yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker

left hook: when a scooter/motorcycle/bicycle/etc is proceeding straight through a 3 or 4-way intersection and is struck on its left side by an oncoming car/truck/suv/etc making a left turn. masato miura was left-hooked at 2nd & central in little tokyo. he suffered a compound fracture (the bones were sticking out of the skin) where his foot had actually rotated 180 degrees. at the hospital, he refused to sign the release form authorizing the doctors to amputate his leg. the guy had suffered a great deal due to the negligence of a common enemy (cars and their drivers), so we thought we’d dedicate this ride to him, his harley davidson, the bolts in his shin, to a full recovery, and a torturous death to the driver that hit him. here we are on the way to videothèque in south pasadena so david can return a video.

the honda metropolitan:

in south pas, by total chance, we met our newest member who couldn’t join us for the die hard ride because his vino is having brake problems. get them fixed soon, friend!

representing on mission, and wilshire. olympic provides a fun scooter ride…lots of nice apartments on olympic.

today’s main destination was nakatomi plaza on avenue of the stars in westwood. by the time we got there, it was pretty chilly and overcast. lovely.

two out of the three of us were hungry as fuck, so we celebrated an overcast day of cruising at the bob’s big boy on wilshire. this bob’s is overpriced. your chili-spaghetti will cost you eight bucks and won’t come with the dinner salad. we recommend the one in toluca lake.

…and so the point of this ride: to have our picture taken with cools owner masato! check out his store at 110 japanese village mall, la, ca 90012. you can buy “white power” patches, t-shirts that say “my girlfriend can totally beat up your girlfriend,” xxx hats, and talk to him about motorcycles. you’re a real cool cat, brother. ride safe!

as for the kb’s, we’ll be riding next sunday. if you don’t ride with us then, be sure to read about it here. peace!