Hello and something new for me...

[RhadamYgg]

Hey Everyone,
I hope you have all been well and have been safe on the roads. Its been a long time since I've been here. I went skydiving recently and I found that most of the skydivers I spoke with were also motorcyclists.
So... Here are two videos I have of my first skydiving trip. I'd love to know if any of you have gone skydiving. I'm definitely up for doing it again - starting the AFF course - and well skydiving with other people.

First video - my chest mounted GoProHD camera that I normally use on my motorcycle:


The second video - taken by the instructor. Not sure what camera, but its got one helluva fisheye on it.


The family is all doing well - if any of you remember - I've got twins and one had lots of surgery - both twins are doing well and are just over 2 years old. My boys are doing well - if being pains in the butt is doing well...

Oh, Jeez, now I have to update my miles on the signature.

[Johnj]

Hey Rhadam it's good to hear from you. Skydiving eh...well it's a lot of fun (unless your carrying 60lb of gear). I'm glad to hear the twins are doing well and boys will be boys. Stay in touch.

[RhadamYgg]

Hey Johnj! At this point since I weight 195 pounds - carrying another 60 lbs of gear wouldn't be a good thing.

[sunshine229]

Welcome back buddy! Congrats on the skydiving, what a fantastic experience.

[RhadamYgg]

Welcome back buddy! Congrats on the skydiving, what a fantastic experience.

Thanks Sunshine! I was so motivated to do it after hearing about a 100 year old man did it. It was an incredible experience that I highly recommend! Once you get over the initial fear - and study the statistics - I don't think it is as dangerous as people think. Of course, multiple failures is harder to recover from when skydiving, just as its harder to recover from in riding a motorcycle and driving a car.

Are you still out in England?

[HYPERR]

Nice to see you back!

[RhadamYgg]

Nice to see you back!

Yep, good to be alive and kicking! Glad to see you are alive and kicking, too.

[Grey Thumper]

Whoah, so that's what you've been up to. Welcome back! I've seen a coupla threads here where someone has posted, "Hey, whatever happened to RhadamYgg?"


PS, and based on your sig, "Happy new bike day!"

[RhadamYgg]

Whoah, so that's what you've been up to. Welcome back! I've seen a coupla threads here where someone has posted, "Hey, whatever happened to RhadamYgg?"


PS, and based on your sig, "Happy new bike day!"

Ahhh sadly, no. I rented the ST1300 for three days when I was out in Las Vegas - rode it to Grand Canyon, changed my plans completely when I got there and rode back. 850 miles total.

Followed one of my Facebook friends advice that lives in Arizona "Oh, its always hot here, bring your hot weather gear!" I froze my "O Ring" off and a few other bits too. I experienced what is called "Pan-weave" on it... Felt as insecure on it passing trucks at speed on the highway as I did on my Ninja 250. Survivable, but not particularly enjoyable. Everything else about that bike - was incredible. Oh, except for the cold. Riding through the mountains... It was beautiful (and cold).

I want a new bike, I'm due based on my previous behavior pattern. But my car is almost 10 years old (and all owned by me) and I need to replace it. So, it looks like I'll have the FZ6 for 2 years or around 11,000 miles.

I had my wife look at a new Camaro 2LT with the RS package - but she didn't like it. Not a deal breaker, but heavily stacks the cards against it. She wants me to buy a Honda and I'm looking at a Civic Si Coupe... But I'm so sick of Honda. I mean I love Honda, but I've owned Honda's for 19 years - it'll be 20 years if I keep this car until March 2012. And I'm not sure if the Civic Si does "it" for me.

[Hondagirl]

wow. That must have been an amazing experience. How accurate can you be when landing? I always imagined not that precise with skydiving but in the vid it looks like you planned a very exact spot to land.

Welcome back, good to see you again.