I recently had the good fortune of being sent to the Paris Air Show for work related activities.Yeah, I know, it sucks to be me. Anyway, I managed to get out with my camera every evening and walk the streets of Paris, the city of light, The sun sets at almost 10 pm this time of year. I shot pictures all day long of everything. But what kept catching my eye and what amazed me most was the sheer number of motorcycles and scooters that were everywhere. Scooters almost completely enclosed in rain cages, scooters with two wheels in the front. Scooters that would sell like hotcakes to urban professionals in cities like New York, Boston and San Francisco if they were able to import them. Let me tell you, to ride a scooter or motorcycle in the streets of paris takes some nerves of steel. These mad Parisians take lane splitting to a higher plane. I took almost 400 photos while there and wouldn't dream of boring you with all of the artsy fartsy shots that I took of buildings, bridges and places older than the United States, But I thought I'd share this little handful of photos that relate to our genre and breed, Although I doubt too many women on Harleys would wear boots like this gal here, or that any of you guys would ride around in a fashionable wool suit like this chap on this Harley. I didn't see to many of them but when heard one coming or saw one parked on the street I got that pang that any of you would have felt too. Most of the photos that I took look like the one of the gargoyles there on the back side of Notre Dame. But like I said, I ain't gonna bore you with those. Just let me close with this, as much fun as it may be to travel, I always miss the land of the free.

See the rest of my Paris photos at Randy's Paris Photos