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O, Woe is me!!
The semi-annual Thunder Beach bike rally was this weekend, and since I don't really have to go anywhere to have a look, I thought I'd go have a look. It's not like I'm trailering down from Tennessee or anything.
I have almost no interest whatsoever in the actual rally events, and the only vendors that interest me are, for the most part, food vendors, although at the Spring 2008 rally I had someone repair a jacket for me.
So what I do is walk the parking lots looking for interesting bikes, and shooting them. With a camera.
Blue flame special, with skeery flaming skull with fangs.
Vespa!!!! I actually saw a lot of scooters this time, from baby ones like this to a Burgman 650.
Tassels and a racing number??!?!?! Seriously???!?!?!!??
Easy Rider style:
Repli-racer:
Yamaha Virago:
My Feej is so . . . . . lonely!
A pink bike. I think this one is Jennifer's:
I like this color, but that's not why I took the picture. I took it to record the fact that it hadn't been cleaned and meticulously polished. There are BUGS on this bike!!!!
Honda Magnum with the V4:
If you have to say your are, then you're not. And everybody knows it!
Tyler's cohorts:
VeeDub-powered . . . . something-or-other.
Boss Hog Trike! I never saw a trike version of these. I guess pointlessness just hadn't been carried far enough, yet.
I think this is a Suzuki GS-1100
Color seems to be home-sprayed:
You can take stuff off the bike to spray it, you know.
Better paint:
If you (for whatever reason) have ever wondered just how ghey an M109R can be set up to be, I may have your answer:
HEY!!!!!! You're missing a cylinder!!!!!!!
Antiques!
They train them early in proper cruiser gear:
So how did these things run, anyway?
Another pink bike. No name. I hope it's a chick!
Nice color on this Shadow:
Some of you may be familiar with this weird V-twin:
Bagged bandit:
Another nice color, this time from Kawasaki:
Eye-tal-yun job:
Pair-o-CBRs:
Speaking of biker chicks ..... This guy was behind me coming into this venue, and we chatted a bit. The bird wears a harness that retains her on the perch, and the guy has a lanyard attached to his jacket that releases the harness from the perch if something happens, allowing the bird to take flight. He said she's been riding with him for four years.
Half the cylinders and half the displacement:
Triumph Bonneville:
For sale. Yours for only $14K!!!
I hope this was a display, and not some jerks tearing up the venue's driveway, making them wonder how smart it is to host bikers.
1125R. Racing history: Nearly twice the displacement and could barely handle running against 600s.
Pair-o-Ninjas:
Also for sale. V8-powered chopper, only 45 thousand dollars. US.
I have almost no interest whatsoever in the actual rally events, and the only vendors that interest me are, for the most part, food vendors, although at the Spring 2008 rally I had someone repair a jacket for me.
So what I do is walk the parking lots looking for interesting bikes, and shooting them. With a camera.
Blue flame special, with skeery flaming skull with fangs.
Vespa!!!! I actually saw a lot of scooters this time, from baby ones like this to a Burgman 650.
Tassels and a racing number??!?!?! Seriously???!?!?!!??
Easy Rider style:
Repli-racer:
Yamaha Virago:
My Feej is so . . . . . lonely!
A pink bike. I think this one is Jennifer's:
I like this color, but that's not why I took the picture. I took it to record the fact that it hadn't been cleaned and meticulously polished. There are BUGS on this bike!!!!
Honda Magnum with the V4:
If you have to say your are, then you're not. And everybody knows it!
Tyler's cohorts:
VeeDub-powered . . . . something-or-other.
Boss Hog Trike! I never saw a trike version of these. I guess pointlessness just hadn't been carried far enough, yet.
I think this is a Suzuki GS-1100
Color seems to be home-sprayed:
You can take stuff off the bike to spray it, you know.
Better paint:
If you (for whatever reason) have ever wondered just how ghey an M109R can be set up to be, I may have your answer:
HEY!!!!!! You're missing a cylinder!!!!!!!
Antiques!
They train them early in proper cruiser gear:
So how did these things run, anyway?
Another pink bike. No name. I hope it's a chick!
Nice color on this Shadow:
Some of you may be familiar with this weird V-twin:
Bagged bandit:
Another nice color, this time from Kawasaki:
Eye-tal-yun job:
Pair-o-CBRs:
Speaking of biker chicks ..... This guy was behind me coming into this venue, and we chatted a bit. The bird wears a harness that retains her on the perch, and the guy has a lanyard attached to his jacket that releases the harness from the perch if something happens, allowing the bird to take flight. He said she's been riding with him for four years.
Half the cylinders and half the displacement:
Triumph Bonneville:
For sale. Yours for only $14K!!!
I hope this was a display, and not some jerks tearing up the venue's driveway, making them wonder how smart it is to host bikers.
1125R. Racing history: Nearly twice the displacement and could barely handle running against 600s.
Pair-o-Ninjas:
Also for sale. V8-powered chopper, only 45 thousand dollars. US.
