Photo Contest - Gone But Not Forgotten (6/14-6/21)

[chroot]

I have an idea: The picture should overtly display the theme. Even an observer who doesn't know the theme of the contest should feel a hint of nostalgia.

Yeah, that's a completely objective way of looking at it...

- Warren

 

[ZapperZ]

I can only go so far in trying to make sure the pictures conform to the theme. In the end, it really is up to all of you, when you dish out your votes, on what picture you like best that you consider to fit the theme.

So keep that in mind when it's time to vote! :)

Zz.

 

[Integral]

Actually, it isn't, because technically you are submitting more than one picture.

Drat! I thought your pictures were terrific too! :( Crop it, integral!

Zz.

Opps... I missed this. I thought I might be pushing the limitsl. Consider it cropped!

 

[larkspur]

But... don't dates come and go, changing naturally, just as icicles and clouds?

I don't think anyone yet can figure out (or has strictly met) ZapperZ's intentions on this.

- Warren

I took it as a jab at a bad movie that came and went quickly.

 

[ZapperZ]

This is a reminder that you have just 2 days left to submit a picture for this contest.

Zz.

 

[turbo]

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/4209/pfwideglide4qu.jpg
Here is my "Gone But Not Forgotton" My old '85 Wide Glide with heads reworked by guru Dave Perewitz, EV3 cams, S&S Super E racing carb with Doug Yost pre-atomizer in the venturi, K&E air filter, high-flow fuel system, low-restriction exhaust pipes with anti reversion throats, and some pretty "out there" paint (notice that the yellow stipes are "shattering", spreading "chips" over the flames). It took me years to get it "just right". I sold it because my wife's back was bothering her on long rides (even with a comfy Mustang touring-type saddle), and I bought a big honkin' Road King touring bike instead, thinking that would help her back. Her back still bothered her until she found a doctor that knew what he was doing, and now she wears an orthopaedic lift in one shoe to correct her posture (she has to stand as she works). No more back pain. I sold the Road King and bought a new Softail last spring (more my style), but I really miss my Wide Glide.

 

[ZapperZ]

I took this picture on a crisp fall day (thus the gloves on the seat) with lots of beautiful colors everywhere, but when I printed the picture, the foliage clashed with the bike so I photoshopped the color out of the scenery and left only the colors on the bike. The black and white background looks kind of old-fashioned and for some reason, looking at this picture bothers me worse than looking at the original with the full-color background.

Er... Rule #2 in our contest reads:

2. Please resize your digital photo to no more than 650 x 490 pixels. You may also crop your picture if you wish. But other than that, any form of picture editing or modification is not allowed. This is a photo contest, not a picture editing/special effect contest. You may add a watermark or your name/nickname to the photo for identification purposes.

Zz.

 

[turbo]

Sorry about that - I have replaced it with the full-color original.

 

[scorpa]

Wow Turbo that bike is beautiful!, I'll bet you regret the day you ever sold that one. Wide Glides are one of my favorite bikes and that is a very very fine specimen :)

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I've been trying to find a pic of the hair that used to be on the top of my head.

 

[Danger]

Couldn't you just have Tsu take a shot of your ass and draw some eyeballs on it?

 

[chroot]

I've been trying to find a pic of the hair that used to be on the top of my head.

It's been that long since you had hair, has it? You have to pull the albums from the 70's out of the garage to find pictures of it?

- Warren

 

[Ivan Seeking]

No, but if I go back to the 70's pics you might get to see me in my Angel Flight disco pants.

 

[turbo]

Wow Turbo that bike is beautiful!, I'll bet you regret the day you ever sold that one. Wide Glides are one of my favorite bikes and that is a very very fine specimen :)

Yes, I really miss that machine. I like my Softail ('05, with a fuel-injected Dual Cam engine), but it is nowhere near as quick as that old Wide Glide. When I bought the Wide Glide (used), it was loaded with bolt-on chrome junk, running too rich, backfiring, fouling plugs, etc. I stripped it down, replaced the gaudy "bike bling" with more laid-back stuff (or nothing at all), and then started working on the performace. When I got it looking and running right, the former owner's biker friends were riding him pretty hard for selling it and getting a bagger.