Ride with the Rockers update

Weather permitting, I plan to shoot pix of the riders in the Ride With the Rockers run which will approach Half Moon Bay this evening. Sponsored by the famous Ace Cafe London, the run left LA on Thursday, partied in San Luis Obispo last night and will arrive today in Half Moon Bay, probably soggy from the ride up CA 1 through Big Sur. Oh well, it is a British-inspired event and we wouldn't want the weather to be too nice, would we? Check back tonight.


By the way, weather for The Legend of the Motorcycle on Saturday is expected to be sunny.

Get Ready for the Legend of the Motorcycle

The Second Annual Legend of the Motorcycle will be held at the Ritz in Half Moon Bay this Saturday. I'll be there to cover the astounding collection of collector motorcycles and of course the fascinating attendees of this premiere event. If you haven't gotten tickets yet, save 15 bucks and buy them at Dudley Perkins Harley-Davidson www.dpchd.com or get them online by Thursday at www.legendofthemotorcycle.com.

In addition, I plan to shoot the "Ride with the Rockers" run Friday as it approaches Half Moon Bay on it's way from L.A. This event, sponsored by the famous Ace Cafe of London will have riders on classic British and Italian bikes along with a sprinkling of others. Find out more about this cool event at www.mods-n-rockers.com.

Check back here on Friday night for the Rockers pix and on Sunday for the Legend pix.

Feel free to browse my photo collections by connecting to the Photoreflect site listed to the right.

In the meantime, below are a few shots from last year's Legend of the Motorcycle.

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Update for March 31, 2007

I've posted more than 200 photos I took Saturday on the CA 9 (Big Basin Way) hairpins east of Skyline Blvd. This location was suggested to me by one of the blog viewers. Turns out it was an excellent choice. Check out the photos for sale by clicking the link to the right. See some highlights below. I'll be shooting more at this location in the coming weeks. Check back to see my schedule. I'm going to try to set the schedule earlier in the week to give people a chance to plan. Sorry it's not a regular basis, but I'm doing this part time for now. If you have a group run planned, let me know the date, time and route and I will plan on being on the road to take photos.

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Nominate your favorite bikes for the Motorcycle Bloggers International's Riders Choice Awards

Riders Choice Awards - nominations are now open

Are you tired of awards handed out by industry insiders? We are. Motorcycle Bloggers International (an association of, you guessed it, riders who blog about motorcycling) decided it was time that the riding public have a chance to express their opinions. So we created the Riders Choice awards. This is your opportunity to nominate and vote for your choices for the best and worst in the motorcycling world for 2006.

There are various categories for events, actions by a person or group and new products. Some examples:

* A rider’s dream - The dream ride, tour or event that given enough time and money you most want to experience.

* Object of lust - The production motorcycle of any model year that is desired above all others.

* Thumbs up - The person or organization who during 2006, made the most significant contribution to motorcycling.

* Best new in 2006 every day motorcycle - The production motorcycle most suited to commuting that was first delivered to dealers in 2006.

* What were they thinking? - The new in 2006 concept or production motorcycle, related product or other idea that is the worst idea of 2006.

Head on over to [url]www.mbiweb.org[/url] to see all the categories, view nominations already entered and submit your nominations. Join us in letting the industry know what we, the riders, think. While you are there, sign up for an email reminder notice that will be sent when voting for the awards begins in February.

Help us make this awards program a success. Nominate and vote.

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Updated for Dec. 4, 2006

Evening Shadows

Here are some highlights of photos I took on Sunday, Dec. 3 on Skyline Boulevard in the Windy Hill area south of Alice's Restaurant. The days are getting short and the shadows long. Thankfully, we've had excellent weather with the highs in the low 60s and lots of sun. The rain has mostly stayed north of the Bay Area where they're getting record rain and snow falls. Next weekend looks to be gloomy but if the weather's nice on Sunday I may journey up the hill for more photos.

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Check the link to my store on the right to see if I got a photo of your skooter.

Who says Vespas can't cruise?

Two-up on a BMW

Bombin' Buell

Heading South

Update for Nov. 5, 2006

Practicing for Laguna Seca Click on photos for larger versions. Use back button to return

OK, I'm only a week late getting these pix up. I won't go into the details, but let us just say that anytime you put a new computer into service there're going to be problems. Here are some shots on the 5th that I took from a different vantage point. Some bikers ended up with strained necks, no doubt, as they tried to figure out what the guy with the long lens was doing up on the bank.

The days are getting short and the sun is low in the South, so finding spots on the Boulevard to shoot bikes is a challenge. I like this spot, even though it creates some nasty contrast challenges for pix of bikes heading north (see the photo above, for example). This is the Windy Hill area about three or four miles south of Alice's Restaurant where I'll most like be on days when I'm able to get up to the Boulevard this winter. If you were riding in this area between 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Nov. 5 I may have gotten a shot of you. Check in my Photo Reflect storefront by clicking on the link on the top right of this blog.

Check here to see when I plan to be shooting. Hope to see you there.

Robert Jones aka SkooterShooter.com

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Laid back and lovin' it

Minimalist in the headgear dept.

Stand up and take a bow

Phil Out for a Sunday Ride

Enjoying the Scooter Life

Best Helmet Art Award