The 555

Sure, it is Speed Week and I could easily continue to bore you with snapshots of really fast cars sitting on vast salty expanses...

But the 555 is going on as well, right now.

I think it deserves some mention...

This year, a bunch of dudes converged in Detroit, they all bought bikes smaller than 500cc's, for less than $500 and then there is some other 5 rule I am forgetting.

These nut-jobs then load up and start riding to Portland, Oregon...

Rather slowly.

Because, well, they are riding small, crappy, unloved bikes...the kind that have been sitting in you neighbor's garage since it stopped shifting into third gear, back in 1981.

The dudes are doing a pretty good job of documenting the slow race between roadside repairs over here.

Rain, campfires, greasy hands, hotdogs and bastard motorcycles...

And it is not exactly a race at all.

Just some guys having fun, doing shit...

Sounds pretty awesome, huh?