Cars and bikes on Western.
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Shot 2. Parked in front of Elio's office. Outlook does a great job at ordering attachments.
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There's Elio's 750 custom.
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Elio and his daughter getting ready to go an hour late.
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Elio affixing his present to the back of his 1980 CB750 C.
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Beginning the trip to the staging area. Unfortunately, we actually have to stop for red lights now.
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First shot of the morning. Everything is coated with frost.
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Bikes everywhere!
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Waiting in the Dan Ryan Forest Preserve for our turn to go.
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Elio took this picture for me.
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This is the largest motorcycle parade in the world!
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Funky self portrait.
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Bikers waiting to get into the staging area. In 1998 there were 22,000 motorcycles.
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My bike is in there somewhere.
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Luckily I had the Christmas tree on the back of my motorcycle, so it was easy to find.
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Just waiting and waiting.
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Elio's 750 and my 1000.
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Looking south.
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So many bikers!
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Looks like we are starting to move. The air is full of smoke. Where's Elio?
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Finally they arrive, after bikes had been driving past me for 5 minutes.
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This bike is all decked out.
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TV antenna. I took this while I was trying to fix the shutter after the button popped off.
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Lets go!
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Elio's daughter taking a digipic, as we come around the corner in the staging area.
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Looking back just before we got on to western.
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Here we go. 20 miles of non-stop rumbling ahead.
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Stopped for a moment under the highway.
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The South Side was the best. Everyone was in the road and would give you high fives as you drove by.
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Elio's bike died at 1100 South Western. I gave his daughter a lift up to his car, and then I continued on.
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This is a familiar part of Western! Our old apartment is at the top of that building on the left behind the street light.
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Foster was a parking lot. Many bikes were overheating.
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Thousands of bikes parked at the end. Too bad Elio couldn't make it. He just got his bike out of the shop yesterday.
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