{"id":2544,"date":"2013-08-29T20:27:35","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T10:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/?p=2544"},"modified":"2013-09-30T20:36:02","modified_gmt":"2013-09-30T10:36:02","slug":"bringing-the-awesome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/bringing-the-awesome\/","title":{"rendered":"BRINGING THE AWESOME"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s face it. Riding bikes is awesome, in and of itself.<\/p>\n<p>But sometimes, some marvelous human being does something on a motorcycle or with a motorcycle that is truly awesome and you can&#8217;t help but smile to yourself and wish that you could have done that.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2545\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2545\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2545\" alt=\"999745_10151588353235811_1010524810_n\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/999745_10151588353235811_1010524810_n.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/999745_10151588353235811_1010524810_n.jpg 620w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/999745_10151588353235811_1010524810_n-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/999745_10151588353235811_1010524810_n-526x350.jpg 526w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2545\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is a man who broke his collarbone in practice, chartered a plane to Spain because the local hospital could not operate on him in time, then after undergoing surgery to have it extensively plated and pinned, checked himself out of the hospital, chartered another plane back and raced the next day. Yeah, he&#8217;s a champion.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2546\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2546\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2546\" alt=\"154397_416153335124012_1263474679_n\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/154397_416153335124012_1263474679_n.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/154397_416153335124012_1263474679_n.jpg 480w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/154397_416153335124012_1263474679_n-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/154397_416153335124012_1263474679_n-241x350.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The King. No, not Elvis. The other one. On speed, on the banked circuit with his suspension on full squash. Bringing it. Hail you, Mr Roberts.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2548\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2548\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2548\" alt=\"969509_383170768450784_1040179918_n\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/969509_383170768450784_1040179918_n.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/969509_383170768450784_1040179918_n.jpg 620w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/969509_383170768450784_1040179918_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/969509_383170768450784_1040179918_n-466x350.jpg 466w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2548\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is probably staged. But if it wasn&#8217;t, it would be awesome to the power of awesome. And you know it would.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2549\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2549\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2549\" alt=\"993684_10151724556885808_643045183_n\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/993684_10151724556885808_643045183_n.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/993684_10151724556885808_643045183_n.jpg 620w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/993684_10151724556885808_643045183_n-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/993684_10151724556885808_643045183_n-404x350.jpg 404w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2549\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brough Superior ready to stomp the Bonneville Salt Flats. Like a Boss.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2551\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2551\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2551\" alt=\"dscf0838v\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/dscf0838v1.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/dscf0838v1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/dscf0838v1-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/dscf0838v1-467x350.jpg 467w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2551\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You don&#8217;t know what this is or why it is awesome, huh? Google it. Fear it. Never, ever, ever think you can ride it.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2552\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2552\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2552\" alt=\"65059_310093435768686_1400381847_n\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/65059_310093435768686_1400381847_n.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/65059_310093435768686_1400381847_n.jpg 620w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/65059_310093435768686_1400381847_n-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/65059_310093435768686_1400381847_n-526x350.jpg 526w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2552\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pops Yoshimura. Awesome personified.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2553\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2553\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2553\" alt=\"968810_149491908579062_722567518_n\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/968810_149491908579062_722567518_n.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/968810_149491908579062_722567518_n.jpg 620w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/968810_149491908579062_722567518_n-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/968810_149491908579062_722567518_n-525x350.jpg 525w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Awesome times 20 equals&#8230; lotsa awesome.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2554\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2554\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2554\" alt=\"535018_10151861277246926_1371975152_n\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/535018_10151861277246926_1371975152_n.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/535018_10151861277246926_1371975152_n.jpg 620w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/535018_10151861277246926_1371975152_n-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/535018_10151861277246926_1371975152_n-527x350.jpg 527w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2554\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yes, this has nothing to do with motorcycles, but come on, when you hunt wolves with an eagle in the Altai Mountains of Mongolia, motorcycles are just not needed.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2555\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2555\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2555\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/image1.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/image1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/image1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/image1-466x350.jpg 466w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2555\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bulgarian babushka rides. On what planet is that not awesome?<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2556\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2556\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2556\" alt=\"0802_joona\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/0802_joona.jpg\" width=\"560\" height=\"841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/0802_joona.jpg 560w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/0802_joona-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/0802_joona-233x350.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2556\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Any caption would be superfluous.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2557\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2557\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2557\" alt=\"196659_435784349806739_1086475957_n\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/196659_435784349806739_1086475957_n.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/196659_435784349806739_1086475957_n.jpg 500w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/196659_435784349806739_1086475957_n-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/196659_435784349806739_1086475957_n-262x350.jpg 262w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2557\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You should take your motorcycle and try this sometime. Seriously. Give it a crack. See how you go. Bravo, young lady.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2558\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2558\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2558\" alt=\"TrngV11\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/TrngV11.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/TrngV11.jpg 620w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/TrngV11-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/TrngV11-419x350.jpg 419w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yes, every box in the Awesome test is ticked.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2559\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2559\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2559\" alt=\"P1030657\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P10306571.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P10306571.jpg 620w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P10306571-300x131.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2559\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yes.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s face it. Riding bikes is awesome, in and of itself. But sometimes, some marvelous human being does something on a motorcycle or with a motorcycle that is truly awesome and you can&#8217;t help but smile to yourself and wish that you could have done that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[4,23],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2544"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2544"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4557,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2544\/revisions\/4557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}