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Jerry_haughton
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 19, 2005 - 09:21 am: | 
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ahhhh, desert camping tonight. 
(Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 22, 2005) |
Jerry_haughton
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 19, 2005 - 09:22 am: |
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Jerry_haughton
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 19, 2005 - 09:22 am: |
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while supplies were being unloaded and tents were going up, i snapped a couple of docu-pix in the late afternoon sun.
(Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 22, 2005) |
Jerry_haughton
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 19, 2005 - 09:22 am: |
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Jerry_haughton
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 19, 2005 - 09:23 am: |
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ReindogForgerTom and Jazzie Laurie - let the games begin!
(Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 22, 2005) |
Jerry_haughton
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 19, 2005 - 09:24 am: |
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a little background here:
Denise and i took a ride on her SV650 last December up to Shirley Meadows, a cool little ski resort at the top of the Bostrom, and posted the pix on the day in the Lake Isabella Home Town thread here on BADWEB. this is one of the pix from that ride:
well, way back in July, long before FBRAT was anything more than just a hazy, demented vision of what it was to ultimately become, my friend Jim "Pdxs3t" Corso - who has never met a photo he was afraid to chop - came up with THIS frightening apparition:
later, as FBRAT started coming together in earnest, i invited Al and Joanne Lighton from American Sport Bike to be a part of the festivities, and Joanne eagerly volunteered to be in charge of the "Buelling Man" conflagration that was planned for Ocotillo Wells.
my wishes were simple: i wanted something we could set on fire, something that related to Buells and Hooligans. Joanne was absolutely AMPED to be in charge, and i couldn't wait to see what she came up with.
when Timbo Horton posted up his pix from the annual American Sport Bike BBQ held on August 28th, i had a pretty good idea of what Joanne had been up to:
tonight, at Ocotillo Wells, i got my first look at Buelling Man in the flesh:
(Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 22, 2005) |
Jerry_haughton
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 19, 2005 - 09:25 am: |
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and here's Charlieboy, er, in the flesh...
(Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 26, 2005) |
Mikej
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 19, 2005 - 09:28 am: |
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Whoa, what happened to that tire, and why is there a knife stuck into it, gotta come back to read this one, ouch.... |
Jerry_haughton
| | Posted on Thursday, October 20, 2005 - 07:59 pm: |
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Mike, not nearly as dramatic as it looks. Al from American Sport Bike had just plugged Don Sabatino's tire, and was cutting off the excess plug. sure looks like major surgery tho, doesn't it??? |
Blake
| | Posted on Friday, October 21, 2005 - 03:52 am: |
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ROOST! We wanna see roost!  |
Jerry_haughton
| | Posted on Friday, October 21, 2005 - 06:18 am: |
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not sure about roost, but there's definitely some roast coming up...
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Al_lighton
| | Posted on Friday, October 21, 2005 - 10:39 am: |
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Fixing tires on the road seems to be my destiny.... |
Jerry_haughton
| | Posted on Saturday, October 22, 2005 - 11:40 am: |
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Fixing tires on the road seems to be my destiny....
why, what ever do you mean???
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Pdxs3t
| | Posted on Saturday, October 22, 2005 - 02:25 pm: |
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You remeber the first chop of that photo that I did. You should hear Shel, all she has to do is glance at this one and she starts cracking up. Its almost as good as the party with the alien's pic!
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Jerry_haughton
| | Posted on Saturday, October 22, 2005 - 03:47 pm: |
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bitch!
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Jerry_haughton
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - 08:31 pm: |
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and another shot of Charlieboy, trying to be invisible so as not to ruin the picture...
(Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 26, 2005) |
Jerry_haughton
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - 08:33 pm: |
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and a shot of me, visible, ruining the picture...
(Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 26, 2005) |
Jerry_haughton
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - 08:34 pm: |
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and Zach and Joanne Lighton and me. Joanne is the creator of this magnificent masterpiece, and spent who knows HOW many hours toiling on this thing. Joanne, you need to get a LIFE! 
(Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 26, 2005) |
Jerry_haughton
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - 08:34 pm: |
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the Buelling Men hitting on some of the ladies in attendance. note all the stuff in the air, which is sand being blown around by some pretty incredible wind.
(Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 26, 2005) |
Jerry_haughton
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - 08:35 pm: |
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Master Buelling Man Maker Joanne decided my likeness needed one final touch...
(Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 26, 2005) |
Jerry_haughton
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - 08:36 pm: |
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...and taped ten bottle rockets - one for each day of FBRAT - to the back of the BMan.
this seemed like SUCH a good idea at the time...
(Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 26, 2005) |
Jerry_haughton
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - 08:37 pm: |
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the original plan had the BMan about six feet off the ground. woulda worked fine, 'cept we didn't think we had the materials for six feet worth of bonfire.
(Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 26, 2005) |
Jerry_haughton
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - 08:37 pm: |
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the support system was modified a skosh to place the BMan closer to the burner, and here Al and Joanne are making final adjustments, even as the blaze has already begun licking at the Buelling Man's butt.
beer, the wonder drug.
(Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 26, 2005) |
Jerry_haughton
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - 08:38 pm: |
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here Al and Joanne are just about happy with the program. they placed a piece of cardboard upwind of the fire to block some of the wind and give the budding inferno a fighting chance.
as memory serves it wasn't long before the cardboard was tossed in the fire as additional fuel.
let the flames begin.
(Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 26, 2005) |
Jerry_haughton
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - 08:39 pm: |
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this gig was well-documented, with cameras positioned at every angle (in this case EBear and ReindogForgerTom). not often you get a night shot at the exact moment another photog's flash fires.
also note that by a beery fluke of fate the rear support for Buelling Man has already been consumed by fire, allowing the BMan to ride out his remaining minutes pulling the world's longest (and hottest) wheelie.
also note that i posted this pic WAY out of order, as in the following pix Buelling Man hasn't resorted to riding on one wheel yet.
dammit, this is JUST the sort of thing that happens when you drink too much!
i am a strained professional. do not try this at home.
(Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 26, 2005) |
Jerry_haughton
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - 08:39 pm: |
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well, i think you kids can take it from here for the next couple of minutes.
for optimal viewing pleasure it'll be necessary for you to power down several colds beers as this show continues to unfold, you know, to put you in the moment as it were.
(Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 26, 2005) |
Jerry_haughton
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - 08:40 pm: |
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Jerry_haughton
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - 08:41 pm: |
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Jerry_haughton
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - 08:41 pm: |
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note that the bottle rockets are still in place (i.e. pointing UP).
they would NOT stay that way for very much longer...
(Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 26, 2005) |
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