monday

canyons

To the best of my recollection, this is OR216, deep in cowboy country. What a beautiful day for a ride.

The soundtrack is from the anime series Cowboy Bebop ("Kaubôi bibappu"), which takes place mostly in outer space. The singer is 江原 正士 (a well-known Japanese voice actor) as Cowboy Andy, the nemesis of the series' hero, Spike.

魅惑のホースライディング
Miwaku no Horse Riding (The Lure of Horse Riding)

Words by ナベシン&ヨーコ (Nabeshin & Yoko)
Vocal: 江原 正士 (Ebara "Andy" Masashi)
Music: Yoko Kanno (The Seatbelts)
Transliteration: TenAJs

ore ga dare ga ka shittera ka?
dare ga itta ka shiranai ga
oh dare ni itta ga shiranai ga
ore no na wa Andy sa
cowboy no hat wo motsu otoko
dare no koto daga shiranai ga
oh. dare ni kiita ka wasuta ka
kizetsu shisou sono iroke ni
because sore wa kagami no naka no boku
nemurenai yomoarusa
(lonely night)
chotto hirune shisugi tadake dakedo
(lonely day)
omae wo never wasure yashinai
tokoro de omae wa dare. who are you?
(lyrics from the Yoko Kanno Database)

monday

I didn't want you to think I'd forgotten youso here's a bunny with a pancake on its head.

(That oughta hold ya little pishers for awhile.)

tuesday

Best argument I've yet encountered against Daytime Running Lights

for cars.

How is this safer?

saturday

Quote of the Day

I don't know why this strikes me as so freakin' funny, but it just does, okay?

Imelda Marcos: "I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand sixty."

sunday

Cycle World Seattle International Motorcycle Show 2007

part the second

As always, the mezzanine level at the SIMS was filled with (not quite as many as last year) custom, vintage and out-of-the-ordinary bikes belonging to local riders. Here are just a few of them.

There seemed to be more mini-bikes than in the past. I especially liked the two matched sets of mini and maxi bikes (the orange ones are Yamahas and the black & silver ones are Hondas) and the "Roadsport" Honda Trail 70 (with upmarket suspension and smooth sporty tires. Really nicely done.

A few well-executed bobbers all in different styles. The stretched out Ducati Monster looked to have a seat height of all of about 20". The middle one is almost a mini bike and a bobber at the same time. It's a 1974 Honda XL250 which started its life as a Scrambler but has been reborn as a fifties style street bobber, but at about three-quarter scale. The one with the green frame is a 1966 Triumph T120 and it's the kind of bike that makes people who've never ridden a hardtail say stupid stuff like "I want a hardtail." All form, no function. Nice form, though.
I thought this Philippines style stainless steel sidecar (bolted to, and dwarfing, a 150cc Kawasaki) looked like a robot head. But maybe it's just me.