This Saturday (the 22nd) is my Experienced Rider Course. I'm taking it up in Everett from the Motorcycle Safety Company, the same folks that taught my Basic Rider Course so long ago. From what I hear, it's basically all the same exercises as the BRC, except on your own bike rather than the little 125s and 250s that the BRC teaches on. I expect it won't be all that much more difficult for me, as Zoë is a fairly agile and light bike, but I'll be very interested to see the folks on big Goldwings and Road Kings and the like go through the exercises. One day only, and no classroom, which is good.

In other news, I have now recieved all the components of my helmet camera setup. They consist of a Canon Elura 50 camcorder, a CamEye SPORT LANC remote control, and a relatively cheap 480-line bullet camera. All of these parts came off eBay, which helped keep costs down. I am now in the process of figuring out the final hookup: how to get power to the components from the bike's electrical system, where to mount the camera, etc. Power is only troublesome in that the Elura takes a 7.4v input, and the bike (of course) gives 12v. I've got a few links where I think I can find the appropriate adaptor; we'll see how that goes.

It's supposed to be beautiful, sunny and in the high 60s / low 70s this weekend. Great for the class, and hopefully there'll be a good opportunity for riding on Sunday. With luck, I'll get a chance to break the video system in...