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The ROT Rally officially started on Thursday. However, the big biker parade in downtown Austin was on Friday evening, followed by Kaptain Robby Knievel's motorcycle jump. I ventured downtown to watch the parade but didn't stick around to watch the jump (didn't want to pay the $20 entry fee). Here's the pics from the parade.
Parade central was Congress Ave. I had to park several blocks away and on my walk to Congress I came upon this view of the Capitol.
The police had Congress Ave blocked off to all traffic, giving me a great opportunity to snap a shot of the Capitol from the middle of Congress Ave. Any other time and I would have been run over by a car trying to get this shot.
There were some really interesting things up in the air to look at and think deeply about, as illustrated by my 2 sons and their 2 friends.
The Paramount Theater put out the welcome sign
Never go to a motorcycle rally without your Light Saber. If you forget to bring one with you, don't fear. You could buy one for just $5 from the street vendor selling them.
There were a heck of a lot of people waiting for the parade.
Looking north up Congress Ave.
Looking south down Congress Ave
The crowds were at least 5 people deep everywhere. If you weren't up front it was tough to see the parade. The best option was to seek high ground.
Finally, after hanging around for 1.5 hours, the parade showed up.
It's a biker rally, not a cruiser rally. While cruisers dominated, every type of bike was present.
There were lots of interesting looking people everywhere.
Death wears a sombrero, not a pale mask.
The latest is motorcycle fashion - make your engine and tranny glow green while wearing a shiny helmet. Very fun.
The crowd offered lots of encouragement to the parade of riders, as illustrated by this gal.
The ROT Rally is an adult rally so leave the kids at home.
Is it real or a photoshop trick?
Every so often someone would walk by and hand you a card advertising something. This one was for a girl band that doesn't wear a lot of clothing. Wonder if they can actually sing?
When you get tired, you can take a short rest on a parking meter.
Go Longhorns.
Want to make your computer sound like a Harley? Why you would want your computer to sound like a Harley is beyond me, but, still, here it is.
Nothing like a street vendor with no rhythm drumming on a tin can to set the tone for a motorcycle parade.
Cowboy Harley Davidson recruited some young gals to throw something orange to the crowd. I don't know what they were throwing but the crowd sure was enthusiastic when they drove by.
This fellow came straight over from the Mardi Gras parade and didn't even bother to take off his beads. I'm thinking he wont' really need them at the ROT rally...
Attention.
This gal was guarding the custom bikes entered in the custom bike contest. I'm only including this picture so you will know the ROT folks were serious about security.
After that last shot I headed home to watch Kaptain Robby do his jump on live TV. This was the first ROT Rally thing I've ever done. I wouldn't go back to the parade again just for the parade, but I would go back again for more fun photographing interesting sights and people.
Parade central was Congress Ave. I had to park several blocks away and on my walk to Congress I came upon this view of the Capitol.
The police had Congress Ave blocked off to all traffic, giving me a great opportunity to snap a shot of the Capitol from the middle of Congress Ave. Any other time and I would have been run over by a car trying to get this shot.
There were some really interesting things up in the air to look at and think deeply about, as illustrated by my 2 sons and their 2 friends.
The Paramount Theater put out the welcome sign
Never go to a motorcycle rally without your Light Saber. If you forget to bring one with you, don't fear. You could buy one for just $5 from the street vendor selling them.
There were a heck of a lot of people waiting for the parade.
Looking north up Congress Ave.
Looking south down Congress Ave
The crowds were at least 5 people deep everywhere. If you weren't up front it was tough to see the parade. The best option was to seek high ground.
Finally, after hanging around for 1.5 hours, the parade showed up.
It's a biker rally, not a cruiser rally. While cruisers dominated, every type of bike was present.
There were lots of interesting looking people everywhere.
Death wears a sombrero, not a pale mask.
The latest is motorcycle fashion - make your engine and tranny glow green while wearing a shiny helmet. Very fun.
The crowd offered lots of encouragement to the parade of riders, as illustrated by this gal.
The ROT Rally is an adult rally so leave the kids at home.
Is it real or a photoshop trick?
Every so often someone would walk by and hand you a card advertising something. This one was for a girl band that doesn't wear a lot of clothing. Wonder if they can actually sing?
When you get tired, you can take a short rest on a parking meter.
Go Longhorns.
Want to make your computer sound like a Harley? Why you would want your computer to sound like a Harley is beyond me, but, still, here it is.
Nothing like a street vendor with no rhythm drumming on a tin can to set the tone for a motorcycle parade.
Cowboy Harley Davidson recruited some young gals to throw something orange to the crowd. I don't know what they were throwing but the crowd sure was enthusiastic when they drove by.
This fellow came straight over from the Mardi Gras parade and didn't even bother to take off his beads. I'm thinking he wont' really need them at the ROT rally...
Attention.
This gal was guarding the custom bikes entered in the custom bike contest. I'm only including this picture so you will know the ROT folks were serious about security.
After that last shot I headed home to watch Kaptain Robby do his jump on live TV. This was the first ROT Rally thing I've ever done. I wouldn't go back to the parade again just for the parade, but I would go back again for more fun photographing interesting sights and people.
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I didn't want to be the only KLR rider in the midst so I rode the crusier. Maybe next time I'll ride the KLR and we can form our own parade 
I mean there were more shorts than helmets...heck there were more shorts than jeans. I'm no ATGATT preacher, but I was pretty amazed.
