Motorcycles

After flying out to California last year to visit my cousin and take in the only US stop on the MotoGP circuit (http://www.motogp.com/en/motogp/index.htm) at Leguna Seca in Monteray, CA we kicked around the idea of riding out for the 2007 race. Around ...

In São Paulo every where we went there were motorcycles whizzing between cars.  My mom only liked the ones that would beep to let us know that they were coming.  My mom tried to snap pictures of them but she usually only caught cars in front of ...

... their way to avoid driving on ice.  Not here in Sweden.  Instead they hold events called 'Isracing' which involve racing motorcycles on a rink of ice at incredibly high speeds.  Well, the speeds seemed high to me as a member of the ...

... the chaos feels much faster paced. For example- the entire city (heck, the entire country) exists on the back of motorcycles. There are motorcycle taxis, motorcycle karaoke, and even prostitutes on motorcycles- they deliver! In Saigon you also begin to ...

... and stepped off the bus into piles of trash and mud, and I held my breath as I walked into oncoming traffic.  The motorcycles and rare car will honk, but they'll move around you.  If traffic maneuvers around pedestrians, what's the point of the ...

Hanoi - Capital of Vietnam, faded French grandeur, Uncle Ho's communist legacy...and more bloody motorcycles that you can possibly imagine. Cars, it appears, are a recent invention, at least as far as the Hanoians are concerned. Here, the motorcycle ...

... was dryer and he charged the same price all the way home. though the truck swerved a bit on some cliff, it was a relatively safe ride. it was also lucky for me because now I can keep that driver in mind for future trips to town and can avoid motorcycles. ...

... fill of cold and snow for this winter.     As per the title of this entry, I have some pictures of motorcycles from Dublin I'd like to share with you all. Being that the temperature in Dublin is pretty mild at it's worst, motorcyclists can ...

... house, they are very caring and looking after us well. in the evening we were taken out for a meal, we were picked up on motorcycles (it seems the only way to get around Nepal) and taken to the resterant. On Monday we travelled to the south of the ...

... some of the local beaches and relax. We decided that it would be fun to drive ourselves around, so we hired a couple of motorcycles and took our chances with the unfamiliar roads and crazy traffic. I'd never ridden a motor bike before and it took a ...

... , toward a bikers traffic jam. It is still Bike Week and what a sight to see. At times the Westy was surrounded by motorcycles, many with motors bigger than the VW. We saw all sorts of people and all sorts of bikes, many significantly customized. The ...

... one crazy course for the rest of our day and most likely the remaining time we have in Hyderabad.  While sitting on the curb two motorcycles (here on out referred to as bikes) rolled up with two boys on each.  They seemed to be about our age, ...

... in bizarro world, 99 Ranch Markets alternate universe! One striking feature driving around Jakarta is the sheer number of motorcycles. They outnumber cars easily 5 to 1, probably more. Like in many countries outside of the western world traffic laws ...

... came up and offered their services. We laughed and declined - two people and three large suitcases one the back of two motorcycles? Impossible. After a few minutes and no other options, however, it started to look more appealing. Finally we agreed on a ...

... Vietnam since there are hardly any traffic lights. As the pedestrians cross the street, they are faced with literally millions of motorcycles going at every possible directions. The only way to cross is slowly walk across so that the drivers can see ...

... indeed a bit more economically grown up than it's mainland neighbour. You quite literally can't walk down the pavement for motorcycles parked there beneath the shaded walkways protecting pedestrians from a combination of sun and heavy rain. It seems as ...

... play on the temple walls and adjacent scaffolding.  They are SO mischievous!  One of them kept eating the leather of a motorcycles seat-it was the funniest thing that I have ever seen and the moral of the story is: Don't park your ...

... it. Well, I should have checked it because a good 10km up the mountain and noticed there was only a quarter tank, but I figured, motorcycles get good gas mileage and Arenal was only 50 km away I should totally make it. Well, they don't get good gas ...