W/NW : Motorcycles

[Out to Lunch]

Two more yoga masters, both displaying their skills in Saigon.

 

[mcfingon]

It's more widespread than I thought! If I reclined like that I wouldn't be able to stand afterwards.
John Mc

 

[Alfasud]

Italian Military Moto Guzzi

Italian Military Moto Guzzi

 

[kuuan]

It's more widespread than I thought! If I reclined like that I wouldn't be able to stand afterwards.
John Mc

in Vietnam certainly not a rare sight


Honda dream 🙂 by andreas, on Flickr, Sony A7 + kit zoom, Saigon 2016
btw. "Honda dream" is the name of the bike 😉

 

[mcfingon]

Amazingly relaxed. It looks like a foot tickle could be a temptation if you knew the man.
John Mc

 

[mcfingon]

From the 2012 hillclimb and motorcycle display event in my hometown of Albany, Western Australia.

Rollei 35RF Planar 50 on Rollei Retro 100 film LC29 dev
John Mc

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

Fujifilm X-Pro2 - Astia sim
Fujinon XF 60mm f2.4 R Macro lens
Yokohama, Japan - November 2019

He's coming around the bend on Yama$hita Koen-dori avenue

All the best,
Mike

 

[Sarcophilus Harrisii]

Fuji Superia 400 colour negative in a Zeiss Contaflex Super BC & 50mm Tessar.

The Suzuki between the two TZ Yamahas is a rare water cooled TR500 twin from 1974, one of less than thirty examples. When new the type was raced by Australian Jack Findlay and multiple world champion Barry Sheene.

Zeiss 115mm Pro-Tessar f/4

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

Fujifilm X-Pro2 - Astia sim
Fujinon XF 60mm f2.4 R Macro lens
Yokohama, Japan - November 2019

All the best,
Mike

 

[Moto-Uno]

^^"Brett " the BSA just stopped me in my tracks ! It was a better man than I
who could start those things 🙂 . Peter

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

Sigma Sd Quattro H
Sigma 105mm f2.8 EX DG Macro lens
Yokohama, Japan - November 2019

All the best,
Mike

 

[Sarcophilus Harrisii]

^^"Brett " the BSA just stopped me in my tracks ! It was a better man than I
who could start those things 🙂 . Peter

I never tried, Peter, but they did have a reputation! I used to make light work of firing up my 900 desmo twin, but don't think my knees would be up to trying a 441 any more.

 

[Larry Cloetta]

I never tried, Peter, but they did have a reputation! I used to make light work of firing up my 900 desmo twin, but don't think my knees would be up to trying a 441 any more.

Had to sell my 850 Norton Commando just last week, partly because my knees are starting to get a bit iffy. More than a bit. And electric start still seems like giving up to me.

 

[Moto-Uno]

^ Decades ago I took the electric start off my hopped up HD Sportster to lower the weight . Less than a month into it I reinstalled the electric starter 🙂 . Peter

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

Kurihama beach, Japan

All the best,
Mike

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

Fujifilm X-Pro3 camera
Fujinon XF 50mm f2 R lens
Yokohama, Japan - December 2019

All the best,
Mike

 

[Larry Cloetta]

^^^^^Geez, Japanese seem to know how to curate all the good stuff, and there seems a lot of good stuff in Yokahama, Mike.
Beautiful bike, beautifully preserved, not sure why he looks so glum.

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

^^^^^Geez, Japanese seem to know how to curate all the good stuff, and there seems a lot of good stuff in Yokahama, Mike.
Beautiful bike, beautifully preserved, not sure why he looks so glum.

Larry, Yokohama is often overshadowed by it’s nearby neighbor Tokyo when it comes to being a mecca for photographers. I on the other hand think that Yokohama is a magical city filled with the best opportunities for good photography.

As to the gruppy looking guy on the vintage motorcycle… maybe he has hemorrhoids!

All the best,
Mike

 

[David Hughes]

I nearly pointed to what the great philosophers Flanders and Swann have pointed out in their song of patriotic prejudice but stopped myself in time as it is rude to just about everybody but still very funny; except for the bit about us Welsh which is completely wrong.


Regards, David

 

[Moto-Uno]

Possibly he's so grumpy 'cuz after spending a fortune to resurrect that bike he's just found out how painfully slow it is 🙂 . Peter