tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24705032012-02-16T04:53:44.606-05:00A growing collection of pics from the motorcycle-ridin', camera wielding, creative photographers on Flickr... Some of the shots here are mine, but more and more are from them...John Floreshttps://profiles.google.com/100923034030764046213noreply@blogger.comBlogger391100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470503.post-89317731993127338052011-07-25T14:13:00.001-04:002011-07-25T14:13:23.854-04:00

Two thoughts on two wheels... Congrats to Cadel, the Schlecks, Thomas Voeckler, and everyone else that made the Tour de France a great spectacle! Marco Simoncelli - the next Casey Stoner? Or the next Rube Xaus?

John Floreshttps://profiles.google.com/100923034030764046213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470503.post-82990341939467350662010-07-29T09:21:00.001-04:002010-07-29T09:21:22.966-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Kawasaki Vulcan Voyager, originally uploaded by john m flores. On test this month. Over 2,000 miles and some opinions starting to form....

John Floreshttps://profiles.google.com/100923034030764046213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470503.post-69999071163479655842010-07-03T04:05:00.001-04:002010-07-03T04:05:32.924-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Chevrolet Corvette, Somerville Cruise Night, originally uploaded by john m flores. Two wheels are good, but four wheels ain't so bad either. Every Friday during the summer my town has a ritual dance of classic iron trolling

John Floreshttps://profiles.google.com/100923034030764046213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470503.post-8862820538956635432010-07-03T04:00:00.001-04:002010-07-03T04:00:41.850-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Mount Graylock, Massachussetts, originally uploaded by john m flores. Back from a trip to Western MA. The Berkshires, on a tour of sustainable food as well as the history and art/culture of the area. Coming soon to an issue

John Floreshttps://profiles.google.com/100923034030764046213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470503.post-22833529930197564312010-05-10T00:16:00.001-04:002010-05-10T00:16:45.560-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Summer's almost here, originally uploaded by john m flores. Summer's almost here, and in Somerville that means Friday evening with classic cars and bikes crusing down Main Street. It's been that way for years, one of the

John Floreshttps://profiles.google.com/100923034030764046213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470503.post-63488502714311412642010-01-25T22:54:00.001-05:002010-01-25T22:54:58.267-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Don't know which is older, this Vespa or this street., originally uploaded by john m flores. Historic Perugia sits atop a hill in the heart of Umbria. The walls that once held back hordes of attackers is now punctured by

John Floreshttps://profiles.google.com/100923034030764046213noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470503.post-62610755772107774022010-01-18T21:02:00.001-05:002010-01-18T21:02:05.784-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } RoadRUNNER Digital Rider, originally uploaded by john m flores. You know you are a two-wheeled digital freak when one of your prized purchases of the last 12 months is a puny 6" extension cord. It's not the size that

John Floreshttps://profiles.google.com/100923034030764046213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470503.post-87954503922277533662010-01-05T10:45:00.001-05:002010-01-05T10:45:09.830-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Tatra Mountains, Poland, originally uploaded by john m flores. Happy New Year's all! Both of you that follow this blog ;-)Hope that there's plenty of pristine asphalt in your future...

John Floreshttps://profiles.google.com/100923034030764046213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470503.post-33981964597641947032008-11-08T17:13:00.001-05:002008-11-08T17:13:36.288-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } xaus, originally uploaded by howard.boylan. Is this showboating or what???!!! I can only dream of having bike control like this, knee on the deck, smoke pouring off the rear tire, front end crossed-up, and one hand off the

John Floreshttps://profiles.google.com/100923034030764046213noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470503.post-25189961700942916752008-10-20T23:30:00.001-04:002008-10-20T23:30:29.962-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Andrea Dovizioso.2008.MalaysiaGP, originally uploaded by Alex Leong. This kind of sums it up, doesn't it? Get behind the bubble and twist the right grip for all it's worth as the world blurs by. Dovi has had an inspiring

John Floreshttps://profiles.google.com/100923034030764046213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470503.post-36709091046756409562008-10-13T00:28:00.001-04:002008-10-13T00:28:59.588-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Valentino Rossi's Motors, originally uploaded by bart_516. As the manufacturers roll out their 2009 bikes at the various trade and dealer shows, it just reminds me that the bikes just get smaller every year...

John Floreshttps://profiles.google.com/100923034030764046213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470503.post-76923131472772196772008-09-29T01:32:00.001-04:002008-09-29T01:32:05.711-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Pan Shot, originally uploaded by Captain Nandu Chitnis, BikeNomads. Wow, the bike in this photo is reduced to its basics, simple lines describing simple geometries. Its placement against the blurred, light-colored pavement

John Floreshttps://profiles.google.com/100923034030764046213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470503.post-63418211164341941382008-04-10T21:27:00.001-04:002008-04-10T21:27:52.234-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } checa_checking_in_VAL_SPA_08_WSBk, originally uploaded by caferacerx. I had read that Carlos Checa had entered the Valencia track in an unusual way! Seriously, that looks like quite a rush and just the thing a guy who rides

John Floreshttps://profiles.google.com/100923034030764046213noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470503.post-46628766648637014912008-04-07T21:37:00.001-04:002008-04-07T21:37:11.915-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } pedrosa jerez motos 1.JPG, originally uploaded by pepemarinfoto. Is this the scene that we'll be seeing more of this year, Dani Pedrosa on a charge, leading from the front, inch-perfect and blindingly fast? It's been a

John Floreshttps://profiles.google.com/100923034030764046213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470503.post-87441214228995274012008-03-31T11:21:00.001-04:002008-03-31T11:21:52.694-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Motocross, originally uploaded by djwwestwood. If this doesn't make you want to ride, your beyond all hope. djwwestwood frames a rider in a pivotal moment - mid-air, focused forward, body crouched for the landing. There is

John Floreshttps://profiles.google.com/100923034030764046213noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470503.post-47092040739324540282008-03-14T07:56:00.001-04:002008-03-14T07:56:52.827-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Maybe we should have brought boats..., originally uploaded by john m flores. Recently returned from the Philippines, Compact Flash cards brimming with photos. A motorcycle trip filled with images triggering vivid memories

John Floreshttps://profiles.google.com/100923034030764046213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470503.post-26123949609793339972008-03-10T21:57:00.001-04:002008-03-10T21:57:17.861-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } __/__ Toni Elias (Yamaha) MotoGP, originally uploaded by Zis_Zas. The 2008 MotoGP season is underway! Last night under the Arabian lights in Qatar, Casey Stoner began his title defense on the top step of the podium. It's

John Floreshttps://profiles.google.com/100923034030764046213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470503.post-14395276523568324002008-02-18T16:31:00.001-05:002008-02-18T16:31:35.103-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } shoebike-03, originally uploaded by *-*-*-*-*-*. And now for something completely different...

John Floreshttps://profiles.google.com/100923034030764046213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470503.post-47579593230436032532008-02-10T22:18:00.001-05:002008-02-10T22:18:10.175-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Flo, originally uploaded by gteans. I'm not sure if the photo's name, "Flo" refers to the rider's name or the way she is riding!

John Floreshttps://profiles.google.com/100923034030764046213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470503.post-21760061508389627652008-01-28T22:42:00.001-05:002008-01-28T22:42:08.402-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Tour De France, originally uploaded by Will Rose. This has been sitting in my favorites pile for some time now. Simply a fantastic shot of man and machine working together. Big Ben in the background is icing on the cake.

John Floreshttps://profiles.google.com/100923034030764046213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470503.post-11887334767334489012008-01-27T23:53:00.001-05:002008-01-27T23:53:53.824-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Overloaded Motorcycle, originally uploaded by Gerald Yuvallos. In less than a month's time I'll be in the Philippines, where two wheeled transportation is a way of life. A great sense of speed in this photo, even though

John Floreshttps://profiles.google.com/100923034030764046213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470503.post-14128659454005366622008-01-25T16:10:00.001-05:002008-01-25T16:10:26.273-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } fast perspective, originally uploaded by paulbillett. When it's cold and dark in the midst of winter, photos like this help us muddle through...The lighting makes this photo otherworldly - the high contrast, the movement

John Floreshttps://profiles.google.com/100923034030764046213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470503.post-29253538207005597972008-01-19T19:17:00.001-05:002008-01-19T19:17:21.963-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Not In Use, originally uploaded by Arnthor. Winter is not kind to two-wheeled enthusiasts. But January is nearly done, and February is the shortest of months. Quicker than we know it, Spring will be here.A wonderfully

John Floreshttps://profiles.google.com/100923034030764046213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470503.post-54767780904355417912008-01-10T20:58:00.001-05:002008-01-10T20:58:58.540-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Motorcycle in inclination, originally uploaded by f650biker. It's January and racing is just around the corner. As with every off-season there have been a lot of changes, and racing fans around the world wait in quiet

John Floreshttps://profiles.google.com/100923034030764046213noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470503.post-29567186779650069382008-01-09T21:29:00.001-05:002008-01-09T21:29:29.560-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } interstate ride song, originally uploaded by whiplashbikerphotog. An iconic image capturing the spirit of cruising.

John Floreshttps://profiles.google.com/100923034030764046213noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470503.post-37956739969195482672007-12-29T21:50:00.001-05:002007-12-29T21:50:04.709-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Cur~~~~~~rve!R1, originally uploaded by hiro_kirimochi. Photos like this capture the essence of sport riding - the energy, the movement, the skill and the art of man and machine...

John Floreshttps://profiles.google.com/100923034030764046213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470503.post-22903151350259482882007-12-11T09:02:00.001-05:002007-12-11T09:02:38.567-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } 2007 Yamaha R1, originally uploaded by john m flores. My most popular motorcycle photo on flickr to date. Scratch that, my most popular photo on flickr to date, period.It's interesting to see what catches peoples' eye on

John Floreshttps://profiles.google.com/100923034030764046213noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470503.post-80876222347070492992007-12-09T20:55:00.001-05:002007-12-09T20:55:05.582-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Bastion Square Grand Prix, originally uploaded by bikes.rule. Two wheels of a different kind, yet the sense of speed and the union of man and machine are still there.

John Floreshttps://profiles.google.com/100923034030764046213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470503.post-41754137784213467712007-12-09T13:16:00.001-05:002007-12-09T13:16:47.322-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } iCast, originally uploaded by john m flores. The cast is off and everyday brings some minor advance in my strength and mobility. While I still walk like a pirate or the Hunchback of Notre Dame, I can almost see the day when

John Floreshttps://profiles.google.com/100923034030764046213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470503.post-13501742796908664762007-12-09T13:13:00.001-05:002007-12-09T13:13:10.454-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } vruummmm, originally uploaded by tiagomuller. Ride at night and your field of view collapses to the within within your headlight. What lurks beyond is unknown.

John Floreshttps://profiles.google.com/100923034030764046213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470503.post-18173546646962674712007-12-06T00:48:00.001-05:002007-12-06T00:48:04.068-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Wallpaper for BikeNomads, originally uploaded by Harshad Sharma. I bumped into some new motorcycle photographers on Flickr. The eye and creativity of people there never ceases to amaze me. Photography is truly a democratic

John Floreshttps://profiles.google.com/100923034030764046213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470503.post-39001959132996212842007-11-29T22:42:00.001-05:002007-11-29T22:42:49.458-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Hawk's Nest, originally uploaded by john m flores. The route to happiness is rarely straight....And now that this vacant blog is connected to Flickr, watch out world!

John Floreshttps://profiles.google.com/100923034030764046213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470503.post-1105771104836266482005-01-15T01:34:00.000-05:002005-01-15T01:38:24.836-05:00

Motorcycle show @ Javits/NYC next weekend. Who's going? Last year I walked by the Backroads USA booth. They publish a regional motorcycle mag and I asked them for submissions guidelines. Sheet in hand, I came home and tried to write a story. Man, that was painful. But I got it done, got it submitted, got it published! I was over the moon when I heard that the story would be published. I was like

John Floreshttps://profiles.google.com/100923034030764046213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470503.post-1105291772149215972005-01-09T12:27:00.000-05:002005-01-09T12:29:32.150-05:00

HOLY CRAP! It's been forever since I've even looked at this thing. OK - snap resolution - to make this blog freakin' AWESOME this year. As they say in showbiz, stay tuned... p.s. - Spain was awesome.

John Floreshttps://profiles.google.com/100923034030764046213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470503.post-33918962001-04-27T07:23:00.000-04:002001-04-27T07:23:47.180-04:00

I leave tomorrow for two weeks in Spain. I'm renting an Aprilia Pegaso from Ad-Mo Tours. Props to Uwe for helping me with the arrangements. This time next week I'll be in Jerez, watching practice and qualifying for the GP. More later...

John Floreshttps://profiles.google.com/100923034030764046213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470503.post-26446052001-03-05T15:31:00.000-05:002001-03-05T15:42:00.920-05:00

Blitzed the Reservation Saturday on the tail of a Porsche. Good fun. Today the bike sits beneath a cover while we await the storm of this short century.

John Floreshttps://profiles.google.com/100923034030764046213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470503.post-25979022001-03-02T03:16:00.000-05:002001-03-02T03:27:00.680-05:00

Went to NYC motorcycle show last week @ Jacob Javits. Hated it. Too many production bikes that you can see at your local dealer. Not enough concept and limited production bikes that you rarely see. Not enough accessories dealers.

John Floreshttps://profiles.google.com/100923034030764046213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470503.post-24916292001-02-22T22:34:00.000-05:002001-02-22T22:42:27.906-05:00

6 inches of snow. CBR chillin' under a cover. CB warmin' in the basement.

John Floreshttps://profiles.google.com/100923034030764046213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470503.post-24732712001-02-21T18:24:00.000-05:002001-02-21T18:33:10.750-05:00

I'm sick of Winter.

John Floreshttps://profiles.google.com/100923034030764046213noreply@blogger.com0