Gophers and Cheese

This past Sunday I took the 883 out for more off-road adventures.  This time I brought my GoPro and a tripod.  I set the tripod up in various locations and took video of me riding past it.  Of course, I took a lot of photos with my phone too. Here's a long-distance selfie taken with my GoPro: The sky was covered in a thick blanket of fast moving clouds that made for an ominous backdrop. However, the sun did peek through every once in while. This road made for some good photos because of the vanishing point.  It was sandy and quite slippery in some sections. As I mentioned, I took quite a bit of video.  Here are a few stills from the forest section: However, the most fun I had was in this part where there was standing water from the rain showers on Saturday.  I started cautiously just riding through the edge of the puddles before taking a chance closer to the middle. It was cold, wet, and very dirty but I was grinning ...

Sunday night, I posted this photo on Instagram and tagged Biltwell in it because I was wearing their helmet and bubble shield (if you look closely, their handlebars and gloves are in the bubble shield reflection too).  It's not the first time I have tagged them in a photo, but nothing has ever happened. Well, Monday morning Biltwell re-posted my photo on their Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter accounts and my Instagram feed proceeded to blow up with new likes, comments, and new followers, which was awesome.  It was simply incredible to watch the "Like" count rise on their pages to over 2,500 combined.  It certainly helps that Biltwell has about 45,000 followers on Instagram. I have been a fan of Biltwell and their products for years.  I have had their Clubman bars on my Sportster since 2010 and have been wearing their Moto Gloves nearly as long (I actually have a backup pair new in the package, just in case).  I put their Sanderson pegs on my bike in ...

Yes, more GoPro footage.  I'm like a little kid with a new toy.  This video was taken yesterday as I headed out to Bay City, WI to watch some of the AMA Hillclimb Grand Nationals .  These are two tunnels on I-94 in Minneapolis.  The first is the Lowry Hill Tunnel but I don't know the other's name. Like the t-shirt?  Buy one .

I'm having fun trying out my new GoPro camera and messing around with the editing software. I have a lot of to learn but here are two short videos I made while riding to and from the Chariots of the Gods show yesterday.

After the Ride for Larry Pierce last weekend, I concluded that riding one-handed and trying to take photos with my old Canon Elph just wasn't cutting it.  I've been thinking about buying a GoPro camera for a while and finally decided to get one along with a few accessories.  The thing is incredibly small and light. I took my first ride with the GoPro last night around sunset.  Half the time I had it strapped to my chest and half the time it was mounted to my bars facing me.  I'm really impressed with the camera.  The free app and free editing software they offer are quite good too.  However, my computer is showing its age as editing (even viewing) 1080p, 60fps video is quite challenging for it.  Regardless, I dealt with it and made it work. I started a Gophers and Cheese YouTube channel where I'll be posting videos and I posted 2 already: While my aging computer might struggle to play the video full screen and in high quality, I wat...