Pic of the week game

[Steve]

Nope. Nowwhere near my polishing wheel. In fact, it was taken in West Virginia, just about exactly halfway to your place.

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[Steve]

A Wes Cooley in the front and a Wes Cooley in the back.

Ahhh, but the "Wes Cooley" in the back was just a replica.

But there is no way to beat having the original in the front.

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[trevor]

Ahhh, but the "Wes Cooley" in the back was just a replica.

But there is no way to beat having the original in the front.

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Lol....well to get even more technical it was only called a "replica" by the fans, not Suzuki.

[storm 64]

At first I thought, I don't have anything to submit for the Photo of the Week. Oh, I found one of my mug in the mirror. But that's what it looked like, a mug shot on a most wanted poster. A bad case of helmet hair. So I did a little digging, and with the help of photo zooming I found this. "Who's that looking back at me in the clutch cover? Oh that's me!" Also if you look you can see 850 peeping in on the cam caps. ☺20180310_084939.jpg
if you tap on the picture it will enlarge.

[Steve]

Lol....well to get even more technical it was only called a "replica" by the fans, not Suzuki.

Very true. Suzuki never sold a "Wes Cooley Replica", they offered the GS1000S as a tribute to Wes after he won the championship(s). It is my understanding it was not referred to as a "Replica" until Kawasaki offered their Eddie Lawson Replica.

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[bonanzadave]

[Redman]

............ I found this. "...........
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ha! You twice, and other GSes twice.

[Redman]

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Hey,
Reflection IN your bike,
Reflection OF your bike,
and your bike AND a reflection.

[trevor]

Very true. Suzuki never sold a "Wes Cooley Replica", they offered the GS1000S as a tribute to Wes after he won the championship(s). It is my understanding it was not referred to as a "Replica" until Kawasaki offered their Eddie Lawson Replica.

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Correct. Except Wes did not win a championship on what we refer to the gs1000s with the fairing unti 1980 (he won the AMA super bike championship in 79&80)... therefore suzuki released it before wes won even the 79 championship... therefore suzuki did not release it as a tribute to Wes....not in less of course they could see 3 years into the future.

[Steve]

OK, so maybe Wes's bike was just a Yosh Special race-prepped 1000S?

Either way, it's nice to have him in the "family".

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[trevor]

OK, so maybe Wes's bike was just a Yosh Special race-prepped 1000S?

Either way, it's nice to have him in the "family".

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It sure is Steve. I talk with him often on the phone...and in May I'm going to visit him on my way through to Moab.

[Steve]

It would be nice to meet him some time, since I met his father about 37 years ago. I checked my route for our "little ride" later this summer. We won't be going quite far enough south to stop by and say "howdy", otherwise, I would definitely make time to stop by.

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[Burque73]

KLR in a car door.

[Redman]

Friday......
We have 9 submissions.

Are scattered over a few pages with discussion and other things in between, so let me review here:
213 mine, Curvey road scene in GK fairing
214 Justin Jedz, his face in engine case
217 Glen DB, 1150 in puddle
218 Steve, bikes in mirror and bikes ahead on the road
219 Bonita Mrs Steve, bike behind in mirror
222 Trev, Wes Cooley bike and Wes Cooley person (I would say not a photographic reflection. But I am not King of the GSR Pic Of The Week.)
229/232 Norm Storm, Self x2 and GS x2 in bike
231 Bonazadave, reflection in bike, bike in reflection, reflection in building
238 Roger Burque, KLR in car door

I have always liked the on-the-road-view-in-mirror photos, and these two here are good ones also.

I like Jedz's, and Storm's, and Bonazadave's and Rogers (and mine) for the imagination of posing the photo, and for the photo itself.
Jed'z has a few interesting elements other than the reflection.
Bonazadave's has multiple aspects of "reflections", and reflections are the main topic of the photo.
Storm's is a great picture of a great shiny GS engine that has multiple reflections including other GSes.

So, four pictures really have my interest.
For a general purpose photo contest I would have to conciser Jedz's or Bonazadave's (or mine).
But using the fact that this is a photocontest on GSR, I will use that consideration as the tie-breaker and call for Norm Storm.

[Burque73]

Bonanzadave this week for me.

Subject-Theme-Category: Reflection.
Either a reflection of your bike, or reflection on/in your bike, or I suppose your bike and a reflection of some sort.