On Thursday, I rode the Can- Am Spyder RT to Hollywood, CA to be filmed for its national TV debut!  Within the next month, the RT will be part of the "CyberGuy" segments with Kurt Knutsson segments that air on TV news programs in most of the major markets in the U.S.

What we were shooting is what is commonly called "b-roll" material, meaning they will shoot the part with the star later, in a studio, then splice in pieces of what we shot, making it appear as if he were interviewing us and inspecting the bike himself, when in fact, he wasn't even in the same state at the time. The filming of the segment was considerably less glamorous than it sounds - believe me J

The whole thing only took about 45 minutes, and was done entirely in the parking lot of KTLA’s studio. Several segments had to be re-shot when they were ruined by a loud truck going by, or a helicopter passing over.  Kevin McPherson, the BRP District Sales Manager for the Can-Am Division was also on site and spoke about the RT for the segment.

On the way home I got caught in one of our famous L.A. "gridlock" traffic jams. The first 40 miles of the 90-mile ride took nearly four hours.

I shot a little video of my own while there, though naturally, I wasn't able to shoot any of the interview. It's just a few minutes showing the cameraman getting detail shots, and the producer asking a couple of questions. There is very little video, and no audio but still I thought a few of you might like to see how it's done. Check it out!