bokelley Posted April 7, 2020 Share #101 Posted April 7, 2020 Advertisement (gone after registration) 1 hour ago, pattyfrank said: 'WERAophile' here. Cheers. Good catch! The pic is my buddy who took up racing a number of years back to scratch an itch and WERA became the scratcher. It all started when he and I loaded up our bikes and hauled them in his trailer from Lost Wages to Willow Springs to enroll in a track day event. We both loved it and once a school opened up in Vegas, we signed up for several years in a row. He finally got to the point where he had to compete and moved on to WERA. Being an old fart, I suppressed the desire to go whole hog and helped pit for him occasionally. I will say that I love the track atmosphere and used to supplant my itch with runs to Laguna Seca for MotoGP races. When that died, did a couple of WSB races there but something about it wasn't quite the same. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/308072-motor-mania/?do=findComment&comment=3949225'>More sharing options...
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lykaman Posted April 8, 2020 Share #102 Posted April 8, 2020 A week before the Lockdown D-Lux7 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 5 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/308072-motor-mania/?do=findComment&comment=3949320'>More sharing options...
michali Posted April 8, 2020 Share #103 Posted April 8, 2020 (edited) Alfa Romeo 1934 P3 Tipo B -Grand Prix winner. This car belongs to a friend, Tony Smith, here's some background on the car: The History of the Alfa Romeo P3 Tipo B M9 & 28mm Summicron Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited April 8, 2020 by michali 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/308072-motor-mania/?do=findComment&comment=3949351'>More sharing options...
pattyfrank Posted April 8, 2020 Author Share #104 Posted April 8, 2020 11 hours ago, bokelley said: Good catch! The pic is my buddy who took up racing a number of years back to scratch an itch and WERA became the scratcher. It all started when he and I loaded up our bikes and hauled them in his trailer from Lost Wages to Willow Springs to enroll in a track day event. We both loved it and once a school opened up in Vegas, we signed up for several years in a row. He finally got to the point where he had to compete and moved on to WERA. Being an old fart, I suppressed the desire to go whole hog and helped pit for him occasionally. I will say that I love the track atmosphere and used to supplant my itch with runs to Laguna Seca for MotoGP races. When that died, did a couple of WSB races there but something about it wasn't quite the same. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! That "bad itch" for speed affects more folks than the Wuhan virus. It is often a lifetime sentence too. My husband had this same 'itch' in 1974, but there were hardly any places a road racing motorcyclist could go in the U.S. So it was that ERA (pre-cursor to WERA) was conceived. WERA grew rapidly organizing national amateur series for both sprints and endurance road racing that continue to this day. Used to do 60,000 miles a year running races from left to right coast, Canada and Mexico! Great memories. Happy knee dragging. :0) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattyfrank Posted April 8, 2020 Author Share #105 Posted April 8, 2020 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! M(240), Summicron-M 1:2/50, v4 8 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! M(240), Summicron-M 1:2/50, v4 ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/308072-motor-mania/?do=findComment&comment=3949472'>More sharing options...
pattyfrank Posted April 8, 2020 Author Share #106 Posted April 8, 2020 Just like my first motorcycle except it had a custom blue tank with my name in script, Christmas at tender age of 13 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! M10-P, Summilux-M 1:1.4/35 FLE 8 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! M10-P, Summilux-M 1:1.4/35 FLE ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/308072-motor-mania/?do=findComment&comment=3949475'>More sharing options...
stuny Posted April 8, 2020 Share #107 Posted April 8, 2020 Advertisement (gone after registration) Patty - If he takes it into the mud all the reaming glass will be obscured. Here's a similar sense of style, in Joshua Tree National Park Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 3 4 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/308072-motor-mania/?do=findComment&comment=3949605'>More sharing options...
jcraf Posted April 8, 2020 Share #108 Posted April 8, 2020 My late friend Ken's RR Ghost Mk2. He loaned it to me for week or two after he had his first stroke. He figured it needed using.....and who was I to argue? Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! DLux Typ109 6 2 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! DLux Typ109 ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/308072-motor-mania/?do=findComment&comment=3949610'>More sharing options...
stuny Posted April 8, 2020 Share #109 Posted April 8, 2020 1967 Bizzarini Strada 5300 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/308072-motor-mania/?do=findComment&comment=3949611'>More sharing options...
bokelley Posted April 8, 2020 Share #110 Posted April 8, 2020 3 hours ago, pattyfrank said: That "bad itch" for speed affects more folks than the Wuhan virus. It is often a lifetime sentence too. My husband had this same 'itch' in 1974, but there were hardly any places a road racing motorcyclist could go in the U.S. So it was that ERA (pre-cursor to WERA) was conceived. WERA grew rapidly organizing national amateur series for both sprints and endurance road racing that continue to this day. Used to do 60,000 miles a year running races from left to right coast, Canada and Mexico! Great memories. Happy knee dragging. :0) Lifetime sentence indeed...for myself, speed provides an essence for living like nothing else and it sounds like you and your husband have lived a very full life for much the same reason. Apologies in advance for the attached non-Red Dot file but I also served as team photog on occasion. Enjoy... Shiny side up! Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/308072-motor-mania/?do=findComment&comment=3949614'>More sharing options...
bokelley Posted April 8, 2020 Share #111 Posted April 8, 2020 19 minutes ago, stuny said: Patty - If he takes it into the mud all the reaming glass will be obscured. Here's a similar sense of style, in Joshua Tree National Park Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ...before the invention of "clear bra" one had to protect the paint somehow! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattyfrank Posted April 8, 2020 Author Share #112 Posted April 8, 2020 5 minutes ago, bokelley said: Lifetime sentence indeed...for myself, speed provides an essence for living like nothing else and it sounds like you and your husband have lived a very full life for much the same reason. Apologies in advance for the attached non-Red Dot file but I also served as team photog on occasion. Enjoy... Shiny side up! Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Nice shot! Can see the 'race face'. Who was the rider? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bokelley Posted April 8, 2020 Share #113 Posted April 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, pattyfrank said: Nice shot! Can see the 'race face'. Who was the rider? Thanks! His name is Michael Mamer. I lost track of him since I moved back to Colorado years ago but am pretty sure he is no longer racing. Fun times back then...track days and racing were about the only ways for us to find curves to try on straighten out in the LV area (and be safe about it). I still take great joy in carving the local canyons and find it helps to keep the mind sharp but not quite as exhilarating as being on a track. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham (G4FUJ) Posted April 8, 2020 Share #114 Posted April 8, 2020 39 minutes ago, bokelley said: Lifetime sentence indeed...for myself, speed provides an essence for living like nothing else and it sounds like you and your husband have lived a very full life for much the same reason. Apologies in advance for the attached non-Red Dot file but I also served as team photog on occasion. Enjoy... Shiny side up! Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Stunning Duke! And a great photo to boot 👍 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bokelley Posted April 8, 2020 Share #115 Posted April 8, 2020 6 hours ago, Graham (G4FUJ) said: Stunning Duke! And a great photo to boot 👍 Thank you Graham...! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcraf Posted April 9, 2020 Share #116 Posted April 9, 2020 Nice old Beemer. Braunfels, near Wetzlar. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! MM Mk1, 75 Summilux 7 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! MM Mk1, 75 Summilux ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/308072-motor-mania/?do=findComment&comment=3950052'>More sharing options...
michali Posted April 9, 2020 Share #117 Posted April 9, 2020 1926-Bugatti-Type-35-Grand-Prix-Racer -Leica M9 & 28mm Summicron Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 8 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/308072-motor-mania/?do=findComment&comment=3950064'>More sharing options...
michali Posted April 9, 2020 Share #118 Posted April 9, 2020 1926-Bugatti-Type-35-Grand-Prix-Racer -Leica M9 & 28mm Summicron Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 7 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/308072-motor-mania/?do=findComment&comment=3950076'>More sharing options...
stuny Posted April 9, 2020 Share #119 Posted April 9, 2020 Alfa GTZ Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 6 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/308072-motor-mania/?do=findComment&comment=3950107'>More sharing options...
mdp Posted April 9, 2020 Share #120 Posted April 9, 2020 On 4/8/2020 at 8:57 AM, michali said: Alfa Romeo 1934 P3 Tipo B -Grand Prix winner. This car belongs to a friend, Tony Smith, here's some background on the car: The History of the Alfa Romeo P3 Tipo B M9 & 28mm Summicron Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ..and that's Tony's trusty mechanic George driving the Alfa... I've had many a races against Tony in HGPCA events. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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