Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Just getting enough horsepower in a VDub to burn out the tires is a significant achievement. On 7/11/07, Nathan Wajsman <nathan@nathanfoto.com> wrote: > > 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! > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Don don.dory@gmail.com