Then when I get back after I get the forks sent off and reworked, it will be on once again. 
Teaser video I made for a contest I entered months ago, the file size is small enough to upload here so enjoy. Yes I love to ride motorcycles.
Oh how I miss riding my motorcycle and will miss it even more when I’m gone.
Now if your like me and live in Richmond VA but ride a motorcycle and find the roads around here boring then you might wanna head out west. This video is RT 56 between Montebello and Vesuvius Virginia. It has well over 200 turns in 11 or 12 miles of total length, this is only about a quarter of the entire run.
I don’t recommend riding this road if you never have ridden anything like this before, and or your riding skills are not up to par, as in not that you’ve been riding straight lines for 10 years because that proves nothing IMO. But maybe you’ve done a track day or 2, hang or ride with folks that go to the track and always improve your riding skill as best you can.