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Lorne

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  1. Lorne

    Nevada pano 1994

    Thanks, Brian. Btw, there's a decent little cafe near the eastern end of NV722 - the Toiyabe Cafe in Austin.
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    Nevada pano 1994

    This is mid-way along a stretch of Nevada Hwy 375 that is dead straight for 25 miles. Gives you lots of time to check your speedo accuracy. Though back in the stone-age of '94 it was with a stop watch, notebook, and mileposts.
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    Nevada pano 1994

    From the album: my trips

    Merging three film images is trickier than with digital originals.

    © Lorne Black

  4. Very cool photo. I'm guessing it is an evening shot taken in the middle of Nevada. I've taken a few centreline shots but never of myself sitting on the pavement. After a fright a few years back I now remove helmet and earplugs ;-)
  5. From the album: my trips

    In 2007 I attended one of Reg Pridmore's CLASS days at Infineon and it was a blast. A sunny mid-May track day in NorCal is damn hard to beat. photo used with permission, credit: Ian Donald - http://iandonald.com/

    © Ian Donald

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    PCH view

    From the album: my trips

    Taking 5 on the PCH near Jenner, California after a touch of vertigo.

    © Lorne Black

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    Utah Stars

    From the album: my trips

    Midnight in the Garden of No Vacancy.

    © Lorne Black

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    threadbare

    From the album: my trips

    Friends let you know when your equipment is failing. Good friends tell you *before* heading home on worn tires !@%#

    © Lorne Black

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    Red Canyon, Wyo

    From the album: my trips

    In the fall of 2004 I bought this '92 VFR. It had about 40K km then and when I took this shot in early '07 that was up to 70K. By then I had stripped the paint from the fork legs, repainted the wheels from the original silver, fitted the UK market graphics, and added the very same Supertrapp can I'd had on my '91 10 years before. After 4½ years and 55K km I sold it and bought my 3rd VTR1000F. I see a pattern forming.

    © Lorne Black

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    Nevada 2010

    From the album: my trips

    © Lorne Black

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    Nevada 1994b

    From the album: my trips

    Good thing I wasn't on a hog

    © Lorne Black

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    Kananaskis, Alta

    From the album: my trips

    In 1998 I jumped back to the VFR fold with this brand new VFR800. Resprayed wheels improve visual and a Yoshimura RS3 helps unleash the aural. Unfortunately this bike met an untimely end when it was stolen less than a year, and 25K km later.

    © Lorne Black

  13. From the album: my trips

    After taking this shot on SR62 I realized I was still wearing earplugs - oops. Near joshua Tree NP. I bought this, my first VFR, in 1993. Only two years old with less than 4000km. After adding another 90K km over the next four years I sold it and bought my first - of three - VTR1000F.

    © Lorne Black

  14. From the album: my trips

    Looking south from near the top of Beartooth Pass, Wyo.

    © Lorne Black

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    DSC00257

    If a bike/car looks good in white, as your's does, then they got the shape right. But I think the wheels let it down. Any thoughts on changing their colour?
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    'Merica Trip 2012

    Cool pick, though those 'bars look a teensy bit low for my aging back.
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    Interceptor 500

    What a pretty little bike. It doesn't seem that long ago that it and the 750 Interceptors graced the magazine covers. I guess that means I am an old geezer.
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    LBB4865e

    Thanks, HS, for featuring it. I'm glad that everyone seems to like it.
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    LBB4865e

    Fyi, this VFR had about 38K kilometres I bought the bike 2nd hand in late 2004 and almost 70K km in this photo. The bodywork looked really good but quite a few of the tabs were broken and I never did manage to successfully mend them. But the bike looked this nice when I sold it in mid-2009. I changed to the 1990 VFR graphic, from David Silver Spares, because it looks a lot better than the 1992 version.
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    Wollombi Pub

    Nice pic and a good story for those of us with the mid-winter blues.
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    LBB4462ed

    From the album: my VFRs

    It may look a little precarious but I am a professional ;-)

    © Lorne Black

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    LBB4472

    From the album: my VFRs

    The painted fork lowers were scuffed and peeling so I set about tidying them up. I removed them from the bike though you could probably do them in situ.

    © Lorne Black

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    92 VFR 005

    From the album: my VFRs

    I bought this '92 VFR in Oct. 2004 and set about making it look a little fresher.

    © Lorne Black

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    LBB4872e

    From the album: my VFRs

    The painted fork lowers had seen better days so I removed them before stripping the paint. I was going to spray them with clear but decided to leave them bare and see how they fared. A couple of years on they still looked perfect.

    © Lorne Black

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    LBB4865e

    From the album: my VFRs

    my '92 VFR750 in 2007. Mods include decals from the '90, wheels painted white(were grey), Supertrapp can, VFR800 mirrors, new oe black seat.

    © Lorne Black

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