First photos...
Somehow I skipped over this particular forum and dropped this post into the "Other Shots," but I guess this is more appropriate really since it's my first photos to post.
I've posted a few times around the various forums. I can't tell everyone how much I enjoy this place. Where I am I rarely get a chance to "talk shop" with people about photography and the like. Not that I'm the most knowledgible, but I enjoy talking about it and learning from you folks.
On to the photos.
A friend of mine worked on bikes pretty much all his life and decided to put an idea he had to use and build his own custom chopper. My newspaper did a story on him and his trip to Bike Week. He won 3rd place in most unusual in the bike show.
Later on he asked me to shoot his bike. We sent the photos out to pretty much ever motorcycle mag around and word has it that they might be showing up soon in one in particular. I would guess that those mags have submitted photos coming out of their ears. Here are a few from the shoot. Luckily the head mechanic at our local tiny airport rode his new Harley to work and let us in.
He originally called the bike Copious, but "the spoon bike" seems to be what stuck.
Riding on the tarmac at our local teeny tiny airport.
This kind of gives more of a detailed look at the spoons on the biggest part of the bike. That being the gas tank.
The obvious engine shot. Custom air cleaner and points cover with the little cross. Tons of metal flake in the paint and as you can see, a fair amount of chrome.
1,853 stainless steel spoons. These are two spoons handles and the custom key he made for his own amusement.
I welcome any comments or criticism, I've done nothing to these photos save for cropping the riding shot. I think my little D70 did well for me.
I've posted a few times around the various forums. I can't tell everyone how much I enjoy this place. Where I am I rarely get a chance to "talk shop" with people about photography and the like. Not that I'm the most knowledgible, but I enjoy talking about it and learning from you folks.
On to the photos.
A friend of mine worked on bikes pretty much all his life and decided to put an idea he had to use and build his own custom chopper. My newspaper did a story on him and his trip to Bike Week. He won 3rd place in most unusual in the bike show.
Later on he asked me to shoot his bike. We sent the photos out to pretty much ever motorcycle mag around and word has it that they might be showing up soon in one in particular. I would guess that those mags have submitted photos coming out of their ears. Here are a few from the shoot. Luckily the head mechanic at our local tiny airport rode his new Harley to work and let us in.
He originally called the bike Copious, but "the spoon bike" seems to be what stuck.
Riding on the tarmac at our local teeny tiny airport.
This kind of gives more of a detailed look at the spoons on the biggest part of the bike. That being the gas tank.
The obvious engine shot. Custom air cleaner and points cover with the little cross. Tons of metal flake in the paint and as you can see, a fair amount of chrome.
1,853 stainless steel spoons. These are two spoons handles and the custom key he made for his own amusement.
I welcome any comments or criticism, I've done nothing to these photos save for cropping the riding shot. I think my little D70 did well for me.
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how in the world did he get the "scales" to stay on?
He cut them and ground them down to sharper point and welded them on. He just had to start from the back and keep laying them over each other working to the front.
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How cool is that
He did a beautiful job, bet he polishes it up day and night
You boys and your toys!
How long is the bikes length, in the shot where your friend is riding the bike it looks really long.
Chrome work looks awesome
Who would have thought those scales were once T Spoons
I can only imagine the amount of hours that have going into get that bike put together.
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Actually he has it torn apart right now. The gas tank is a 5 gallon tank and full of gas with all of the spoons it weighs a ton and he keeps breaking mounts.
Not sure of the length, but it's pretty much no longer than your larger Harleys. He did rake out the front end to 43 degrees which is pretty much at the edge of safety. The length is also exaggerated by the low ride height. It originally was a soft tail, but he welded the rear end solid so he wouldn't have to worry about movement and the spoons breaking off.
The odd thing is that it only weighs about 650 pounds which is about the same as a tiny Harley Sporster.
I got lucky on a good day. I was worried about a place to shoot the photos and the airport was the only place I could think of that had "quiet" backgrounds.
My Smug site has more photos, the gallery is featured, a cool feature I didn't post was the tail lights. They are hidden LEDs under the spoons on the back of the fender. Not really good during the day at a distance, but very bright at night.