Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi George, I was going to say that burnouts are just about the only good thing Harley's are good for, but I see that the guy in your (excellent) PAW is sitting what appears to be a Kawasaki. Burnouts are also common in car racing--one of my employees races his souped-up VW bug, and this year he is very happy because he has a tire sponsor, allowing him to do a burnout after every race (takes a couple of minutes till the tires burst). Nathan Lottermoser George wrote: > This week's PAW came from our local Harley dealer (Suburban Harley > Davidson) throwing their annual block party this past Saturday. For > reasons that I don't understand, bikers pull their rig into a small > fenced area and burn the rubber off the tire 'til it blows out. If > anyone can provide the thinking behind this, I'd appreciate any insights. > <http://www.imagist.com/paw_07> > > Alternates in flash slide show at: > <http://imagist.com/paw_07/07_wk_27/index.html> > include July 4th family picnic, more from the Harley block party, and > stills from the "Taking It Lightly" documentary video that I'm working > on. > > comments and critiques always greatly appreciated. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george@imagist.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands *Opportunistic Image Acquisition* General photography: http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com http://www.greatpix.eu Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS!