| Author | Message | ||
     Lornce |
Thanks R-T (look who's talkin) glad you like the view. Orange S2 fairing? Once threatened to paint the S2 in high voltage yellow ala Oddbawl's '96 S1... but I've never had an orange S2 fairing.  | ||
| Road_thing |
Lornce, I must be getting old, I thought I sold you a fairing I had stockpiled a couple of years ago. It was painted orange. My mistake... rt | ||
| Court |
>>>I must be getting old - Accurate statement >>>I thought - hmmmmmm, jury's out.  | ||
| Blake |
Very nice! Captions for the horse close-up? | ||
| Road_thing |
Captions for the horse close-up? "...and the man who rode in on me!" rt | ||
| Lornce |
Funny you should mention captions for the horse pictures, cause the second view is definitely a talking horse...  | ||
| Nutsosane |
Lornce, that is a sweet looking Hammerhead. My first bike was a 1973 r75/5. I was probably the only 23 year old on a bike older than me! When I took my MSF course the instructors aide played a little game where she "guessed" which type of bike we rode based on our general appearance and undoubtedly age. Her "ninja" moniker for me didn't sit well so I proceeded to bash her newer beemer for not having the vintage quality of the older bikes. Oh well, I'm rambling and here it will end. NUTS | ||
| Lornce |
Aaron's a '74 (I think) the bike's a '72. Has a shade under 200k miles on it. The original owner bought it from Gus Khun's in London. It's been all over the UK, Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, New Zealand and North America. I bought it a few years ago from the second owner - who owned it two months - then passed it along to Aaron a year or so later. It's got a 900cc top end and taller gears now - and runs like a top.  | ||
| Lornce |
You guys like jazz? If you get the chance, see the Kenny Garrett Quartet. Saw them in Toronto last summer and they were sssssssmokin!        His drummer was just a kid, couldn't have been more than 21 or so. Kenny introduced him as "The Little Drummer Boy". He was an amazing player... and he was havin a ball.           | ||
| Court |
Now we're talkin' . . . . I was sitting here listening to Charlie Christian when you posted that. It looks like it was a killer event. I've been infected with the jazz improv bug the last year and never fail to be amazed at how much talent there is out there. I gotta check these guys out. One of the cool things about NYC is that you can see, if you could and wanted to, GREAT world class jazz on a nightly basis. Gotta go check to see if I can find some recorded material for these guys. Thanks! | ||
| Lornce |
Court, That show WAS amazing.... a funny twist, too... Kenny's Quartet opened for Joshua Redman... Ermmmn, I don't think Josh'll make that mistake again... Got this from the Brooklyn Jazz Conservatory's web site. "Kenny Garrett was born in Detroit and was introduced to the saxophone at an early age by his father, who played tenor. In 1978, Garrettt was offered a slot in the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Three years later, Garrett moved to New York to play with The Mel Lewis Orchestra and the Dannie Richmond Quintet. His first album as leader, Introducing Kenny Garrett, was released in 1984, a time during which he was also recording with Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard and Woody Shaw. In 1986 he began working with jazz legend Miles Davis, with whom he recorded four albums. Garrett?s other albums include Black Hope, Threshold, Trilogy, Pursuance: The Music of John Coltrane, Songbook, Simply Said, Happy People and Standard of Language, all of which can be found on the Warner Bros. label, and he can also be heard on the 20 disc box set, The Complete Miles Davis at Montreux." I've got "Happy People", "Persuance" and "Standard of Language" and they're terrific listening. Not sure if the "Little Drummer Boy" appears on "Standard of Language" or not. Trying to find his name....        (Message edited by lornce on May 10, 2006) | ||
| Court |
Turns out I *DO* have some of his stuff. . . he played on some Chick Corea recordings I bought during a marathon session of watching Chick perform 10 nights in a row with various iterations of groups he's been with. We ended up sitting with Gato Barbieri and Chick's daughter, who was coaxed into performing and is a talent in her own right. Stevie Gadd never fails to amaze. I get off on this stuff. By the way, Duke Ellington's Grandson travels from the Bronx each week to train with my guitar teacher. I'm not worthy! | ||
| Blake |
 Congratulations to your guitar teacher. Now quit horsing around with Lornce's "Home Town" thread.  | ||
| Lornce |
Around the yard...      | ||
| Kahuna |
I'm a HUGE fan of large aperture shots! Its very neat to have your subject stand out and the background out of focus... GREAT shots mr. L! Too bad the weekend is lookin bad, we could have gone on a shooting frenzy (photography that is!) in Prince Edward County. | ||
| Lornce |
Hiya K, Yeah, the weather's lookin kinda gloopy, think I'll bow out of the ride. Going hiking in the Dundas Valley instead. I'll let you in on a photography secret: cloudy, overcast, drizzly and wet is good for picture making. Experiment - Go take a picture of a tree in your neighborhood that you see all the time. Take a picture on a bright sunny day around noon. Now - go take a picture of the same tree from the same angle - on a cloudy overcast and preferably drizzly day and examine the difference. What you'll see in your photo taken on a bright sunny day is a fraction of the external leaves' total surface area and one whole pile of dark shadow. And that's it. Your cloudy, overcast drizzly tree will be showing you details in countless saturated hues, all the way through the layers of clearly visible leaves to it's water darkened trunk. Cool.  | ||
| Dino |
Lornce Noticed your post on the Porterville site. I'm holding down two jobs at the moment and trying to get in some photography and what riding I can press fit into the remaining hours...so I've been pretty much missing in action. (I bought another medium format film system over the last couple of months and haven't even used it yet!) Gonna have to get a little time so I can catch up on your posts here on hometown. I've already got some real favorites among your jazz shots! Dino | ||
| Kahuna |
OK, how about this then    | ||
| Lornce |
Good work, K. See how you can see all the way "into" the tree with all the layers of leaves clearly visible? Nice saturated greens in a variety of subtle hues with no black shadows hiding most of everything. When you look at that same tree at high noon on a sunny day you'll see the difference immediately. Course you can use that to good effect, too. | ||
| Kahuna |
Thanks L... You've really developed a passion for this stuff! I've always had a nack for photography, but never really pursued it further. I'm loving my new D70S, especially with the $160 (so cheap) 50mm f1.8 lens that I got. takes some excellent pics, this is an example at f1.8  | ||
| Lornce |
Dino! I'd wondered what happened to you? Good to see you back: We're all missing your view of the world. Stop working so hard and bring some of your gorgeous California back to Hometown! K, That's a great view of your cat. He looks like a real character. Bought my first SLR when I was 16 working on a dairy farm in northern Ontario. Kodachrome was the truth back then. Still is to some. Remind me and I'll show you some early efforts. The flexibility and convenience of digital has rekindled an old flame.  (Message edited by lornce on May 11, 2006) | ||
| Lornce |
New arrivals... here's the cardinal's nest in the spruce tree outside my livingroom window... i watched mom begin building the nest about two weeks ago then she disappeared for a few days... and returned to lay three eggs.... upon which she sat for over a week.... then this morning both she and the male began barfing food into the nest.... i can't believe how big they are.... they were just hatched this morning or last night from eggs a fifth the size of their bodies.... wow.  | ||
| Rocketman |
From above Brough looking directly south across the River Humber  Rocket | ||
| Rocketman |
Looking down the Humber inland towards Goole with Brough in the foreground. Dick Turpin, the most notorious of all highwaymen lived in Brough.  Rocket | ||
| Rocketman |
Looking directly west toward West Yorkshire. The horizon is about 40 miles away. Not bad for a 2 million mega pixel phone camera on lowest resolution eh.  Rocket | ||
| Lornce |
Good work Rocket. I've a picture around here somewhere taken in summer '61 of my dad's side valve BSA 500 single & sidecar on our lawn in Brough. He worked at Blackburn Aircraft at the time. Have some pics of both my parents on their Lambretta and Ariel Leader, too. I'll have to see about finding use of a scanner... | ||
| Rocketman |
That would be cool Lawrence. For those that don't know, the village of Brough has a long history of aircraft manufacture, still to this day. Pivotal in the 'Jump Jet' production, today as part of the British Aerospace program, they manufacture parts for the Eurofighter at Brough. The complete wing assemblies I believe. I know some years ago they flew a Saab Viggen into the Brough factories private runway, but I missed that one! Here's another one for you Lawrence. I bet your Mum and Dad have shared a drink or three in this pub. Can you remember its name? Coincidentally, when Buell UK met up at the Humber Bridge several years ago, they congregated in this picturesque village pub the previous evening. Yeah, I missed that one too!  Keep watching! Rocket | ||
| Lornce |
The name of a pub in Brough?!? Rocket, I love a good pint as much as the next guy.... But I was THREE when my folks emigrated! In '98 I did have a pint with my cousins at a pub right on the north side of the Humber Bridge. If I recall correctly, it was no more than a stone's throw from the bridge piers. Is the Whale Bone still open in Hull? Did you get the note re. my cousin's contact info? Call him up, join him fer'ra mad dash and post some pics! cheers, Lornce Errrmmn, I need a picture. This is supposed to be a picture thread...  | ||
| Rocketman |
That's the Half Moon in Welton. Didn't remember you were only 3 when you left Lawrence. The pub near the Humber Bridge, I can't recall its name, but I've quaffed a few in there myself. Nice trawler models if I remember rightly. Yes the Whalebone is still up and running and very popular with the art student crowd, amongst others. Not been in for years but coincidentally, one of my closest friends has started going in there recently. Said the beer is excellent and the pub is way cool. I was nearly tempted to join my friend in there last Friday but I put the kids first! Nope, not heard from your cousin. Rocket | ||
| Lornce |
A nice ride on a beautiful Sunday afternoon, the first of the season's "hot" days. On the patio at the Copper Kettle in Glen Williams   The ride home with Bino on his '78 R100/7    |
