Showing posts with label Motorbike. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Motorbike. Show all posts
Sunday, December 10, 2006
The Motor Bike is up and running (sort of)
Chris fired up the motorbike for the first time today. It's running pretty roughly but it'll run more smoothly with some slight adjustments. I'm in the process of uploading a video of the event to YouTube so I can consequently post it here; but in typical YouTube fashion, it's taking forever. 
Saturday, December 02, 2006
Motorbike Progress
This is turning into quite the project for Chris and Greg. 
Evidently, getting the headlight to work is a major achievement.
Perhaps celebrating the working headlight?
Evidently, getting the headlight to work is a major achievement.
Perhaps celebrating the working headlight?
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Motorbikes on the Brain
Chris and I are Netflix subscribers. We each have our own separate queues. My movies tend to run along the lines of Pride and Prejudice, Pirates of the Caribbean, Monsoon Wedding and the Gods Must be Crazy. Lately, I've been noticing a trend in Chris' picks. He has obviously got motorbikes on the brain. And quite frankly, his motorbike movies have actually been very interesting. In fact, I'll recommend all of them (even, if you're like me, you don't particularly like motorcycles :)
The Motorcycle Diaries
According to IMDB: The Motorcycle Diaries is an adaptation of a journal written by Ernesto "Che" Guevara de la Serna when he was 23 years old. He and his friend, Alberto Granado are typical college students who, seeking fun and adventure before graduation, decide to travel across Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia, and Venezuela in order to do their medical residency at a leper colony. Beginning as a buddy/road movie in which Ernesto and Alberto are looking for chicks, fun and adventure before they must grow up and have a more serious life. As is said in the film itself, it's about "two lives running parallel for a while." The two best friends start off with the same goals and aspirations, but by the time the film is over, it's clear what each man's destiny has become.
Sonja here: This is probably my most favorite of all the "motorcycle"movies. The scenery is spectacular, the story incredible and the cast includes Gael Garcia Bernal and Mia Maestro.
Long Way Round
According to IMBD:This documentary series follows actors Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman on a motorcycle trip around the world. The two friends will travel through such places as Siberia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Alaska, before finally ending the journey in New York. The filming will be done by on board cameras and one ride along cameraman.
Dust to Glory
According to IMBD:An action-adventure documentary chronicling the most notorious and dangerous race in the world--the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000. Rivaling the Indy 500 and 25 Hours of Daytona, the race across Baja's peninsula is unpredictable, grueling and raw--just like the uncharted American West of yesteryear. To capture the vast desert panoramas and intense action of the race, the film team utilized, fifty-five cameras, four helicopters, a four-passenger buggy camera car and a crew of over eighty people. Thousands of participants, generations of families and racing icons such as Robby Gordon, Mario Andretti, Jimmy Vasser and Motorcycle Supercross legend Mike Mouse McCoy joined together to experience the thrill and glory of the infamous race--an event of sheer human determination.
Since we live so close to Mexico, I'd actually like to go down and see this race. It's set for early November and it looks absolutely crazy.
The World's Fastest Indian
The life story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle -- a bike which helped him set the land-speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967. Cherie recommended this movie to us; it's delightful!
The Motorcycle Diaries
According to IMDB: The Motorcycle Diaries is an adaptation of a journal written by Ernesto "Che" Guevara de la Serna when he was 23 years old. He and his friend, Alberto Granado are typical college students who, seeking fun and adventure before graduation, decide to travel across Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia, and Venezuela in order to do their medical residency at a leper colony. Beginning as a buddy/road movie in which Ernesto and Alberto are looking for chicks, fun and adventure before they must grow up and have a more serious life. As is said in the film itself, it's about "two lives running parallel for a while." The two best friends start off with the same goals and aspirations, but by the time the film is over, it's clear what each man's destiny has become.
Sonja here: This is probably my most favorite of all the "motorcycle"movies. The scenery is spectacular, the story incredible and the cast includes Gael Garcia Bernal and Mia Maestro.
Long Way Round
According to IMBD:This documentary series follows actors Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman on a motorcycle trip around the world. The two friends will travel through such places as Siberia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Alaska, before finally ending the journey in New York. The filming will be done by on board cameras and one ride along cameraman.
Dust to Glory
According to IMBD:An action-adventure documentary chronicling the most notorious and dangerous race in the world--the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000. Rivaling the Indy 500 and 25 Hours of Daytona, the race across Baja's peninsula is unpredictable, grueling and raw--just like the uncharted American West of yesteryear. To capture the vast desert panoramas and intense action of the race, the film team utilized, fifty-five cameras, four helicopters, a four-passenger buggy camera car and a crew of over eighty people. Thousands of participants, generations of families and racing icons such as Robby Gordon, Mario Andretti, Jimmy Vasser and Motorcycle Supercross legend Mike Mouse McCoy joined together to experience the thrill and glory of the infamous race--an event of sheer human determination.
Since we live so close to Mexico, I'd actually like to go down and see this race. It's set for early November and it looks absolutely crazy.
The World's Fastest Indian
The life story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle -- a bike which helped him set the land-speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967. Cherie recommended this movie to us; it's delightful!
Monday, October 16, 2006
Greg's Motorbike Trip down the Alcan
Chris' brother Greg and his friend Derek took a motorbike trip from Anchorage down to Seattle a couple weeks ago. According to Google Maps, it's about 2,384 miles from Anchorage to Seattle, not including Greg's sidetrip up to Fairbanks. That's a long drive.
Chris and I drove the Alcan back in 2003 but that was in a car; I simply can't imagine riding it on a motorbike. Greg said that the scenery and wildlife were incredible. I've heard from various people that you experience so much more riding on a motorbike than you do in a car.
Greg, you've got Chris itching to go on some motorbike adventures with you. We can't wait for you to come down and visit us although Chris will probably snatch you immediately into the garage for some extended motorbike repair talks.
See you soon!
Chris and I drove the Alcan back in 2003 but that was in a car; I simply can't imagine riding it on a motorbike. Greg said that the scenery and wildlife were incredible. I've heard from various people that you experience so much more riding on a motorbike than you do in a car.
Greg, you've got Chris itching to go on some motorbike adventures with you. We can't wait for you to come down and visit us although Chris will probably snatch you immediately into the garage for some extended motorbike repair talks.
See you soon!
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Road Trip!
This weekend we flew up to Seattle to visit family. I got to spend some time with my parents and grandparents and we both got to see Greg and Megan who are newly arrived in the Pacific Northwest.
We were also picking up my dad’s 1965 BMW motorcycle which has been sitting in various garages for the past 20 years. This is a delightful old motorbike that has a very colorful history. My papa spent five months in the 1970s touring around Central and South America on this bike. It survived many grand adventures only to become rather rusty and corroded in its old age. Chris decided that this would be a grand “fixer upper” project and so we embarked on a road trip back down to Southern California with the bike stuffed into the back of a minivan. Actually, getting it into the van wasn’t so difficult since most of it is literally in bits and pieces. This is truly going to be quite the project!
We also got to have breakfast with Melissa and Britney in Sacramento. My visits with Meliss are always too short and far between but it was great to see her again.
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