Pic of the week game

[Charlie G]

This is a picture of me riding my GS1100g in 2014 while on a PNW Rally in British Columbia near Sandy's place in Cranbrook. Rich "Wizard" took the photo and posted it on GSR . I managed to copy it before it before he left. My skills at improving or editing are non-existant, but I hit some button that turns a photo into a color negative and I like the result. I'm a fan of purple and blue, what can I say? You can see the unaltered version on my facebook Home. Thanks Rich!

[Spyder]

This was a great day, and an awesome shot. I still have the bite marks on my helmet, lol...


AND ! ! ! How wonderful to have Mrs. Steve join us here ! ! ! Hello there, long time no see! Have to change that this June...

[storm 64]

This picture is kind of special to me. My buddy Paul detailing my motorcycles. Getting them ready for the Vintage Motorcycle Days at Mid-Ohio. I've known Paul since we were young kids. We've been riding together for 40 years. I trust Paul to ride any of my motorcycles, he's a better rider than me! 😃

[dorkburger]

My selection this week is a nostalgia fuelled memory although I do like the picture otherwise also.
This was taken in the fall of '99 returning home from a three day weekend to see the vintage grand prix (highly recommended for antique auto racing fans) at Watkins Glen NY.

The original plan was to leave Jersey on Friday mid morning so we could catch the reenactment of the original race route on the streets after the PO of my current bike delivered it to me, but it was raining heavily so we waited around debating on when to leave - later or Saturday morning. The weather cleared by mid afternoon so we made a bee line for it, riding thru a beautiful sunset, dusk, and into the night. It was a great weekend. This would regrettably be the only road trip I took on the 1150e before selling it, but at least it was a good one.

Of note in the picture - the black 1100e was my first GS. A family acquaintance bought it new, sold it to my brother, who sold it to me, who sold it to my cousin. It still exists, but is in pieces awaiting it's day to return to glory.

The 1150 - nicest bike I've ever owned..... I still miss it.

In the back is my Uncle Tom. He bought the Nighthawk 650 after all of us kids got into street bikes. He rode Triumphs back in the day and when he started riding again he just happily rode and rode. He ended up buying a then new Triumph Legend that he put 82k miles on before his accident.

......and how times change. My cousin went the balding then buzz cut route, I had to cut my my hair about a year later for apprentice school, and my Uncle is no longer with us.

http://Memories..... by Glen Brenner, on Flickr

[Redman]

Friday Vote day.

I will summarize the entries, will include some of each story of "why", just enough to serve as a reminder of the story.

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The theme for this week is 'my favourite picture'.

Yes, that's entirely subjective and every submission will be a winner
so a short explanation of why it is your favourite so that viewers can interpret it through your eyes would be helpful. Will that work?

edit - my reason - a well loved bike on a family mission on an empty familiar road on a beautiful day in the area I grew up in = happy times

And the other submissions:

This one, my first trip to the Brown County Rally in Southern Indiana. I am in the Yellow helmet on my 1980 GS850G. .
.I. believe it was taken by the late George Burroughs (Koolaid Kid) ....
........Georges ashes were scattered in areas he loved to ride and almost certainly along this route. ////.

....................... Rusty and Barry were members of my congregation when I got my first bike in 2008. ..
.....and then every week or two the three of us would ride somewhere around southeastern PA. Good times.

I...................To me it shows one of the main reasons I'm still riding after 50+ years. Back roads, quaint small historic towns and taking time for a break for beer and food with friends. ...........

Riding With Painter Dave

THis is at BC 2008, my 3rd time there.
First two times were so great and such an experience that I was wanting to get pics to show my great experience.............

So this picture brings up great memeorys every time, ............

I've tried for years to catch a picture like this. Finally nailing it makes it one of my favorites, if not the favorite in my collection. About five seconds after that bolt of lightning, a crazy strong gust of wind blew my bike over. .....

............. I became friends with the "real Wes Cooley on facebook.......
Anyway I threw a garage party for Wes and some close friends...this pic was taken just after Wes had signed the tank of my bike in my garage. Sometimes they say it may not good to meet your hero's ...well Wes could not have been a more humble man...there are so many great stories of that 4 fays I spent with him

...... Everything about this photo works for me.
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The R1100S is an absolutely beautiful bike, one of my favorites when it comes to looking cool.
With the nice sky and view of the valley, with the yellow strip in the road, working with the yellow on the bike, I just think it is a great photo.
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That was also the moment I decided, after just a few months of riding, she had to go.

This photo was taken leaving the first GS rally that I attended. It was a Western States rally ..
...As you can see, the bike is a tad overloaded.

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[Redman]

............more

This is probably my favorite.

Well, this is my favorite shot. Because these are my first GS's. .................

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.....................it was taken to celebrate the fact that this was the first time we were all together with our bikes.

................... we finally managed to get a family portrait.
From left to right: my older sister and her hubby, me and Mrs. Steve, my middle sister and her hubby, then baby sister and her hubby.

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I'm going to post my favorite picture but I don't know if this will work because my bike isn't in the picture ..

This was Charmayne's first Brown County trip and I only caught this picture by luck ......
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...................."family first". Although all four of us have been on bike trips before, this was the first time we were all on separate bikes. .....

This is a picture of me riding my GS1100g in 2014........
.......Rich "Wizard" took the photo and posted it on GSR . ......
................, but I hit some button that turns a photo into a color negative and I like the result. I'm a fan of purple and blue, ......

............. My buddy Paul............. Getting them ready for the Vintage Motorcycle Days at Mid-Ohio. I've known Paul since we were young kids. We've been riding together for 40 years. .....!

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This was taken in the fall of '99 returning home from a three day weekend to see the vintage grand prix .....
....... It was a great weekend. This would regrettably be the only road trip I took on the 1150e before selling it, but at least it was a good one.
....... the black 1100e was my first GS..
.In the back is my Uncle Tom...... before his accident.
....and how times change. My cousin ....
...... and my Uncle is no longer with us.

[Redman]

I suppose it is up to each voter to decide if going to vote based on the picture or based on the "why"... or vote for the picture while being influenced by the "why".

One comment I have about this week is that I enjoyed all the entries, including the not-so-good pictures, because I could relate to the "why".
My complements to DaveR for having this idea for a subject-theme-category.

I almost wanted to say that is no way to evaluate-compare-rank the pictures-submissions with stories of "why", and I enjoyed all the entries so much that wanted to vote for DaveR just for the idea, and if there was some way to call off the vote, I would.... and award DaveR the win just to acknowledge the great idea. .

THe pictures that I liked for the photographic scene-pose were Kerfunk and Burque and Baatfam and DaveR.
Will vote for Burque for the uniqueness and the accomplishment to capture that lightning and that it is a great scene anyway. THe lightning really adds an element to the picture.

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[Baatfam]

Thank you Dave, for doing what you do.

[dorkburger]

What Bob said...
Dave's Roundup makes it much easier to page thru for comparison.
Voting for Burque's sublime lighting shot.
I also really liked Marvinsc's pic. A nice dynamic shot that pulls the eye into the pic.

[kerrfunk]

Thanks again, Dave, for your compilation. I am still considering. And I agree with you about Dave R.

[marvinsc]

Being as the holy grail of the GS series of motorcycles is The Wes Cooley, I have to go with Trevor for the awesome pic of the Man and THE Bike. Bourke's lightning shot is a close second and Charlie G's pic of what the lightning is striking is a close third.

[Rich82GS750TZ]

Burque73 for me. That's the shot of a lifetime.

[TxGSrider]

Im going with dorkburger for this one. I like the lightning pic and Wes Cooley, but theres something simple ad sincere about dorkburger's pic.

[kerrfunk]

I'm going with Baatfam today. I like the layout, the background, and the orange.
Trevor as a close second, for Wes Cooley,
and burque's lightning shot is terrific.

So many pictures with groups of people. That's pretty awesome.

[Burque73]

I'm going with Mrs Steve's pic this week. Just a neat family shot that makes me think how amazing it would be to have all four of our kids, my wife and myself all on our own bikes.