Johnny Killmore

[Event Report, Travel Story]

Event report on a small motorcycle rally along with some industry musings and original photography.

My work piloting a camera-bike sidecar during the 2017 Veterans Charity Ride to Sturgis© led me to adding a story to a photo essay in Inked Magazine. I chose 1st-person present-tense to capture the emotion and roller coaster ride of thoughts and moments shared on the journey.

[Product/Industry Analysis]

"Riding and hiking have different considerations for obvious reasons, and the design of footwear is where it is most noticeable. Hiking usually asks for..."

Nearly the entire brand voice both B2B and B2C for the SRA-West was done by me. Search for posts written by Johnny Killmore and you can see my ability to use brand voice in a variety of communications.

[Musing/Candor/Life Experience]

"I used to pride myself on how fast I was in the canyons. I was a member of the illustrious “Primer Grey Crew.” To be in the PGC you had to be damn fast and also own a bike that was not considered top-notch machinery. The bike needed..."

[Documentary Informative]

"My sidecar Co-pilot Matt Blank is actually a pilot of sorts himself. As a stunt coordinator he does a lot of base jumping both with and without a wingsuit. To choose that as a day job obviously takes a rare perspective on life, death, passion… and what it means to be a living creature on this planet."

While most motorcyclists think of stunning views along the Pacific Coast Highway when they think of San Francisco, the truth is, so does everyone else. From cyclists to RV’s to tourists in the family minivan, California’s Highway 1 can be packed most of the day, year-round.

The simple solution is to ride the interior of the peninsula, which is an excellent alternative. But this ignores the wide-open spaces of San Francisco’s East Bay. The area lacks many of the high-end housing developments a...

[viral video/inspiration piece]

The little girl in this video reminded me to stop taking myself so seriously, quit worrying about results, and to let myself enjoy the world in general. It also reminded me how child-like I still am, never really worrying about the next day and just living in the moment. I can’t stop watching it.

[Event Report | Photography]

"Governor Jerry Brown can keep pledging billions toward a bullet train, but AMA Pro Flat Track already brought one to California. And I can tell you, my fellow petrolhead, the Sacramento bullet train I saw was impressive. It may not take you anywhere for the price of admission, but where the hell else would you want to be besides at the race track?"

[Photo Essay | Explorative]

"If you have raced competitively at any level you know the feeling. It could have been running track in high school. It could have been mountain bikes in a local club."

[ Athlete Interview]

"While change may be the only constant, Bryan Smith is having more than his fair share of it, and that’s a good thing. Coming so close to winning the AMA Pro Flat Track (now American Flat Track) championship for years, the 33-year-old Michigan rider claimed his first title in dramatic fashion last..."

[General News/Industry]

"The healing road is a long one, but on a motorcycle that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. That’s the premise behind the Veteran’s Charity Ride To Sturgis, which is taking off from Los Angeles in just a few days. Combat vets, like anyone who ..."

Dakar: Carlos Sainz Crash & Peugeot Dominance – Joh...

[Video Share | Event Report]

[Industry Analysis | Announcement]

[social commentary]

This holiday tends to leave a sour taste in my mouth nowadays. Right wingers huff and puff about liberty and share pictures of people in funny hats with muskets. “Take our country back,” they say. Left wingers rant about the corporate greed flushing the nation down the tubes and inequalities. “Take our country back,” they say...