BBQ Portraits

Had a last minute BBQ with some great folks coming by. Here are a few portraits from the day.

Isle of Van

I loved all the vans on the Isle of Man. Almost all of them are unavailable in the USA and diesel.  

Family

My last day on the Isle of Man

It has been an amazing trip. Saw a lot of racing, saw a lot of this beautiful island. The Indian never made the lap due to a whole list of issues that despite very hard work by many people didn't get resolved in time. Read Dave Roper's blog  for details. Here are some images as I sit through a delay at the IOM airport. More to come................. 

 Guy Martin. Senior TT

One of the many problems with the Indian. Worn gearbox.

                             

                                                                  Ramsey Sprints

Peel

Indian testing in the grass in Bride

MotoCzysz. 1,2 winners of the Zero TT

Agostini killed some bugs

Ian Hutchinson payed homage to the Indian

That's about it for crowd control.

Top of the mountain.

At the TT

The Indian has yet to move. It is running but is having gearbox trouble that will hopefully be fixed by tomorrow. More info later..........

Leave for TT.

Getting excited to leave for the TT. Got a GoPro Hero to mount on the Indian for Ropers lap. Shouldn't look anything like this, but if you want to see how a fast lap looks, take a look at this. Part 2 is right after it. If you have a seat belt on your desk chair, you may want to fasten it. I almost fell over watching this.



Remember. "go slow in the slow, and fast in the fast."

FAST Light at MIT

                            The weather on Sunday was perfect (finally) and we took a bike ride to MIT for FAST Light. 

It's Alive

Boring video of Lodola in garage.

UPDATE: Dead Again. Maiden voyage piston seizure. Motor comes back apart:(
UPDATE AGAIN: Fixed seizure issue, then slid it under a taxi cab. Bad luck.

Skateboards, Opossum, Tearsheet

I went to hang out with my nephew Evan who is taking skateboard lessons at Subliminal Skatepark in Shrewsbury.  I got to skate with him for a while after. He is only 6 and is dropping in on almost every ramp there. Proud.

 Went to Drumlin Farm with D. She has been taking a class there on Fridays and this was the first time I got to go with her. We learned about opossum. This is her cautiously observing. Proud.

 Tearsheets from this weekends Globe magazine. The story was about summer getaways. My part was in Little Compton and Narragansett RI. The photo editor chose a photo of D for the LC section. This was one of those cool "shoot whatever you want" type of assignments. I had a good time doing it. Here are some outtakes that I liked too.
 

 

Moto Giro 2011

Since my Lodola never made it to the starting line I borrowed a really cool 1965 Ducati Monza from Mike. Bike worked amazing and is for sale if anyone is interested send me an email. The weather was perfect and THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION took a disorganized 3rd place.

 

Bill, Mike, Gino

 

Scott, Tom