Monkeywright's Motorcycle Diaries: Now featuring MonkeyCAM!

Hooray for technology! I've recently added the GoPro Motorsports Hero to my biking fun, mainly because I eventually plan to start reviewing scenic rides and submitting articles to a few motorcycle publications. The GoPro is pretty cool in that it can be mounted to a helmet, wrist, or pretty much anywhere else with a suction cup. It does video too (later), but for this ride, it's taking a photo every 5 seconds...

Today, for a test run: Target in West Hollywood to home!

Here's the parking lot - which way do you think I'll go?

Leaving the parking lot, on the right, you'll see part of the Formosa Cafe, famous hangout of Elvis back in the day...

Stoplight self-portrait...

(side note: Prop 8 is the measure that will prevent gay people from getting married. If you're in Cali, please do your part to help gays suffer through marriage like the rest of us)

Oh noes! A long line at a red light...

Time for LANE SPLITTING! Or lane sharing, if you want it to sound friendly and safe...

Later, it's time to hit the highway, where the wind blasts around your helmet so that it always sounds like you're standing near a jet that's taking off. I hit a strange space/time vortex which caused my brain to alter and my world to turn into Dali-Land...

Home through the marshes of Playa del Rey. There are a couple of fun twisties on the way home, if nobody's going too slow in front of you.

...and we're done!

I'll try to limit these to bike education/cool rides in future posts...Some time in the next month, I'll be taking a ride to The Rock Shop in Malibu, a diner that attracts bikers and biker-enthusiast celeb types, like Jay Leno, Schwarzenneger, and Ewan MacGregor...Perhaps some famous encounters await!