Swing-Lens shot of Modern Motorcyclists

[DougGrosjean]

Hi,

Jersey Vic - yes, an R100gs. I bought it in May 2005 with about 40k miles, and it's now close to 90k miles. And yes, the Jesse bags that are made in Phoenix AZ. I've also got a good shock absorber on the back, though the name escapes me at the moment. Not Ohlins, but comparable. And some Aerostich tank panniers, made in Duluth MN. Understood about the thumbs... I was getting jacket cuff and car keys in my first few shots.

Mick - thanks for the tip on the brakes. I probably won't spend the money on the brake mod, it's really just an old (but nice and pleasant) bike. Interesting on the R11gs rear-end, as a buddy totalled his R11gs up in the Northwest Territories on a trip we did together. Bike fell in mud, then traction, then cartwheeled, cracked the swingarm open right at the para-lever pivot. Photos are at the URL below. I saw that a year or two after that, the design / shape of that area became much more rounded....

http://www.ibmwr.org/pastevnt/grosjeanalaska/day13.html

FWIW, I'm doing a shoot on June 14th and 15th at a local historical museum, for their Heritage Days. I don't have a Cirkut (yet), so I'm using a Kodak Panoram and Cirkut techniques, ie, subjects in an arc. Backdrop will be an oil well / equipment from about 100 years ago. Subjects will be reenactors and volunteers and anybody that shows up. Should prove interesting..... URL below, scroll about halfway down if interested. Show up if local....

http://www.woodcountyhistory.org/pr_wchd.html#wchd_demos

 

[Stevopedia]

Pentaxuser:
Well, my BMW is a 1960s design, with pushrods and the cam in the block. Basic layout identical to the 1969 R75/5 BMW, but with hardened cylinders and electronic ignition and a single-sided swingarm.

IIRC, the BMW two-cylinder 'boxer' design was actually first made waaay back in the 1920s or '30s, and are basically the same as modern BMW boxers (ignoring, of course, the technological improvements that have been made over the years.)

Cool shot, by the way, though panoramic photography usually isn't my 'thing.'

 

[DougGrosjean]

Steveopedia, you're basically correct.

Basic layout is a opposed-twin cylinders, dry clutch, and separate trans, with a driveshaft at the end.

That layout is still around, but all the internal architecture is changed. It's evolution, but not steady, it's in spurts. For example, the cam started on top the block, then moved under the block, then moved out on top the cylinder with a chain drive.

Thanks for the nice comment! Panoramic photography, to do it well, is the most difficult photography I've done, and also the most rewarding when I get it right.