anyone smell 2 stroke ?

gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
edited January 12, 2005 in Sports
On my way to a national park & i was passing a race track where some fellas were practising. Only really got one good shot in as the dust was unbelievable & blowing into the track.

This guy was pretty cool to watch. Fairly heavily cropped.



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  • Ann McRaeAnn McRae Registered Users Posts: 4,584 Major grins
    edited January 8, 2005
    That's a great action shot!

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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited January 8, 2005
    Ann McRae wrote:
    That's a great action shot!

    ann
    tks ann
    1/1000...thats as fast as my little olympus will carry me.

    There was a lot of mud & rocks way up in the air but i cropped them out to fit the bike in.
  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited January 8, 2005
    Humungus wrote:
    tks ann
    1/1000...thats as fast as my little olympus will carry me.

    There was a lot of mud & rocks way up in the air but i cropped them out to fit the bike in.


    'gus if you ever get a DSLR you will be a scaareeey fellow!! Great shot with a P&S. Godd Onya! :slurp
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited January 8, 2005
    idea for 'gus
    sell one of yer bikes so you can buy a 20d and glass. deal.gif
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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited January 8, 2005
    pathfinder wrote:
    'gus if you ever get a DSLR you will be a scaareeey fellow!! Great shot with a P&S. Godd Onya! :slurp
    Thanks for the vote of confidence mate...something is going to happen soon. Just how far i go i dont know.Do i jump a puddle or do the 100' dive of death in front of thousands into 1 foot of water at the fairground. I was looking in the paper this morning & the flamin' TV i bought last year has already depreciated the exact value of a D20 eek7.gif What was i thinking ??:cry
  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited January 8, 2005
    andy wrote:
    sell one of yer bikes so you can buy a 20d and glass. deal.gif
    Andy ! Could you sell one of your children ???????????

    Actually mate....you dont have to answer that.
  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,943 moderator
    edited January 9, 2005
    Pretty cool! Normally, I'd say you didn't leave him enough room. But the
    rooster tail more than makes up for that! Very cool shot!

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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited January 9, 2005
    clap.gif Excellent shot, gusnado, especially since you have shutter lag. Great stuff.

    Listen, you should give serious consideration to buying used. Virtually all my gear is used, even my bags, and you couldn't tell most of it from new. Save a lot of money. naughty.gif
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  • fishfish Registered Users Posts: 2,950 Major grins
    edited January 9, 2005
    Since when do 4strokes burn 2stroke oil? headscratch.gif
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  • landrumlandrum Registered Users Posts: 285 Major grins
    edited January 9, 2005
    Excellent shot!
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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited January 9, 2005
    fish wrote:
    Since when do 4strokes burn 2stroke oil? headscratch.gif
    Who said he was the only one on the track mwink.gif
  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited January 9, 2005
    landrum wrote:
    Excellent shot!
    Ta landrum...ive always wanted to get a bike shot. I appraoched him when he came in & told him he could have it for free. He was pretty happy with that.
  • gubbsgubbs Registered Users Posts: 3,166 Major grins
    edited January 9, 2005
    Fantastic shot, I love the smell of 2-strokes. If they did a 2 stroke after shave, I'd buy it.
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  • fishfish Registered Users Posts: 2,950 Major grins
    edited January 9, 2005
    Humungus wrote:
    Who said he was the only one on the track mwink.gif

    rolleyes1.giflol3.gif11doh.gifroll



    kinda like my owl, huh? rolleyes1.gif
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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited January 9, 2005
    fish wrote:
    rolleyes1.giflol3.gif11doh.gifroll



    kinda like my owl, huh? rolleyes1.gif
    God i wish i was there right now..just you and me.. standing in your wet cat litter with the rain coming in sideways with forlorn looks on our faces looking at that 'empty owl spot' really i do mate...

    Cheer up...we have a cyclone building off the coast, will that make you feel any better ?

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  • SeamusSeamus Registered Users Posts: 1,573 Major grins
    edited January 9, 2005
    Brilliant shot thumb.gif
  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited January 9, 2005
    Tks gubbsy & shay..............................................................and fish



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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited January 9, 2005
    I would love that faster shutter thats for certain !

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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited January 9, 2005
    And that 400mm lens...



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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited January 9, 2005
    Last one...getting to the bottom of the barrel.


    PS.. I recon it would be real easy to catch a huge endo. The closer you get with a camera...the crazier & faster they get.


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  • SamSam Registered Users Posts: 7,419 Major grins
    edited January 9, 2005
    Humungus wrote:
    Thanks for the vote of confidence mate...something is going to happen soon. Just how far i go i dont know.Do i jump a puddle or do the 100' dive of death in front of thousands into 1 foot of water at the fairground. I was looking in the paper this morning & the flamin' TV i bought last year has already depreciated the exact value of a D20 eek7.gif What was i thinking ??:cry
    Stop the boat! You have a TV that cost enough new that it can depreciate $1500 USD? I would have multiply the total cost of my TV by 3 1/2 to equal just your depreciation.

    Forget all the look at used DSLRS adsvice! Do whatever you did to buy the Metro Golden Myer theater (TV), and get you a good DSLR and a hand full of lenses. :D

    PS: The DSLR camera body's market price will drop very quickly, but the real value isn't what you paid for it or what you can sell it for. The value is in the joy it brings you with the increased ability to control and produce your unique vision of the world.

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  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited January 9, 2005
    Sam wrote:
    The DSLR camera body's market price will drop very quickly, but the real value isn't what you paid for it or what you can sell it for. The value is in the joy it brings you with the increased ability to control and produce your unique vision of the world.

    Sam
    Spoken like a true philosopher Sam! Remember, he who dies with the most toys wins! :D
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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited January 9, 2005
    Jeez, great shots, 'mungoose. Excellent.

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  • dugmardugmar Registered Users Posts: 756 Major grins
    edited January 9, 2005
    There is nothing like the smell of 2 stroke exhaust. It's one of those memory smells, brings me back to the days when I rode those bikes.
  • ysr612ysr612 Registered Users Posts: 148 Major grins
    edited January 11, 2005
    fish wrote:
    Since when do 4strokes burn 2stroke oil? headscratch.gif
    first thing that I thought too. Only I thought what is all the cams doing in that head.

    now this 12 year old is on a 2 stroke

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  • LiquidOpsLiquidOps Registered Users Posts: 835 Major grins
    edited January 12, 2005
    pathfinder wrote:
    Spoken like a true philosopher Sam! Remember, he who dies with the most toys wins! :D
    He who dies with the most toys..... still dies :cry
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