Barber Vintage Festival

HarveyMushman

Dad and I drove down to Alabama last weekend for the 3rd annual Barber Vintage Festival at the incomparable Barber Motorsports Park. The place is truly gearhead heaven. We only had two days and didn’t see nearly everything available but I did come home with a few decent photos. Enjoy. Comments and criticism are welcome.

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MikeMcA²

Love the worms and the old CBX.

pathfinder

Harv, My son, a friend of his, and I were there last week just before the weekend festivities. What a great place.

As you said, anyone with a real interest in motorcycles, or motorcycle history, needs to spend a few days there.

They have 1400 fully restored motorcycles to peruse - what a feast of two wheeled horse power.

If you had ridden down, you get to park directly in front of the museum

rustic

Forgive my ignorance, but what the heck is going on in #2?

The person on the right in the foreground looks like he/she is either falling off or shooting... is it some sort of balance thing?

Or a mechanic in case there is an issue during the race?

HarveyMushman

rustic wrote:

Forgive my ignorance, but what the heck is going on in #2?

The person on the right in the foreground looks like he/she is either falling off or shooting... is it some sort of balance thing?

Or a mechanic in case there is an issue during the race?

Those are racing sidecar rigs. Three-wheelers. The passenger, called a "monkey," has to hang well off in the corners to keep the thing from flipping.

wxwax

I know what Mushman's working on!

Nice job integrating the track into your shots, lovely work. You're getting absurdly good at this, Tim.

HarveyMushman

wxwax wrote:

I know what Mushman's working on!

Thanks, Sid.

rustic

HarveyMushman wrote:

Those are racing sidecar rigs. Three-wheelers. The passenger, called a "monkey," has to hang well off in the corners to keep the thing from flipping.

Wow, looks intense. Thanks for the info!

amadeus

you are a true enthusiast. where's the moto x des nation pics?

I've been asked to post more poetry so here goes.

"all me ex's live in Texas. I sure do like those CBX's."

thank you.

you haven't lived till you've wound up a CBX and let her go.

looks like a Woodys Wheel Works sticker on the bottom of the skid plate.

is he dual sporting a CBX??

HarveyMushman

amadeus wrote:

you are a true enthusiast. where's the moto x des nation pics?

Couldn't go. :cry

I've been asked to post more poetry so here goes.

you haven't lived till you've wound up a CBX and let her go.

It sure sounded great. The dude was riding it hard too, battling with smaller better handling bikes. Fun to watch.

HarveyMushman

a few more . . .
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ian408

The monkey boy looks happy as a clam! These are too cool.

And like waxy says, you're gettin' good at this.

wxwax

Outstanding, Tim.

Is it just me, or are you getting more comfortable processing them?

HarveyMushman

wxwax wrote:

Outstanding, Tim.

Is it just me, or are you getting more comfortable processing them?

I have an idea of what I'm looking for when processing, but I really don't do much. I spend maybe 30 sec. to a min. on each.

Thanks, Ian & Sid.

maczippy

Nice Tim,

Racetrack looks pretty sparce people wise though, but the weather looks perfect!

Andrew